ECEN 454 Digital Integrated Circuit Design

Fall 2009

Lab Webpage

Welcome to ECEN454 Lab !

The Lab Timings are:

Section

Instructor

Lab Time

Lab Location

454-501 Dr.Peng Li F 09:00AM - 11:00AM ZACH 213A
454-502 Dr.Peng Li W 06:30PM - 08:30PM ZACH 213A
454-503 Dr.Peng Li F 11:20AM - 01:20PM ZACH 213A

TA Contact Details

Name: Srinath Narasimhan
Office: Room 111 WERC
Mailbox: #364 in room 111A ZACH
Email: srinathn@neo.tamu.edu
Phone: 979-209-9752
Office Hours: MR - 4 PM to 5 PM or by appointment


Refer to the Lab Login Notice when using Cadence and Synopsys tools.

Read through Lab0 before you begin.It gives you an overview of what you will be doing over the semester.


Setting up Cadence
Follow these steps to setup cadence in your machine.

unix command reference
verilog reference

Lab Schedule

For your convinience please print out the material of the Lab before starting it.

Lab#

Title

Dates

Files Required

Points

Report Due
(502)

Report Due
(501,503)
Lab1 Schematic Capture and Simulation Sep 9 - Sep 11   10 Sep 16 Sep 18
Lab2 Layout and Extraction Sep 16 - Sep 18   10 Sep 23 Sep 25
Lab3 Cell Characterization Sep 23 - Sep 25 cell18.spi, demo.spi, model18.spi 10 Sep 30 Oct 2
Lab4 Design and Simulation:1 bit adder Sep 30 - Oct 2 tsmc20P.m, tsmc20N.m 10 Oct 7 Oct 9
Lab5 Design and Simulation:4 bit adder Oct 7 - Oct 9   10 Oct 14 Oct 16
Lab6 Optimization using Logical Effort Oct 14 - Oct 16   10 Oct 21 Oct 23
Lab7 Design and Characterization of a FF Oct 21 - Oct 23   10 Oct 28 Oct 30
Lab8 8-bit pipelined adder with buffered H-clock tree Oct 28 - Oct 30   10 Nov 11 Nov 13
Lab9 Logic Design using Verilog Nov 11 - Nov 13 VerilogRef
Verilog Essentials		 10 Nov 18 Nov 20
Lab10 Logic Synthesis and Static Timing Analysis Nov 18 - Nov 20 iit018_stdcells.db iit018_stdcells.lib   10 Dec 2 Dec 4
Lab11 Automatic Place and Route using Soc Encounter Dec 2 - Dec 4 iit018_stdcells.lef, iit018_stdcells.tlf, iit018_stdcells.lib, encounter.conf 10 Dec 9 Dec 11

Grading Policy

1. There are no pre-lab reports required. It is highly encouraged that you read and understand the material before you attend the lab.
2. The lab report should contain the results of the experiments performed in the lab and any other deliverables mentioned in the lab handout.
3. Lab Reports are due one week after the scheduled lab session. Check the Lab Schedule table for the deadlines. The reports should be submitted in the lab to the TA before the beginning of next lab.
4. Late Submission Penalty: A deduction of 15% will be made on each subsequent day after the deadline.