Lakehead University

Department of Electrical Engineering

Cadence University Program Member

This page provides information only about the Cadence software used at our university.

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Tutorials

• Introduction to Virtuoso Schematic Editor and Analog Environment

• ACM Parameter Extraction from Simulations

• Monte Carlo Analysis

• Transient Analysis

• Layout Creation

• Layout vs. Schematic and Extracted View Simulation

Cadence tools in our curriculum

Cadence custom IC tools are being used primarily in the following courses:

• EELE 5131 Microelectronics: (graduate) Cadence tools are used for assignments and for the class project.

• EELE 5331 Digital ASIC Design: (graduate) Cadence tools are used for tutorials and the class project.

• EELE 0531 Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits: (undergraduate) Cadence tools are used for tutorials and the class project.

• EELE 5433: Design of RF ICs: (graduate) Cadence tools are used for assignments and for the class project.

Cadence custom IC tools are also used in projects:

• Bowei Yao: “Picowatt, 0.6V Self-biased Subthreshold CMOS voltage reference,” MSc paper project, Winter 2018.

• ShashiVardhanReddy Samidi: “A CMOS High Voltage DC-DC Up Converter Dedicated for Ultrasonic Applications”, MSc paper project, Winter 2018.

• SagarPravin Patel: “Performance Analysis of a Low-Power High Speed Hybrid 1-bit Full Adder Circuit,” MSc paper project, Winter 2018.

Cadence tools in our research

Cadence custom IC tools are/have been used in some research projects/graduate thesis including:

1. Carlos Christoffersen, Thinh Ngo, Ruiqi Song, Yushi Zhou, Samuel Pichardo, Laura Curiel, ``Quasi Class-DE Driving of HIFU Transducer Arrays,'' IEEE Transactions On Biomedical Circuits And Systems, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2019, pp. 214--224, DOI 10.1109/TBCAS.2018.2888990

2. Yushi Zhou, Jared Mercier and Fei Yuan, ``A Comparative Study Of Injection Locked Frequency Divider Using Harmonic Mixer In Weak And Strong Inversion,'' 2018 IEEE 61st Midwest Symp. on Circuits and Systems, pp. 97-100.

3. Carlos Christoffersen, Thinh Ngo, Ruiqi Song, Yushi Zhou, Samuel Pichardo, Laura Curiel, ``Suboptimal Class DE Operation for Ultrasound Transducer Arrays,’’ 2018 IEEE NEWCAS conference, Montreal, June 2018.

4. Anuj Sharma: “A Design Methodology For Low Power CMOS Current Source,” MSc Thesis, August 2016

5. P. Luong, C. Christoffersen, C. Rossi-Aicardi and C. Dualibe, ``Nanopower, Sub-1 V, CMOS Voltage References with Digitally-Trimmable Temperature Coefficient,'' Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 787-798, IEEE Transactions On Circuits And Systems I: Regular Papers, DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2016.2632072

6. R. Song, C. Christoffersen, Samuel Pichardo, Laura Curiel , ``An integrated full-bridge Class-DE ultrasound transducer driver for HIFU applications,'' Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE NEWCAS Conference, Vancouver, June 2016, pp. 1-4. DOI: 10.1109/NEWCAS.2016.7604776

7. C. Christoffersen, W. Wong, S. Pichardo, G. Togtema and L. Curiel, ``Class-DE Ultrasound Transducer Driver for HIFU Therapy,'' IEEE Transactions On Biomedical Circuits And Systems, Vol. 10, No. 2, April 2016, pp. 375-382. DOI 10.1109/TBCAS.2015.2406119

8. “Sub-1 V, 4 nA CMOS Voltage References with Digitally-Trimmable Temperature Coefficient”, MSc Thesis by Peter Luong (2014). (Custom IC)

9. P. Luong, C. Christoffersen, C. Rossi-Aicardi and C. Dualibe, ``Sub-1 V, 4 nA CMOS Voltage References with Digitally-Trimmable Temperature Coefficient,'' Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE NEWCAS Conference, Trois Rivieres, June 2014, pp. 345-348. DOI: 10.1109/NEWCAS.2014.6934053

10. “An Integrated Ultrasound Transducer Driver for HIFU Applications”, MSc Thesis by Wai Wong (2013). (Custom IC)

11. W. Wong, C. Christoffersen, Samuel Pichardo, Laura Curiel , ``An Integrated Ultrasound Transducer Driver For HIFU Applications,'' Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Regina, May 2013.

12. C. E. Christoffersen, G. Toombs and A. Manzak, ``An Ultra-Low Power CMOS PTAT Current Source,'' Proceeedings of the Argentine-Uruguay Conference on Micro-Nanoelectronics, Technology and Applications, October 7-8 2010, Montevideo, Uruguay, pp. 35-40. (Custom IC)

13. “A DVS-Capable Ultra-Low Power CMOS Temperature Sensor”, MSc Thesis by Greg Toombs (2009). (Custom IC)

14. “Analysis of Crosstalk in Digital Circuits”, by Dr. K. Natarayan (2008).

15. “Multi-Time Analysis of CMOS Circuits”, MSc Thesis by Justin Chen (2008). (Custom IC)

16. “Analysis of a CMOS VCO using Wave Digital Filters”, MSc Thesis by Weibo Li (2007).

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Last updated : 9/5/2019

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