• Students understand typical digital design tasks in industry like filtering, processing, interfacing (communication), testing and debugging

• They can implement the theory in practical project work

ILV "Analog Integrated Circuits 1"

• Additional number systems and math like fix-point and floating point in hardware, error detecting and error correcting codes
• Signal processing basics like sampling (AD/DA conversion), decimation/interpolation
• Basic filter structures like: averaging, CIC, FIR, IIR structures, all-pass filters, droop compensation
• Basic microprocessor design, instruction set architectures, ALU, register files, simple bus interfaces
• More digital design basics (asynchronous) like sequential asynchronous logic, 4-level logic, (quasi-)delay-insensitiveness, Muller C-element
• More digital design concepts like structures for speed up (pipelining, polyphase, caching), low power (clock gating, clock scaling, voltage scaling), for small area (bit-serial), multiple clock domains (synchronising)
• More design for test basics (boundary scan, scan isolation, test modes), jTag debug interface
• Practical Examples

Lecture material as provided in the course (required)
Recommended reading as follows:

• F. Vahid, Digital Design with RTL Design, VHDL, and Verilog, Wiley, 2011.
• H. Kaeslin, Digital Integrated Circuit Design - From VLSI Architectures to CMOS Fabrication,Cambridge University Press, 2008.
• U. Meyer-Baese, Digital Signal Processing with FPGAs, Springer, 2004.
• B. Oppenheim, R. Schafer, Discrete-Time Signal Processing, Pearson, 2009.
• J. Sparso, Principles of Asynchronous Circuit Design: A System Perspective, Springer, 2002.

Project-based learning based on hands-on examples.
Collaborative learning based on assignments covering different topics.
Flipped classroom by incorporating student presentations from asynchronous learning (homework) tasks.

Integrated module examination
Immanent examination character: Written/oral exam, including homework assignments, presentations and lecture contribution