B.Tech in
VLSI Design and Technology

Overview

The B. Tech in VLSI Design and Technology program at Mahindra University (MU) is designed to train engineering students in accordance with the requirements outlined by AICTE. The government of India is pursuing the National Semiconductor Mission (NSM) to establish a semiconductor ecosystem in India. MU is dedicated to becoming a part of this endeavor to create the human resources required for the semiconductor industry in the upcoming years with trained engineers. This is a four-year program where the students will be involved in VLSI Design, Advanced algorithms in design automation, Analog VLSI Design, Logic synthesis, Testability and design for testability, Device and process simulation of semiconductor devices, and Physical verification flows. The curriculum of VLSI Design has been designed to cater to the ever-changing demands of the VLSI industry and the needs of society through research.
The outcome of this program is to improve the world through transformative education and impactful research by producing outstanding graduates who are knowledgeable, creative, and passionate about building a vibrant semiconductor and display ecosystem to enable India’s emergence as a global hub for electronics manufacturing and design.

Available Lab Facilities

The students have the opportunity to use the latest design automation software from the leading EDA companies – Synopsys, and Cadence. This lab will be available to B. Tech students to learn all aspects of design from architecture all the way to physical verification through the use of tools such as Design Compiler, ICC2, PrimeTime, StarRCXT and Sentaurus TCAD. Students will only be limited by their creativity and initiative for the types of designs they can develop using the automation provided by these tools. Students will have the opportunity to learn analog/digital full custom circuit design using Cadence EDA Virtuoso with sub-micron technologies. Cadence tools such as Assura, Innovus, Incisive and Genus are also available to learn circuit level physical design and verification, gate level physical design and functional simulation, and synthesis and pre-layout timing analysis.

Scope of Employment

Students of the B. Tech program can expect to work with prospective employers such as Intel, Qualcomm, Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens, Dell, Broadcom, AMD, NVidia, Apple, TSMC, Global Foundries, Samsung, Apex Semiconductors, NXP Semiconductors, ST Microelectronics and several other companies that are in the semiconductor design or manufacturing and are having difficulty in finding talent to meet their needs.

Curriculum

Course Curriculum (subject to change)

Semester 01

Course Code Course Title L T P C
MA 1101 Mathematics-I 4 1 0 5
CH 1101 Chemistry – I 2 1 0 3
EC 1102 Introduction to Electrical Engineering 2 1 2 4
CS 1101 Introduction to Computing 2 1 2 4
CE 1101 Earth and Environmental Sciences 2 0 0 2
HS 1101 English 0 3 0 3
HS 1102 Media Project 0 0 3 1.5
HS 1103 French – I 0 2 0 0.5
HS 1104 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 1 0 0 1
Total credits for Semester 1  24

Semester 02

Course Code Course Title L T P C
MA 1202 Mathematics-II 3 1 0 4
PH 1201 Physics – I 2 1 2 4
CH 1202 Chemistry – II 2 0 2 3
EC 1202 Electronics 2 1 2 4
CS 1202 Discrete Mathematical Structures 2 0 0 2
CS 1203 Data Structures 3 1 2 5
HS 1201 Entrepreneurship Practice (Fractal) 2 0 0 1
HS 1202 Professional Ethics (Fractal) 0 2 0 1
HS 1203 French – II 0 2 0 0.5
Total credits for Semester 2  24.5

Semester 03

Course Code Course Title L T P C
MA 2103 Mathematics-III 3 1 0 4
PH 2102 Physics – II 3 1 2 5
EC 2102 Signals and Systems 3 1 0 4
CS 2101 Optimization Techniques 3 0 0 3
CS 2102 Design and Analysis of Algorithms 3 1 0 4
HS 2101 Lean Startup (Fractal) 2 0 0 1
HS 2102 Principles of Economics (Fractal) 3 0 0 1.5
HS 2103 French – III 0 2 0 0.5
Total credits for Semester 3  23

Semester 04

Course Code Course Title L T P C
EC 2203 Digital System Design 3 0 2 4
EC 2207 Analog Circuits 3 1 2 5
EC 2208 Semiconductor Devices 3 1 2 5
CS 2202 ML with Python 3 0 2 4
CS 2204 Theory of Computation 3 0 0 3
HS 2201 Design Thinking 1 0 2 2
HS 2203 French – IV 0 2 0 0.5
Total credits for Semester 4  23.5

Semester 05

Course Code Course Title L T P C
EC 3101 VLSI Design 3 0 2 4
EC 3103 Programmable Devices 3 0 2 4
EC 3109 Digital Signal Processing 2 1 2 4
EC 3110 Semiconductor Materials Synthesis and Characterization 3 0 0 3
CS 3105 Object Oriented Programming 2 0 2 3
HS XXXX HSS/Mgmt. Elective I 2 0 0 2
HS 3101 French – V (opt) 0 2 0 0
Total credits for Semester 5  20

Semester 06

Course Code Course Title L T P C
EC 3202 Computing Systems Architecture 3 0 0 3
EC 3205 Advanced VLSI Design 3 0 0 3
EC 3206 VLSI Fabrication Technology 3 0 2 4
PR 3201 Third Year Team Project 0 1 4 3
EC 32XX Dept. Elective I 3 0 0 3
XX 32XX Open Elective I 3 0 0 3
HS 3201 Introduction to professional development 2 0 0 2
HS 3202 French -VI (opt) 0 2 0 0
HS 32XX HSS/Mgmt. Elective II 2 0 0 2
Total credits for Semester 6  23

Semester 07

Course Code Course Title L T P C
EC 4101 Embedded Systems Design and Programming 2 0 2 3
EC 4103 Logic Synthesis and Verification 2 0 2 3
PR 4102 Final Year Project Phase I 0 1 4 3
EC 41XX Dept. Elective II 3 0 0 3
EC 41XX Dept. Elective III 3 0 0 3
HS 41XX HSS/Mgmt. Elective III 2 0 0 2
HS 4101 French – VII (opt) 0 2 0 0
Total credits for Semester 7  17

Semester 08

Course Code Course Title L T P C
PR 4203 Final Year Project Phase II 0 4 10 9
EC 42XX Dept. Elective IV 3 0 0 3
XX 42XX Open Elective II 3 0 0 3
HS 4201 French – VIII (opt) 0 2 0 0
Total credits for Semester 8  15

Total credit 170

  • Course Curriculum and detailed syllabus are prepared.
  • Curriculum will be finalized after Board of Studies meeting.
  • This program will be introduced in the Fall Semester of 2024.

Credits Distribution

S. N. Area Credits
1 Engineering Sciences 36
2 Professional Core 79
3 Core and Open Electives 18
4 Projects 15.5
5 Humanities/Management 21.5
Total 170
VLSI Design and Technology