Circuit and system design

Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Höppner,

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Mayr

"Circuit and system design"
EuI-ET-C-SSE, EuI-IST-C-SSE

module description (previous version: ET-12 08 18)

"Computer-aided circuit design"
EuI-ET-C-RgSKE

module description (previous version: ET-12 08 23)

2 semester hours per week (SWS) lecture,

1 SWS exercise, 2 SWS project

"Circuit and system design" and "Computer-aided circuit design"
in the summer semester 2025
(to the schedule)

• Start annually in the winter semester

Compulsory module for

• the Electrical Engineering degree program
  (Master and Diploma)
  Fields of study: Information Technology and Microelectronics
• the diploma program Information Systems Engineering

Compulsory elective module for

• the Electrical Engineering degree program
  (Master and Diploma)
• special dates for exercises, practicals

• Teaching material (lecture)
• Practical course: OPAL course Circuit and System Design Practical Course (<semester>), use password from introductory course for registration.

The module covers fundamentals and methods for the development of application-specific digital integrated circuits (ASICs). This includes the conversion of a numerical algorithm into a data dependency graph, the application of scheduling and allocation methods, the optimization with regard to resource consumption (area, runtime) as well as the implementation and functional verification (simulation) of the ASIC.

Qualification goals:

After completing the module, students will be able to systematically develop the data path (register transfer description) and the control mechanism (FSM) of an independently selected numerical algorithm using a data dependency graph. They are familiar with the implementation flow, which includes both the automated synthesis of complex blocks based on a hardware description language (e.g. Verilog) and manually optimized digital data path elements.