Integrating digital, analog, and mixed-signal design in an undergraduate ECE curriculum

摘要

This paper describes the integration of analog, digital, and mixed-signal IC design in the undergraduate ECE curriculum at Lafayette College. This integration is being accomplished by adding IC design coverage to the required electronics sequence and including analog and mixed-signal coverage in a what was previously an "all-digital" VLSI Design elective. As a result, all ECE students at Lafayette receive some basic instruction on IC design, including layout. Students who take advanced courses receive more coverage of analog and mixed-signal design.