Mixed Signal IC Design Testing detailed syllabus for Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering (ETE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the ETE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit ETE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to ETE Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of mixed signal ic design testing is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
MIXED – SIGNAL TESTING
Common Types of Analog and Mixed- Signal Circuits – Applications of Mixed-Signal Circuits – PostSilicon Production Flow – Test and Packing – Characterization versus Production Testing – Test and Diagnostic Equipment – Automated Test Equipments – Wafer Probers – Handlers – E-Beam Probers – Focused Ion Beam Equipments – Forced -Temperature
Unit II
YIELD, MEASUREMENT ACCURACY, AND TEST TIME
Yield – Measurement Terminology – Repeatability, Bias, and Accuracy – Calibrations and Checkers -Tester Specifications – Reducing Measurement Error with Greater Measurement Time -Guardbands – Effects of Measurement Variability on Test Yield – Effects of Reproducibilty and Process Variation on Yield – Statistical Process Control
Unit III
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Unit IV
ADC TESTING
ADC Testing Versus DAC Testing – ADC Code Edge Measurements – Edge Code Testing Versus Center Code Testing, Step Search and Binary Search Methods, Servo Method, Linear Ramp
Histogram Method, Histograms to Code Edge Transfer Curves, Rising Ramps Versus Falling Ramps, Sinusoidal Histogram Method – DC Tests and Transfer Curve Tests – Dynamic ADC Tests -Tests for Common ADC Applications
Unit V
CLOCK AND SERIAL DATA COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL MEASUREME 6
Synchronous and Asynchronous Communications – Time-Domain Attributes of a Clock Signal -Frequency-Domain Attributes of a Clock Signal – Communicating Serially Over a Channel – Bit Error Rate Measurement – Methods to Speed Up BER Tests in Production – Deterministic Jitter Decomposition – Jitter Transmission Tests.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to
- Learn the fundamentals of mixed signal circuits.
- Define the various measurement terminologies.
- Acquire knowledge of Analog to Digital Converters.
- Learn testing of Analog to Digital Converters.
- Comprehend the attributes of a clock signal.
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Practical Exercises
DESIGN AND TESTING OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUITS
- PLL characteristics and its use as Frequency Multiplier, Clock synchronization
- R-2R Ladder Type and Flash Type ADC.
- DC power supply using LM317 and LM723.
- Design of asynchronous counter
- Design of synchronous counter
- Implementation and Testing of RS Latch and Flip-flops
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