Optimization,
Modeling, and Simulation
for VLSI CAD
Fall 2000 Schedule:
Time: 1:00 -2:15pm MWF
Place: 3345 Engineering Hall
Instructor: Prof.
Charlie
Chen
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office: 3421 Engineering Hall
Phone: (608)265-1145
E-Mail: chen@engr.wisc.edu
Office Hour: 3:00pm-4:00pm TR
Teaching Assistant:
Ting-Yuan Wang
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office: B425 Engineering Hall/3634 Engineering Hall
Phone: (608)265-3804
E-Mail: wangt@cae.wisc.edu
Office Hour: 2:30pm-3:30pm MW
Course Goal:
Introduce and establish solid understanding and skills to perform
advanced VLSI CAD research and tool development.
VLSI Application topics include Circuit Simulation, Microwave Simulation, RLC
Extraction, Floorplanning, Partitioning, Placement, Routing, and Interconnect
design and optimization. Optimization training topics include Graph theory,
Combinatorial optimization, Linear programming, Nonlinear Programming, ..etc.
Prerequisites:
Mainly self-contained. Familiar with C or C++ programming language.
Grading Policy:
30% homework, 30% project, and 40% Quiz. (No Midterm and Final)
Required Text/Reference Material:
(1) "Introduction
to Algorithms (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Series)"
by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest.
(2) "Electronic
Circuit and System Simulation Methods"
by Lawrence T. Pillage, Ronald A. Rohrer, Chandramouli Visweswariah
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