IC Layout Design

Eligibility

4 Years B.E/B.Tech in Electricals or Electronics Engineering or M.E/M.Tech/M.S in VLSI System Design/Embedded Systems/Digital Electronics.

Duration of the Course/Training

6 Months

Course Description

Physical Design Training course mainly focused on giving complete hands on experience to physical design and physical verification training flow with latest tools and full lab practice. By end of the course your will learn to work in Linux environment, understand complete physical design flow from partitioning, floor planning, power planning, timing analysis, clock tree synthesis, routing of a functional unit blocks to physical verification and sign-off checks. There are about 11 modules in this course.

Course Features and Highlights

1. Hands-on exposure to physical design flow with industry standard EDA tools from Cadence, Siemens and Synopsys.
2. Deep understanding of various methodologies and technologies used.
3. 24×7 Lab Support with Lab practice handouts and course material delivery.
4. Industry standard project execution from RTL to GDSII training, Lab practice and theory sessions under the guidance of industry expert with 35+ years of experience.
5. Soft skills development, complete suite of job oriented physical design training with 100% placement assistance

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Basics of Unix/Linux
1. Introduction and Working knowledge of UNIX/LINUX commands
2. File handling skills in UNIX/LINUX
3. Introduction to programming languages used in IC-Design

Module 2: Basics of CMOS
4. MOSFET Operation, stick diagram, IC fabrication process
5. Formation of Digital (NAND AND OR NOR etc.) logic using CMOS

Module 3: Design and Tech libraries
6. Characterization of Digital standard cells and Library file information
7. Technology File information, LEF file information, QRC Tech file process
8. Basics RTL coding and RTL language like Verilog, VHDL, System Verilog

Module 4: Synthesis Part-1
9. Inputs and Outputs understanding
10. Constraints development and understanding
11. Optimization techniques (unify, preserve, flatten )
12. DFT basics with Siemens EDA tools

Module 5: Synthesis Part-2
13. Low power implementation techniques
14. Sanity checks like checkDesign, lint report
15. Derive environment features
16. Generic, map, incremental
17. Wireload model, PLE, Physical, Spatial

Module 6: Logical Equivalence
18. Inputs and outputs understanding
19. Intent and comparison understanding

Module 7: Static Timing Analysis Part-1
20. Basic understanding of transition/slew, capacitance, leakage power, internal power, On-Chip-Variation (derate, AOCV, LVF)
21. Library file difference NLDM, CCS, ECSM, LVF
22. Timing concepts understanding like setup, hold, recovery, removal, pulse width, clock gating check

Module 8: Static Timing Analysis Part-2
23. PLL jitter understanding and uncertainty calculations
24. IO budgeting
25. Different Timing Modes understanding
26. ECO generation

Module 9: Physical Design
27. Foreplaning concepts and IO placement
28. Power planning
29. Placement strategies like region, fence, blockages, padding, bump, don’t touch, filler gap
30. DRV optimization, Buffer tree synthesis
31. Clock tree synthesis and clock latency calculations
32. Routing design and optimization
33. Antenna
34. ECO Timing closure and implementation cycle

Module 10: Physical Design Verification
35. Design Rule Checks understanding and importance
36. Layout Versus Schematic and difference with respect to LEC
37. Electrical Rule Checks
38. IR Drop analysis – Static and Dynamic

Module 11: Industry standard Project Execution
39. Industry Standard Physical Design Live Project

Module 12: Mock Interviews & Personality improvement

EDA Tools & Technology Used for this Course

• EDA Tools: Cadence Virtuoso Suite.
• Technology Used: 14nm FINFET & 28nm Planar MOSFET.
• Lab Access: Flexible learning with 24×7 online access to all the EDA tools that are running on high speed cloud servers in USA.
• Access EDA tools, designs and libraries anytime and anywhere in the globe through VPN.

Course Duration and Timings

• 24 weeks/6 Months on Saturday and Sunday
• 3 Hours of live lecture session on Saturday and Sunday
• 1 Hours of live online lab session with EDA tools.
• Access help on weekdays too.

Flexible and Affordable Course Payments

• Pay through Debit/Credit Cards or Net Banking or through UPI payments.
• Avail No-cost EMI option with zero processing fee from our financial partners.
• You can choose 3 to 12 months of flexible EMI terms without paying any interest on your loan during your courses. Start making the payments once the placement is done.
• Group (3 or more enrollment together) and deep discounts for Engineering colleges

Placement Assistance & Guaranteed Placements

Our placements consultants works closely with the leading VLSI companies to meet their entry and mid level skilled engineer hiring needs and arranges interview opportunities for our trained engineers. The hiring companies include both India and USA companies.

We provide placement support as complementary service until the trained engineers gets job. For more information, please speak to our placement counsellors.

