Advanced Certification Course
in Sensor Technologies and Chip Design
- IISC

• Overview of Sensors and Transducers​
• Sensors and Transducer Characteristics: accuracy, precision, sensitivity, specificity, resolution, and selection criteria​
• Overview of MEMS​, Integration of mechanical elements, sensors, actuators, and electronics​​
• Importance and role of sensors and transducers in engineering fields (e.g., Industry and Biomedical applications)​
• Overview of various sensor types: Temperature sensor, Motion sensor, Hall effect sensor, pMUTs and cMUTs, UV sensor, IR sensor, Pressure sensor​
• Sensor Interfacing: Customized PCB Design ​

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• Thermal Oxidation​
• Diffusion and Ion Implantation​
• Deposition Techniques: Physical Vapour Deposition Techniques (PVD) (E-Beam evaporation, Thermal evaporation, and Sputtering), Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD).​
• Lithography and Patterning Techniques for Sensor Fabrication​
• Introduction to Bulk Micromachining & Surface Micromachining​
• Etching Techniques: Wet etching and Dry etching​
• Characterization Techniques – STM, AFM, Spectroscopy, XRD​

• Overview of electronic system design consideration for sensors​

• Amplifiers Types (Differential, Instrumentation, and Nonlinear Amplifiers) and Topologies used in Sensing systems and their Practical Applications​

• Unilateral negative Feedback, Linear and Frequency-independent Amplifiers used in Sensing systems​

• Active Filters and Noise removal in Sensor Amplifiers​

• Static and dynamic error in Sensor Amplifiers and their Compensation in Sensor Amplifiers​

• Introduction to the world of finite element method (FEM) using COMSOL Multiphysics​
• Learn how to build geometry and meshing, apply physics, set up studies and analyze results​
• Learn how to do step-by-step Multiphysics analysis from a simple problem to a fully coupled Multiphysics model​
• Hands-on demo on various sensors and actuators – Piezoresistive, Piezoelectric, Electromechanical, Pressure-based, Inertia-based, Thermal actuators​
• Parameter optimization and performance analysis through simulations​

• System integration of sensors – key concepts and challenges​
• "Statistical analysis for sensor characterization – deep dive" and hypothesis testing with an example​
• Model based System Engineering (MBSE) – how to do structured system design around a packaged sensor?​
• Hands on with SysML and papyrus​

• Introduction to Piezoelectricity and ultrasound waves​
• Ultrasound imaging modes​
• Medical and Industry Applications ​
• Image formation and quality metrics​
• Beamforming and image reconstruction​
• Field measurements and cavitation​

• Introduction to VLSI and ASIC Design: Moore’s law, scaling technique​
• Introduction to CMOS technology​
• Design rules and layout techniques for CMOS implementation​
• Introduction to Verilog/VHDL for hardware description​
• Low-power design techniques: voltage scaling, clock gating, and power gating​
• Energy-efficient circuit design strategies for battery-powered applications​
• Advanced Memory Design like SRAM, DRAM, FLASH, etc.​
• Timing Analysis and Signal Integrity​
• Design for Testability (DFT) and Verification​

• Basics IC Design flow: From RTL to GDS Overview​
• Programmable devices - Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)​
• Verilog constructs: Programming concepts (for, if-else, etc.), Vectored signals, Generic statements​
• Verilog Examples based on Digital Logic, including Decoders, Encoders, Moore, and Mealy Finite state machines, Counters, FIFO, etc.​

• Construction of MOSFET​
• Operation of MOSFET: I-V characteristics, Non-ideal IV Effects​
• CMOS Inverter: Static CMOS DC Characteristics, Beta Ratio effects, Noise margin, Delay, and Power computation​
• CMOS Circuits: Static CMOS circuits and other logic families such as Domino logic, Pseudo NMOS, Pass Gate logic​
• Comparison of Static CMOS and other circuits​
• Design and analysis of logic gates and other And-OR-Invert and Or-And-Invert logic Circuits; Design of 4x16 Decoder as an Example.​
• Delay analysis: Elmore delay models and Logical Effort — Finding the best number of stages, finding the best design with leads to minimum delay.​
• Static Timing Analysis of Digital Circuits including Setup, Hold time violations​
• Memory design: 6T and 8T SRAM memory cell, design, analysis, noise margins, and peripherals.​

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