Semiconductor Design is complex activity. Creating a new design
requires understanding of the customer's needs and wishes, how to
translate that into a behavior description, skill with design tools and
processes, and knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of the
semiconductor technology. While this course will not each you how to
design an IC, it will provide you with a fundamental understanding of
the process. We focus on the high level design process, design tools,
basic analog and digital circuits, and their behaviors, and some of the
standards that are in place to help with design when multiple tools are
involved.