ECE4063 Large scale digital design
Faculty of Engineering
ECE4063 Large scale digital design is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering. It isn't offered in 2023. It needs ECE2131 and ECE2072.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ECE4063
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After ECE4063
No unit lists ECE4063 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisites: Or (ECE2061 or TRC2500) and ECE2072
Prohibitions: ECE4604. ECE5063, ECE5604
Overview
The unit aims to develop a fundamental understanding of the performance, specification and fabrication of large scale digital circuits. You will become experienced at the design, simulation, verification and debugging of complex large scale digital circuits using a Hardware Description Language (HDL) and current CAD tools with FPGA development boards. Two group design projects will be undertaken: one involving an HDL using FPGA devices and another involving custom VLSI CMOS design and simulation
Offerings in 2023
The 2023 handbook lists no offerings for ECE4063.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Describe the fabrication processes used for producing CMOS VLSI circuits.
- 2
Assess the performance of a VLSI layout in terms of speed, power and area.
- 3
Predict and manage the metastable failure rate of crossing clock domains.
- 4
Predict and optimise the delay in multiple paths of a VLSI design.
- 5
Apply pipelining and parallelism to digital designs to improve their performance.
- 6
Design, implement and debug a complex digital design using HDL as part of a team.
- 7
Generate professional documentation for a team design project.
Workload and teaching
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.
Where it fits
ECE4063 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2023 handbook.
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ECE4063?
You need ECE2131 and ECE2072 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.
When is ECE4063 offered?
ECE4063 has no offerings listed in the 2023 handbook.
How much work is ECE4063?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ECE4063?
ECE4063 is part of Electrical and computer systems engineering; and Robotics and mechatronics engineering.