EECS 627, VLSI Design II 

W 86, W 87, W 88, W 89, W 91, F 92, F 93, F 94, F 95, F 96, F 97, F 98, F99, W 01 (Introduced Winter 86)

Design techniques for rapid implementations of very large-scale integrated (VLSI) circuits, MOS technology and logic. Structured design. Design rules, layout procedures. Design aids: layout, design rule checking, logic, and circuit simulation. Timing. Testability. Architectures for VLSI. Projects to develop and lay out circuits.

EECS 427, VLSI Design I 

F 90, W 96, W 97 (Introduced Fall 90)

Advanced very large scale integrated (VLSI) circuit design. Design methodologies (architectural simulation, hardware description language design entry, silicon compilation, and verification), microarchitectures, interconnect, packaging, noise sources, circuit techniques, design for testability, design rules, VLSI technologies (silicon and GaAs), and yield. Projects in chip design.

EECS 317, VLSI Design

EECS 317 Solid-State Devices F 88, F 89 and Digital Electronics W 93, W 94, W 95 (Introduced Fall 88)

Introduction to active devices and large-signal circuits. Large-signal circuit models for diodes and transistors were developed from a physical perspective, and circuit analysis with active devices was introduced using digital circuits. Homework assignments emphasized the complementary use of hand analysis and computer simulation.