Course category: Beginner coursesTarget audience: Company employees with no prior experience in designing integrated circuits and their chips using the Cadence software package.Course summary: This course on chip design and technologies introduces participants to modern submicron and nanometer-scale CMOS and BiCMOS technologies, the steps and principles of integrated circuit (IC) design, IC manufacturer technology libraries, and software packages. It also examines the specifics of digital and analog circuit IC design, chip packages, and packaging processes. Lectures cover design costs and methods for drafting IC specifications. During the laboratory sessions, participants gain practical experience by designing a simple two-stage operational amplifier circuit — from concept through to tape-out.