- Docente: Cecilia Metra
- Credits: 3
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Electronic Engineering (cod. 0934)
Learning outcomes
Circuit level design and verification by electrical level and Monte Carlo simulations performed by the tool HSPICE. Circuit reliability analysis by electrical level simulations performed by the tool HSPICE. System integration and synthesis performed by the tool Synopsys Design Compiler. System reliability evaluation by fault injection and simulation performed by the tool Synopsys Tetramax. System implementation by Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) performed by the Xilinx implementation tool.
Course contents
Exercize of analysis and design of high reliability circuits and systems to be performed using CAD tools (such as HSPICE and/or Synpsys Design Compiler).
Readings/Bibliography
Technical papers from IEEE publications, varying based on the assigned project.
Teaching methods
Supervision of the project.
Assessment methods
Evaluation of a project final report.
Teaching tools
CAD tools for the design of electronic circuits and systems.
Office hours
See the website of Cecilia Metra