Question

As a designer what will be your strategies to design sustainable complex circuits?  

VLSI technique

Answer 1

1. Feasibility study and die size estimate
2. Function analysis
3. System Level Design
4. Analogue Design, Simulation & Layout
5. Digital Design, Simulation & Synthesis
6. System Simulation & Verification
7. Design For Test and Automatic test pattern generation
8. Design for manufacturability (IC)
9. Tape-in
10. Mask data preparation
11. Tape-out
12. Wafer fabrication
13. Die test
14. Packaging
15. Post silicon validation and integration
16. Device characterization
17. Tweak (if necessary)
18. Datasheet generation (of usually a Portable Document Format (PDF) file)
19. Ramp up
20. Production
21. Yield Analysis / Warranty Analysis Reliability (semiconductor)
22. Failure analysis on any returns
23. Plan for next generation chip using production information if possible