The School of Engineering & Technology at UW Tacoma is a Cadence University Program Member.

Use of Cadence at the University of Washington Tacoma

TCES 421 Digital Integrated Circuit Design Covers digital integrated circuit manufacturing process; design rules; diodes; MOS(FET) transistors; interconnect wires; analysis and design of CMOS inverters; combinational and sequential circuits; arithmetic operators and memory; implementation strategies; timing issues; and CAD tools.

TECE 521 Advanced VLSI for Communication Systems Provide a basic foundation and understanding of the analysis and design of Radio Frequency (RF) communication circuits and systems. The course contents will provide a systematic treatment of Very Large-Scale Integrated (VLSI) Radio Frequency electronics from microwave and communication theory leading to the design of RF transceivers and circuits.

TECE 523 Wireless Integrated Circuit Design Basic concepts of wireless integrated circuit (IC) design. Various radio transceiver architectures and their applications are presented. Design of CMOS radio transceiver circuit blocks including hands on experience on IC design & layout using industry-based chip design software Cadence are addressed.

Other uses of Cadence:

  • Occasional Capstone,  Senior Projects and Research/Independent Study in "Computer Engineering & Systems", "Electrical Engineering" or "Electrical and Computer Engineering" programs.
  • Research concerning RF IC chip design.

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