M. Tech. (VLSI) is a two year Programme. This programme encourages students to devise their individualized plan of study by selecting courses of their choice from Specialization, Domain Elective and Open Elective Courses besides Core Courses.
VLSI, 'Very Large Scale Integration' is all about Integrated Circuit (IC) design or Chip design which are present in most of the electronic appliances which is used in daily life, such as mobiles, remotes, TV and so on. IC design consists of the particular logic and circuit design techniques required to design integrated circuits. Chip Designers are engineers who define chip’s architecture, create circuit designs, run simulations, supervise layout, tape out the chip to the foundry and evaluate the prototype once the chip returns from the laboratory. These chips are present in most of the electronic appliances which is used in daily life, such as mobiles, remotes, TV and so on. This has increased the demand of chip designers in every sector, be it automobiles, consumer electronics etc.
The programme aims to produce future professionals of VLSI industry who can contribute to designing miniature, high speed, reliable and high performance systems. The programme curriculum is aimed at VLSI system design (both Front end & Back end designs) covering algorithms, Hardware description Languages, System Architectures, Physical designs, Verification techniques, Simulation & Synthesis, Low power design techniques and Mixed mode design methodologies etc.
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS):
Amity University offers the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) in its academic curriculum, in its endeavor to provide quality education. Under this new system the students can register for courses according to their interests and academic abilities. CBCS allows students to decide their academic plan and permits them to alter it, if required, in their academic progression in pursuit of degree.
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) offers a flexible system of learning. The system permits student to:
- Choose electives from a wide range of courses
- Undergo additional courses and acquire more than required number of credits
- Adopt an interdisciplinary approach in learning
- Enhance skill/employability by taking up project work, entrepreneurship and vocational training.
- Choice in the timings / time slots in the selection of courses.
- Choice in the selection of number of courses per semester.
- Choice of preparing his / her own Time-table, programme structure and academic plan as per model framework.
- Ample opportunities to do inter-disciplinary courses.
Specialization Elective Courses |
Domain Elective Courses |
ASIC Design
Embedded System Design
Advanced VLSI Design
CMOS mixed signal Design
System C
Advanced Digital Design using VHDL
Processor Architecture for VLSI
Optical Semiconductor Technology & Devices
Algorithms for VLSI
SOC Design
Hardware and Software Co-Design |
Independent Study and Research – PG*
Data Warehousing and Data Mining
Embedded Software Engineer
AD HOC & Wireless Sensor Network
Data Compression and Techniques
Infrastructure for Cloud
Software Reliability Engineering
Human Interface System Design
Wireless Communications- Principles and
Practices
Advance Mobile Computing
Data Storage Solutions
Cloud Computing
Software Testing & Reliability
Open Source Technologies
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
Design & Analysis of Security Protocols
Software Quality Management
Data Science & Big Data Analytics |
* Independent Study & Research (ISR) Course will enable students to devise and execute a project by formulating a research problem under faculty guidance. The course will enable critical thinking abilities in problem solving. This process will include a literature survey, collection of data (if any), analysis and conclusion with results.
Key Benefits:
- Earn credits for research
- Involves working towards patents and papers.
- Research driven & involving flexible study plan.
- Become competitive for PhD abroad.
- Excellent opportunities in R&D companies.
Softwares Available in VLSI labs:
- Simulators
- ModelSim
- HDL Designer
- CADENCE NC
- Iverilog
- Synthesis Tools
- Leonardo Spectrum
- FPGA Advantage
- Physical Design Tool
- Cadence Tool
- PSPICE/HSPICE
- Mentor Graphics-Eldo
- Silvaco TCAD
- Xilinx-Vivado
- Comsol Multiphysics
Description of labs:
- Advanced Digital Design using VHDL Lab: VHDL is commonly used as a design-entry language for field-programmable gate arrays and application-specific integrated circuits in electronic design automation of digital circuits. The lab aims to discuss the syntax of the language as well as build on the required knowledge of Digital Design to model a digital system.
- Advanced VLSI design Lab: The lab aims to introduce students to trade-offs in modern MOS technologies, and their impact on computer architecture and micro architecture and the CAD tools needed to manage the complexity of VLSI designs.
- MEMS Design Lab: This lab gives the exposure of various techniques used in MEMS and IC Integration. RF and Optical MEMS are also covered.
- CMOS mixed signal Design Lab: The lab deals with the design skills of CMOS op-amps, voltage reference circuits, switched capacitor circuits, sample-and- hold circuits, and A/D & D/A converters used in modern communication systems and consumer electronic products.
- Analog CMOS Design Lab: The lab deals with the various aspects of Analog VLSI circuits. Transistor modeling is emphasized from a purely analog point of view. This course will serve as an introduction to Analog Design using CMOS technology.
- VLSI Processing & Technology: This lab aims to foster knowledge of Integrated circuit technology, fabrication techniques and understanding of VLSI design Processes.
- Programming using Verilog Lab: This lab deals with programming using Verilog for advanced digital design techniques. It offers broad coverage of Verilog HDL from a practical design perspective. Introduces students to gate, dataflow(RTL), behavioral, and switch level modeling.
- Semiconductor Device Physics & Modeling Lab: The general goal of this lab is to allow the students to understand the fundamentals of semiconductor behavior and the operation of basic semiconductor devices. Additionally, this lab lays the foundations for the understanding of a vast array of other more advanced semiconductor devices such as those covered in more advanced courses. The emphasis of this lab will be on a survey of advanced Si and compound semiconductor device physics, especially hetrojunction and metal-semiconductor junctions; high frequency transistors including hetrojunction bipolar transistors, JFET’s, and MESFET’s; and optical devices.
- RF Circuit Design Lab: This lab aims towards the design of front-end analog circuit blocks for various wireless applications compatible with integrated circuit technology. Analysis at a system and circuit level,of various wireless architectures and circuit blocks, such as, low noise amplifiers, mixers, etc.,will be described.
- ASIC Design Lab: This lab focuses exclusively on digital CMOS Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) systems design and automation. The ASIC physical design flow, including logic synthesis, floor planning, placement, clock tree synthesis and routing will be presented.
- Embedded System Design Lab: The lab is divided into two parts, the first one deals with 8051 architecture and its interfacing with other devices. Second part deals with the basic embedded system and it’s design.
