Electrical Engineering (VLSI Design) (MS)

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The Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (VLSI design) is earned by successfully completing the normal requirements for the Master of Science in electrical engineering, with the following additional required courses: EE 536a ; EE 577a ; EE 577b or EE 536b ; and EE 552 . If a student chooses to take the first of the OR courses, the other course may be counted in the VLSI/CAD, Circuits and Devices and Computer Systems areas as indicated, below.

For Admission Requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees and Requirements .

No more than three courses (maximum 12 units) may be counted at the 400 level — at least 19 adviser-approved units must be taken at the 500 or 600 level.

The students must also take two courses from one of the following areas and one course from a second area:

VLSI/CAD Area

CSCI 455x Introduction to Programming Systems Design Units: 4
EE 554 Cyber-Physical Systems: A Computing Perspective Units: 4
EE 560L Digital System Design Units: 4
EE 576 Integrated Memory Devices and Technologies Units: 4
EE 578 Computational Electromagnetics for Engineers Units: 4
EE 580 System Verification Units: 4
EE 581 Mathematical Foundations for System Design: Modeling, Analysis, and Synthesis Units: 4
EE 631 Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Units: 4
EE 658 Diagnosis and Design of Reliable Digital Systems Units: 4
EE 680 Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems Units: 4

Circuits and Devices Area

EE 448L Communication Electronics Units: 4
EE 504L Solid-State Processing and Integrated Circuits Laboratory Units: 4
EE 505 Analog, Mixed-Signal, and RF Integrated-Circuit Tape-Out Units: 4
EE 536a Analog Integrated Circuits Units: 4
EE 536b Analog Integrated Circuits Units: 4
EE 537 Modern Solid-State Devices Units: 4
EE 582 CMOS:Nano Neuromorphic Circuits Units: 4
EE 576 Integrated Memory Devices and Technologies Units: 4
EE 631 Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Units: 4
EE 632a Integrated Communication Systems Units: 4
EE 632b Integrated Communication Systems Units: 4

Computer Systems Area

CSCI 455x Introduction to Programming Systems Design Units: 4
CSCI 570 Analysis of Algorithms Units: 4
EE 541 A Computational Introduction to Deep Learning Units: 2
EE 557 Computer Systems Architecture Units: 4
EE 560L Digital System Design Units: 4
EE 568 Parallel Programming Units: 4
EE 577b VLSI System Design Units: 4
EE 580 System Verification Units: 4
EE 595 Software Design and Optimization Units: 4
EE 659 Advanced Topics in Interconnection Network Design and Analysis Units: 4
EE 677 Accelerated Computing using Field Programmable Gate Arrays Units: 2

Note:

With explicit approval of a faculty adviser, EE 599 Special Topics and/or 3 units of EE 590 Directed Research may be used to meet requirements for any of the approved areas.

The remaining courses must be technical electives approved by the adviser, and can include the following:

EE 457 Computer Systems Organization Units: 4
EE 477L MOS VLSI Circuit Design Units: 4
EE 501 Solid State Units: 4
EE 502 Advanced Solid State Units: 3
EE 504L Solid-State Processing and Integrated Circuits Laboratory Units: 4
EE 506 Semiconductor Physics Units: 4
EE 540 Introduction to Quantum Electronics Units: 4
EE 554 Cyber-Physical Systems: A Computing Perspective Units: 4
EE 560L Digital System Design Units: 4
EE 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
EE 601 Advanced Semiconductor Device Physics Units: 4
EE 677 Accelerated Computing using Field Programmable Gate Arrays Units: 2