VLSI Design Lab

VLSI Design Lab

The VLSI Design Lab has some of the latest and most advance EDA tools, FPGA boards and circuit solvers for analyzing 2D/3D integrated circuits and systems. These include:

                           ·         Full-custom Cadence Design Suite (25 users)

                           ·         Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA boards (8 nos.)

                           ·         HDL simulator (25 users)

                           ·         Ansys high-frequency and low-frequency EM solvers (25 and 5 users, respectively)

The lab is currently housed in Room no. 133 and primarily focuses on experimental studies for the UG courses of VLSI Technology and Design (EEL325) and Microelectronic Circuit Design (EEL317).

This facility is further augmented by setting up of the Nanoelectronics Research Lab with a dedicated 3D simulator tool, Synopsys TCAD-Full university bundle and HSPICE simulator. All the above software tools are hosted on two dedicated servers that support both these labs. For performing the UG experiments, 20 clients are networked with the servers as a part of the VLSI Design Lab.

Photos: VLSI Design Lab   and  A digital design implemented using a Virtex™ 5 FPGA board