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IL2244 Project Course in Application Specific Integrated Circuits 15.0 credits

Information per course offering

Termin

Information for Spring 2026 Start 13 Jan 2026 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
13 Jan 2026 - 1 Jun 2026
Periods
P3 (7.5 hp), P4 (7.5 hp)
Pace of study

50%

Application code

61113

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

English

Course memo
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Number of places

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Target group
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Planned modular schedule
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Contact

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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus IL2244 (Autumn 2025–)
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Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

The course is project-based and focuses on designing an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) covering all design steps from specification to submission of GDSII manufacturing masks ("tape-out"). A few selected designs will be sent for fabrication and circuit performance will be measured in course IL2237. Students can choose to do a project involving either the use of the full digital design flow or the use of the analog/digital design flow. The course is delivered in collaboration with industrial partners who will provide guidance during several of the design phases.

Intended learning outcomes

After passing the course, the student should be able to

  • describe what design specifications are and how they are used in the design flow
  • based on a set of specifications, propose a functional description level architecture that includes hierarchical building blocks
  • create a project plan that includes tasks, milestones, deliverables, timeline and resource allocation
  • use the analog/digital design flow to implement each block in the architecture
  • evaluate the performance of each block at each design step and propose and make changes if necessary
  • connect all building blocks in a hierarchy using either the Digital-on-Top (DoT) or the Analog-on-Top (AoT) method
  • present and discuss their own designs to colleagues and experts
  • write design documentation.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Knowledge of Introduction to Integrated Circuits covering 7.5 higher education credits, equivalent to the completed course IL2241.

Knowledge of analogue integrated circuits covering 3 higher education credits, corresponding to the completed course IL2242 or the completed module LAB1 in IL2242.

Knowledge in digital system design and verification with hardware description language covering 9 higher education credits, equivalent to the completed course IL2234.

Knowledge of hardware design for embedded systems covering 4.5 higher education credits, corresponding to the completed course IL2225 or the completed module PROA in IL2225.

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • PRO1 - Project Work, 15.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Examiner

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Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

Main field of study

Electrical Engineering

Education cycle

Second cycle

Supplementary information

In this course, the EECS code of honor applies, see:
http://www.kth.se/en/eecs/utbildning/hederskodex