Skill Set

• Physical Design Tools

• Cadence ICFB Design Suite
• Tanner Tools
• Synopsys Design Compiler

• Circuit Simulators

• SPECTRE
• Tanner SPICE

• Optimization packages - LINDOAPI

• Programming languages – C, C++, MATLAB, VHDL

• Platforms - WINDOWS, LINUX, SOLARIS

Courses

• 1st semester

• Microelectronics
• MOS VLSI
• Introduction to Data Structures
• Digital Communication
  

• 2nd semester

• Analog IC
• CAD of VLSI
• Memory Design and Testing
• Digital Signal Processing I
• IC Technology

• 3rd semester

• Issues in Deep Sub Micron
• Mixed Signal Circuit Design
• IC Processing Lab
• Digital Systems Design Lab
  

Projects

1. GENESIS – A Global Optimizer based RTL-to-GDS VLSI Physical Synthesis Tool (IIT Delhi)
   

   • Developed a complete package for standard cell and macrocell placement, global and detailed routing supporting standard interfaces like LEF, CIF, Verilog
   • Used C along with LEDA, a data structure package
   • Formulated and implemented global router
   • Development model with a modular structure, integrating third party software package – the global optimizer LINDOAPI
   • Adopted project management techniques like CVS code repository
   • Worked in a team of 6 members
   • Submitted a paper in the 18th VLSI Design Conference

2. Design of nibble addressable area optimized SRAM (IIT Delhi)
   

   • Designed poly resistor 4T SRAM cell, decoding logic and the sense amplifiers.
   • The architecture of the decoding logic is made of minimal area by running an optimization formulation to get the number of bits at each level of decoding.
     

3. Analog to Digital Converter Design using Support Vector Machines (IIT Delhi)
   

   • A new design methodology for ADCs using Support Vector Machines and nonlinear kernel
   • Precise way of design using optimization strategies of SVM with the kernel obtained from actual simulations
     

4. Encryption Methods using Nonlinear Stream Ciphers (B Tech Project)
   

   • Study of existing nonlinear stream cipher called Geffe generator identifying its defects
   • Proposal of a modified scheme, which withstands the cryptanalyst attack to a better extent. This scheme was verified in MATLAB
   • Proposed encryption method was supplied to VSSC Trivandrum for use in future programmes