Dear Friends of SSE,

We would like to share with you the success of the recently conducted Analog and Mixed Signal IC Design course hosted by the LUMS School of Science & Engineering (SSE). After a stringent selection process based upon a qualification exam, twenty-five candidates were selected from across the country to attend the course in Lahore between July 10-21, 2006. The course was conducted by Dr. Asad Abidi, a professor of electrical engineering at UCLA and a leader in the area of CMOS analog integrated circuit design.

The objective of the two-week course was to enable attendees to design analog circuits on state-of-the-art mixed-signal CMOS VLSI for communications and signal processing. The first week of the course consisted of extensive lectures covering advanced topics in the design of analog and mixed signal circuits. In the second week of the course, participants in groups of two designed a high performance op amp-based circuit in CMOS technology, simulated it using Cadence design tools, and summarized the design tradeoffs in a report.

The SSE would also like to take this opportunity to thank all those who participated in the success of this program. We would especially like to acknowledge the course instructor, Dr. Abidi who conducted this highly specialized two-week intensive program offered for the first time in Pakistan.

With the generous support of our sponsors namely, Cadence, HEC, Mentor Graphics and Springer, we were able to offer this unique educational opportunity to the best IC design professionals and students in the country free of cost.

We look forward to your continued engagement with us.

Regards,

LUMS SSE Team
 

Course participants with Dr. Asad Abidi (2nd row, extreme right)
 

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