System on Chip: University of Southampton

Course Overview

Systems in mobile telephones, PDAs, cars and aircraft are shrinking, with the majority of design now required to be implemented as a single integrated circuit. This course is designed to prepare you for the rapidly changing skills required to support this.

The programme shares many features with our more established MSc Microelectronics Systems Design, but the focus is on integrated systems approaches. Research projects are carried out in the Electronic Systems and Devices group.

Programme Structure

Semester 1: Digital integrated circuit design; Digital system design; Research methods; System on chip design techniques; System on chip EDA.

Semester 2: Analogue and mixed-signal CMOS design; Cryptography and data compression; Digital system synthesis; EDA applications; Formal design of systems; Integrated radio frequency transceiver design; Microsystems technology from lab on chip to mobile phone applications; Radio communications networks and systems; VLSI design project.

Semester 3: 3-month, independent, individual research project, culminating in a dissertation.

Entry requirements

• Upper second-class honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate discipline (e.g. mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science)
• Additional entry requirements for MSc Web Technology are noted under the Programme structure for this degree.