Hardware and Chip Designing
About Hardware and Chip Designing
A crucial component of electronics engineering is chip design, which is the process of creating a chip. The process of designing chips requires an understanding of how circuits are constructed and how their logic works. Transistors, which are fundamental building blocks, are used to create all chips.
The process of developing systems and parts for computers and computer technology is known as hardware design engineering. Hardware must be properly built, set up, and tested in order for the software to function correctly on any system. Hardware design engineering plays a role in this.
Why is Hardware and Chip Designing important?
In contrast to software, which is useless without the necessary hardware to operate it, hardware will always have a position in the electronics business. Furthermore, there is presently no universal black box that can accommodate all product needs.
Some of the most significant advancements in human history have been made possible by the growing complexity of microprocessor processes and packaging technologies. Chip design has also proven helpful in this effort, enabling the realization of several "Systems-on-Chip" (SoCs) that are becoming more complicated daily.
Who should take the Hardware and Chip Designing Exam?
- People who want to enhance their Electronic Hardware Designing Skills.
- Anyone who is starting their career in physical design and curious to learn concepts.
Hardware and Chip Designing Certification Course Outline
- schematic
- gds
- frame view
- delay and power table
- standard cell library
- power performance and area
- connectivity extraction
- device extraction
- lvs - example
- process variation
- PVT variation
- RC variation
- synthesis
- DFT
- combination logic testing
- sequential logic testing
- different types of cells
- Extract Components information from Requirement Sheet
- Selection of Component for Example Ethernet PHY, Micro-Controller, Motor Driver, Mosfets, ADC, ADC/DAC, MIC etc.
- Draw a Complex Schematic Block and Its Power Budget Diagrams
- What are Differential pairs, USB2.0, I2Cs, UART/USART, CAN, MII/RMII, I2S and many more interfaces
- EMI & EMC decisions for a Complex Mixed Signal Schematic Design
- How to Create Design Rules Decision for Complex Mixed Signal Board
- Layer Stack-Up Design (4L/6L/8L/12L) and Field Solver Simulation
- How to Define Board shape and Rigid-Flex PCB Board
- Components Placement planning for a Complex Board and its Execution
- How to Layout a Complex Board with more than 10,000 interconnects, and Layout Optimization
- Power Distribution Network (PDN Analysis) and How to read its Report + Resolve Issues