Integrated Circuit Design - Exams

• This year's paper (draft)
  
  

  • Answer 4 questions in 2 hours:

    A1 +

    A2 OR A3

    + B1 +

    B2 OR B3

    • Section A
      • Three questions (A1, A2, A3) written by BIM
      • Answer A1 and EITHER A2 or A3
      • Question A1 is a compulsory short question and is worth 15 marks.
      • Questions A2 and A3 are longer questions each worth 30 marks.
      • A total of 45 marks is available for this section
    • Section B
      • Three questions (B1, B2, B3) written by BIM
      • Answer B1 and EITHER B2 or B3
      • Question B1 is a compulsory short question and is worth 15 marks.
      • Questions B2 and B3 are longer questions each worth 30 marks.
      • A total of 45 marks is available for this section
    
    
  • Rubric
    
    Section A
    Answer question A1 (15 marks) AND
    EITHER question A2 (30 marks) OR question A3 (30 marks)
    
    Section B
    Answer question B1 (15 marks) AND
    EITHER question B2 (30 marks) OR question B3 (30 marks)
    
    Each section will be marked out of 45 giving a maximum of 90 marks.
    The remaining marks will be awarded for coursework already submitted.
    
    University approved calculators MAY be used. Coloured pens/pencils will be required.
    
    Design rules for a sample CMOS process will be provided.
    
    Graph paper will be available.
    
• Last Year's Paper
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2014
    • Figure A1: Mask level layout of circuit elements
    • Sample Design Rules (0.2um)

• Recent Past Papers
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2013
    • Figure A1: Mask level layout of a two-input CMOS NAND gate
    • Sample Design Rules (0.3um)
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2012
    • Figure B1: Mask level layout of a two-input CMOS gate
    • Sample Design Rules (0.3um)
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2011
    • Sample Design Rules (0.2um)
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2010
    • Sample Design Rules (0.4um)
    • ... alternative version suitable for those with reduced colour vision

• Less Recent Past Papers - questions by BIM only
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2009
    • Sample Design Rules (0.4um)
    • ... alternative version suitable for those with reduced colour vision
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2008
    • Sample Design Rules (0.4um)
    • ... alternative version suitable for those with reduced colour vision
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2007
    • Sample Design Rules (0.3um)
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2006
    • Sample Design Rules (0.4um)
    • ... alternative version suitable for those with reduced colour vision
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2005
    • Sample Design Rules (0.4um)
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2004
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2002

• ECS Central Archive of Past Papers

  Scanned

  • Integrated Circuit Design 2007
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2006
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2005
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2004

  Older - some figures are missing/corrupted

  • Integrated Circuit Design 2003
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2002
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2001
  • Integrated Circuit Design 2000