Introduction to Integrated
Circuits and Systems
林宗賢
http://cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~thlin/
Feb. 2014
National Taiwan University
Department of Electrical Engineering
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A SMART PHONE
HTC One X: beautiful outside
Real beauty inside!!!
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INSIDE A SMART PHONE
HTC One Specifications:
•1.5GHz dual-core processor (Qualcomm Snapdragon S4; MSM8960)
•Samsung K3PE7E700D-XG2 8Gb LP DDR2 Mobile DRAM (1GB)
•16GB Samsung KLMAG4FEJA-A002 storage chip
•4.7″ WVGA display (1280 x 720)
•8MP rear-facing camera; 1.3MP front-facing camera
•3.7V, 1,800 mAh Li-Ion battery (BJ83100)
•RTR8600 multi-band/mode RF transceiver for LTE bands (RTR8600 AFN907.0 E520200A)
•SWr GMD44 (duplexer; RF passive device)
•Invensense MPU-3050 MPU-3050 Triple Axis Gyroscope with Embedded Digital Motion Processor
(MPU-3050 Q4S453-D1 EL 1203 K)
•Silicon Image SiI9244 MHL transmitter for HD audio and video (924480 PFR974A 10K2206)
•Qualcomm WCN3660 dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM radio combo chip (WCN3660 PFN634G6
A201002)
•Qualcomm PM8921 power management IC
•Avago ACPM-7251 Multi-Mode, Multi-Band CDMA/LTE/UMTS power amplifier (ACPM-7251 K1208
FC008)
•Synaptics S3202A touch controller (S3202A 2091AD AC3G684)
•Audience earSmart A1028 Voice Processor (A1028AOF NAP268.0011 1144G)
•Avago A5052 K1206 EK020; 77707-3 16839.1 1202 MX; 77703-2 69436.1 1208 MX
•NXP 44506 14 11 ZSD1324
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A NOT-SO-SMART PHONE
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OUTLINE
ICS組介紹
 ICS組相關課程
 ICS組教授成員及相關研究
 ICS組同學未來展望
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ICS: 積體電路與系統
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Challenge: how to make more of less
 Jack
Kilby, TI
 Robert Noyce, Fairchild Semiconductor
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ICS: Integrated Circuits and Systems
 積體電路與系統設計
 SSI,
MSI, LSI, VLSI
 System-on-a-Chip (SoC)
 IC: Indian and Chinese
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http://www.giee.ntu.edu.tw/portal/lab_ics.php
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ICS組相關課程
 http://www.giee.ntu.edu.tw/
portal/lecture_ics.php
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ICS組教授研究領域
目前成員：19位教授
 研究領域
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 數位IC晶片設計
 類比與混合信號IC晶片設計
 射頻(RF)無線IC晶片設計
 電力功率IC晶片設計
 感測器電路設計
 三維積體電路架構與設計
 ……
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ICS組教授成員分布
數位積體電路系統
功率IC
類比/RF
EDA/封裝
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ICS組研究領域
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More Moore vs. More Than Moore
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ICS組相關產業
行動通訊
 系統晶片
 醫療照護
 綠色能源
 半導體
 (點點點)
 National Program of Intelligent Electronics
(NPIE, 智慧電子國家型科技計畫): MG + 4C
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Top 25 Fabless Companies of the World (4/5/2012)
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2012 ICT產業十大關鍵議題
1. Voice/gesture control: Etron: work on a 3D depth engine that can be
used to draw the 3D map of a scene and thus can sense the gesture
of a user
2. Smart TV: Mstar, Mediatek, and Realtek
3. Smart devices (tablet): Mediatek 6589 (4-core)
4. Ultrabook: E-lan is a leader in touch sensing IC for touch panel,
Realtek for Gbps Ethernet, many companies for USB3.0 (Etron, 祥碩,
智原)
5. Low-cost smart phone: Mediatek, same as (3)
6. Mobile memory: Winbond, Etron
7. Window smartphone
8. 3D TV: Himax, 聯詠
9. APU: AMD, Intel
10. Big data
(Source: 外貿協會, 工研院IEK) 14
誰適合念ICS組?
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Talent:
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Love to create, Love to synthesize, Love to make
things happen
Connect theory to reality
Logic thinking
Intuitive understanding of science/eng. theory
Background: circuit theory, device physics,
design methodology
 Skill: run EDA software
 基本上 年滿十八歲的你們都適合念ICS組
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ICS組同學未來的可能出路
IC design house
 Start-up company
 Design service company
 Foundry
 System house
…
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Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
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QUIZ?
Have you ever seen the picture below?
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