A Novel Analog Integrated Circuit Design Course Covering Design, Layout, and Resulting Chip Measurement

Wei-Liang Lin; Wang-Chuan Cheng; Chen-Hao Wu; Hai-Ming Wu; Chang-Yu Wu; Kuan-Hsuan Ho; Chueh-An Chan

IEEE Transactions on Education Vol. 53, No. 2 (May 2010) pp. 282–287

This work describes a novel, first-year graduate-level analog integrated circuit (IC) design course. The course teaches students analog circuit design; an external manufacturer then produces their designs in three different silicon chips. The...