Integrated Circuit Design

Chair: ICD

Introduction

Integrated Circuits – also known as ”chips” -  are at the heart of the rapid developments in electronics. Without chips, the modern world would simply be impossible. Applications like (wireline and wireless) communications, sensing, self-driving cars, artificial intelligence, and in fact the whole internet, are fueled by chips! This field has become of extremely high societal, industrial, and geopolitical importance.   While signal processing and computing are done in the digital domain, the interface with the natural world and the physical implementation of circuits is all analog by nature. The University of Twente has one of the few leading groups in the world in this exciting analog (and Radio Frequency) domain.

In the Integrated Circuit Design group (ICD-group) we do research on analog and radio frequency integrated circuits in CMOS technology. This includes transmitters and receivers for wireless and wireline communication and radar systems, but also analog to digital and digital to analog converters, timing circuits, power stages, and precise references. With the help of MSc and Ph.D. students, we advance this field with fundamental solutions for practical problems. The transfer of our results to the industry is high and many of our inventions are now in your smartphone or other devices!

Programme mentor

prof.dr.ir. B. Nauta (Bram)
Distinguished Professor (Universiteitshoogleraar)

Compulsory courses

Code

Course

Study load (EC)

Quarter

191210750

System-on-Chip Design

10

1A/1B

201900007

Perspectives on Engineering Design

2,5

1B

201100137

Philosophy of Engineering: Ethics

2,5

1B

191210850

Advanced Analog IC-Electronics

5

2A

One additional compulsory course will be chosen by the programme mentor from the following list, after discussion with the student:

Code

Course

Study load (EC)

Quarter

191211720

Microwave Techniques

5

1B

191211500

Wireless Transceivers Electronics

5

2B

191210840

A/D Converters

5

2B

191210860

Advanced Electronics Project

5

Year

Note that courses in the table above, not part of the compulsory course programme, can still be chosen as elective.

Starting up your course programme in Integrated Circuit Design

Below we give two sets of courses as a “save choice”, one for quarter 1A and one for quarter 2A.

If you start your programme in September, you can safely choose the courses below for quarter 1A:

191210750

System-on-Chip Design (part 1)

5

202100101

Wireless Communication Systems

5

If you start your programme in February, you can safely choose the courses below for quarter 2A:

191210850

Advanced Analog IC-Electronics

5

191211040

Electromagnetic Compatibility

5

191210950

Implementation of Digital Signal Processing

5

191211030

Wireless Propagation Channels

5

Website for more information

http://icd.ewi.utwente.nl/