Cadence University Program Member

North Carolina State University is a member of the Cadence University Program.

We use Cadence Design Systems, Inc. products in numerous classes including: ECE464/520, ECE511, ECE522, ECE733, ECE739, ECE745, ECE746, and our capstone Senior Design Course

We also use and have used Cadence products in many research projects including:

• Dr. Rhett Davis' 3DIC and SSHAFT projects
• Dr. Paul Franzon's AC Coupled Interconnect project
• Dr. Paul Franzon's On-Chip Interconnect project
• Dr. Paul Franzon's 3D IC and Package Design project
• Dr. Paul Franzon's NanoInterconnect project
• Dr. Paul Franzon's Chip-Package Codesign project
• Dr. Paul Franzon's Self Healing and Self Calibrating Analog and RF Circuits project
• Dr. Paul Franzon's Food Processing Sensor project

External Links

We have extensive experience using Cadence products and have developed several tools and tutorials to help people learn about these products which we offer to the public as part of our EDA Wiki:

• The NCSU CDK, a design kit for MOSIS processes
• A number of tutorials for learning about Cadence products.

Responsible faculty

The faculty responsible for this web page are Professors Paul Franzon and Rhett Davis.

Cadence is a registered trademark of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., 2655 Seely Avenue, San Jose, CA 95134.