Title :
Teaching introductory course in VLSI for graduate level program
Author :
El Kateeb, Ali ; Shaout, Adnan
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn, MI
Abstract :
This paper describe the first VLSI graduate course details for students studying in the field of computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, and information technology. An overview of how VLSI course is taught in universities world wide has been covered in this paper. The curriculum of the introductory course in VLSI in different parts of the world has been investigated in this paper. However, we focused on the teaching of the ldquointroduction to VLSI designrdquo course at our academic institution - University of Michigan at Dearborn. The paper also focuses on the CAD tools used by universities to enhance the proclivity of the students towards the course.
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit CAD; computer aided instruction; educational courses; electronic engineering education; integrated circuit design; teaching; CAD tool; VLSI design; academic institution; introductory VLSI graduate course teaching; very large scale integration; Books; Circuits; Computer architecture; Computer science; Costs; Education; Electrical engineering; Information technology; SPICE; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics and Its Applications, 2008. ISMA 2008. 5th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Amman
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2033-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2034-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISMA.2008.4648826
