I’ve created a comprehensive VLSI Physical Design Course document that covers the complete backend design flow from RTL to GDSII. The course is professionally structured and based on current industry standards and requirements gathered from leading training institutes and semiconductor companies.
This course has some prerequisites :
Prerequisites
To ensure success in this VLSI Physical Design course, participants should have:
Fundamental Engineering Knowledge
- A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Electronics, Electrical, Computer Engineering, or closely related field
- Strong understanding of digital logic design, including combinational and sequential circuits
- Familiarity with basic semiconductor device physics (MOSFET operation, threshold voltage, channel effects)
Hardware Description Languages (HDL)
- Proficiency in Verilog or VHDL for RTL coding and simulation
- Experience writing synthesizable code and testbenches
EDA Concepts & File Formats
- Basic awareness of the ASIC design flow (frontend vs. backend)
- Knowledge of common file formats:
- RTL/netlist (.v, .vhdl, .edf)
- Constraint files (.sdc)
- Library files (.lib, .db)
Software & Scripting Skills
- Comfortable using a Linux or Unix command-line environment
- Familiarity with shell scripting (bash, tcsh)
- Basic experience with scripting languages (Tcl preferred; Python or Perl acceptable)
Mathematics & Analysis
- Understanding of timing concepts (setup/hold time, propagation delay)
- Introductory knowledge of probability and statistics for variation analysis
Recommended Preparatory Courses or Reading
- Digital Logic Design (Boolean algebra, FSMs)
- CMOS Device Fundamentals and Fabrication Processes
- Introduction to Verilog or VHDL
- Basic Linux/Unix for Engineers
Participants lacking any of these prerequisites are advised to complete short tutorials or bridge modules in digital electronics, HDL coding, and Linux basics before beginning this course.