Course name: Digital Backend Design

Code: DBD

Training content

• Back End EDA Tools – 2 lectures
• Floorplanning and Partitioning – 4 lectures
• Placement – 4 lectures
• Clock-tree Synthesis (CTS) – 3 lectures
• Routing – 2 lectures
• Physical Verification – 4 lectures
• SDC (the differences between SDC for synthesis, ICC and PrimeTime) – 3 lectures
• Static timing analysis (STA) – 4 lectures
• OCV – 3 lectures
• Signoff – 3 lectures

Training purpose

• Students can perform Backend design steps at a basic level.
• Understand analysis methods and important issues in Backend design.

References

• Static Timing Analysis for Nanometer Designs: A Practical Approach 2009th Edition
• VLSI Physical Design: From Graph Partitioning to Timing Closure 2nd ed. 2022 Edition