About Course Instructors

VLSI, Digital, ASIC and Analog IC Design Professional with 35+ and 15+ years of rich experience in Digital, Analog & Mixed-Signal Circuit designs and Verifications. Worked with major semiconductor product and service companies including EDA companies in India, Japan and USA and also 10 years of system design experiences in startup companies for the industrial automation products, which helped our instructors to understand the learning curves and business models. Having facilitative leadership skills and having a proven track record with leading teams on-site and offshore design centers including to create Analog & Mixed-Signal course materials and as instructor.

Why Choose Silicon Synergy

Trained Students Reviews

Deepak Sharma – Analog IC Designer at Micron:

Intensive training for verification course. Got placed in Radiant Semiconductors, with good efforts from placement team who are really hard working. Daily and weekend training is good to understand complete SV and UVM with real time projects. If you want to develop good verification skill I would suggest Silicon Synergy as the best training place.

Rajesh Rao – Layout Designer at Cadence:

I got to know about the school through Silicon Synergy career awareness program. I always had an interest in VLSI but don’t know how to pick the best career for myself. Through their career awareness program, I was given all the information I needed to know. I am now fully enrolled with the institute and got placed in Cadence as Physical Design Engineer.

Kiran Bhat – VLSI Verification Engineer at Intel:

It was fun been a part of the Institute. I had so many wonderful experiences during my time in Silicon Synergy. So far I don’t think there is anywhere you can get such quality of trainers they have at Silicon Synergy. They are very friendly and take work at the student’s pace to ensure everyone is carried along. It was an amazing time at the Silicon Synergy and I am very grateful.

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FAQ

1: How Online VLSI Courses will be delivered and what are the timings ?

Answer: Training is delivered in Instructor-Led Virtual Class Room mode, on weekends. To attend the live sessions, you need to login to the Silicon Synergy e-learning portal. For Lab access, you will connect to the Silicon Synergy servers through a VPN between 9:30 am to 1 pm, Saturday and Sundays. These timings are in IST (Indian Standard Timing) time zone.
Session Details: 9.30 am to 11.00 am
Lecture Sessions: 11.00 am to 11.30 am
Session Break: 11.30 am to 01.00 pm
Lab Session: The course will be delivered by one of the retired senior VP who have 35 years of VLSI experience along with 15+ years of experienced VLSI Engineer. Both are currently working in VLSI industry on latest technologies.

2: May I know about the trainers experience details ?

Answer: Our trainers are typically having 15 to 30 years of VLSI industry experience from USA, Japan and India and currently working in the latest technologies. They are typically project leads or project managers and are selected for their domain expertise, passion for sharing knowledge as well as good teaching skills. They are available on weekends only, during class hours for live interaction.

3: Who can Join Silicon Synergy’s Online VLSI Courses?

Answer: Instructor-led online courses on weekends are primarily designed for working professionals and Freshers who want to skill or upskill themselves. With shrinking technology nodes and increasing complexity of Chips, engineers are required to enhance their skills to stay relevant in their careers and increase their productivity. Online courses can help you learn new skills as well as increase your knowledge in the area you are currently working. Skills that take years to master in the workplace can be imbibed in weeks using our combination of theory classes, hands-on training sessions, projects. As these sessions are delivered by Senior VLSI engineers with 10 to 20 years of industry experience, learning from their experiences is a big takeaway from these courses. Considering time constraints for all working professionals, you can attend these courses from home.

4: What Tools & Technologies are used in the Online Courses?

Answer: We use the latest versions of Synopsys Tools, with a dedicated tool license for every trainee during the lab/project work. 14nm libraries are used for labs, projects. Synopsys and Cadence tools are used by the majority of the IC Design companies in the semiconductor(VLSI) industry world wide, not just in India.

5: How Can I Access the Labs/Tools remotely ?

Answer: Lab Access is provided through VPN. This gives the flexibility to do labs anytime, anywhere at your convenience. All you need is a good broadband connection and a laptop.

6: How Long Can I get VPN access to the Lab, after completion of the course ?

Answer: It varies as per the course duration (short/long). please check the Lab tab, in your course pages. Our course counselors can help you as well.

7: Do You have EMI/Installment option available?

Answer: We do have installment options for some courses. And EMI option is available through our partner organizations, who provide loans for training programs. please check with our Course Counsellors.

8: Do you provide Certificate after completion of the course ?

Answer: Course completion certificates will be provided, whoever meets the course completion criteria.

9: Do you provide Placement assistance ?

Answer: Silicon Synergy provides placement help to all candidates by providing them industry interview opportunities.

10: How long can I have lab access after course completion?

Answer: You will have lab access until the placement is done + 2 weeks after the placement.