Sponsor Programs
Cadence University Program Member
North Carolina State University is a member of the Cadence University Program.
We use Cadence Design Systems, Inc. products in numerous classes including: ECE464/520, ECE511, ECE522, ECE733, ECE739, ECE745, ECE746, and our capstone Senior Design Course
We also use and have used Cadence products in many research projects including:
- Dr. Brian Floyd’s millimeter wave research projects
- Dr. Rhett Davis’ 3DIC and SSHAFT projects
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s AC Coupled Interconnect project
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s Cortical Processing project
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s On-Chip Interconnect project
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s 3D IC and Package Design project
- Dr. David Rickett’s millimeter wave research projects
- Dr. David Rickett’s high speed ADC project
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s NanoInterconnect project
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s Chip-Package Codesign project
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s Self Healing and Self Calibrating Analog and RF Circuits project
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s Food Processing Sensor project
- Dr. Eric Rotenberg’s Fabscalar project
- Dr. Eric Rotenbergs’s Anycore project
External Links
We have extensive experience using Cadence products and have developed several tools and tutorials to help people learn about these products which we offer to the public as part of our EDA Wiki:
- The NCSU CDK, a design kit for MOSIS processes
- A number of tutorials for learning about Cadence products.
Responsible faculty
The faculty responsible for this web page are Professors Paul Franzon and Rhett Davis.
Cadence is a registered trademark of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., 2655 Seely Avenue, San Jose, CA 95134.
Mentor Graphics Higher Education Program
North Carolina State University is a member of the Mentor Graphics Higher Education Program.
We use Mentor Graphics products in some of our classes including ECE464/520, and ECE745
We also use and have used Mentor’s products in some of our research projects including:
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s On-Chip Interconnect project
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s 3D IC and Package Design project
- Dr. Rhett Davis’ 3DIC and SSHAFT projects
- Dr. Kevin Gard’s Advanced RF Transmitter Design for Deep Submicron CMOS project
External Links
We are gaining experience using Mentor Graphics’ products daily. We have started developing tutorials to help people learn about these products which we offer to the public as part of our EDA Wiki:
- Our tutorial for performing LVS and parasitic extraction using Calibre .
- Modelsim Tutorial: Compilation Simulation and Power Evaluation
- Questa Tutorial
Responsible faculty
The faculty responsible for this web page are Professors Paul Franzon and Rhett Davis.
Synopsys
We use Synopsys products in numerous classes including ECE464/520, ECE511, ECE522, ECE733, ECE741, ECE744, and ECE746
We also use and have used Syopsys’ products in many research projects including:
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s AC Coupled Interconnect project
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s On-Chip Interconnect project
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s 3D IC and Package Design project
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s NanoInterconnect project
- Dr. Paul Franzon’s Chip-Package Codesign project
- Dr. Rhett Davis’ 3DIC and SSHAFT projects
- Dr. Kevin Gard’s Advanced RF Transmitter Design for Deep Submicron CMOS project
- Dr. Maysam Ghovanloo’s Implantable Biomedical Devices Research
External Links
We have extensive experience using Synopsys products and have developed tools and tutorials to help people learn about these products which we offer to the public as part of our EDA website:
- Our tutorial on using HSPICE under Analog Artist
- Our Place and Route tutorials using PrimeTime:
- Place & Route Tutorial #1
- Place & Route Tutorial #2
- Place & Route Tutorial #3
Responsible faculty
The faculty responsible for this web page are Professors Paul Franzon and Rhett Davis.