Nuva College of Engineering & Technology

VLSI & RF Design Center

The Electronics &Telecom Department of Nuva has established a highly advanced training and research center for VLSI and RF Design. Analog and Digital VLSI technologies are the most sought-after disciplines among Electronics Engineers. Most of the modern communication systems like Mobiles, wi-fi, Zigbee etc work at RF and hence RF Design is another major technology of the future.

Nuva's VLSI &RF Design Center has highly modern hardware and software facilities for carrying out research in these two frontal areas. Excellent training facility for undergraduate students is also available in the center. Faculty of VLSI & RF Design Center is carrying out research and has presented papers at VDAT conferences. Several training programs have been conducted during last two years for the benefit of students, including a 3-day workshop on RF Design for M.Tech students of VIT University, Vellore. The center has supported students to enter VLSI industry as Interns. It is also working on placement services in RF industry.

The center is equipped with necessary hardware like Cypress Semiconductor's PSoC and IIT's CPLD Design boards. Many advanced EDA tools necessary for designing are also available in the center.

Recently, AWR Corporation has tied up with Nuva's VLSI & RF Design Center. AWR has sponsored its most powerful EDA tool for RF Design.
This is AWR's first donation to any Engineering College in India.

Program	Speaker / expert	Target students	Duration
Guest Lecture on RF Technology	Sanjay Moghe, CEO, RFIC Solutions Inc, USA	V Sem EN/ETC students	2 Hrs
Guest Lecture on Challenges and Scope of VLSI and RF Industry in India	Dharmendra, ICON Design Automation Ltd – AWR Dealer, Bangalore	VI, VIII Sem EN/ETC students	2 Hrs
Workshop on RF Technologies	Experts from SM Wireless.	VI Sem EN/ETC students	2 days (12 Hrs)
Workshop on VHDL	A Deshkar, Nuva	IV Sem EN/ETC students
Workshop on MatLab	S Wardhe, Nuva	IV Sem EN/ETC students
Workshop on PSpice	K Chandekar, Nuva	VI Sem EN/ETC students
Workshop on Digital Design using CPLD Board	A Deshkar,Binu Joy VLSI & RF Design Center, Nuva	VI Sem EN/ETC students	1 semester
Workshop on Mixed Signal System Design using PSoC	A Deshkar, A Rewatkar, VLSI & RF Design Center, Nuva	VI Sem EN/ETC students	1 semester
Workshop on RF Design	A Deshkar N Jambhorkar VLSI & RF Design Center, Nuva	Final year students of EN/ETC	3 days
Projects on RF Circuit and Board Design (Six groups)	In collaboration with SM Wireless	Final Year EN/ETC students	1 year

Major Collaborations of VLSI & RF Design Center

1. Cypress Semiconductor, USA : A global, leading MNC in the field of VLSI and PSoC. Have sponsored PSoC Boards and software for mixed-signal system design.

2. IIT, Mumbai : Sponsored CPLD Boards and software for digital system design.

3. AWR Corporation, USA : A leading Company in EDA. Has dealership in India. Sponsored its software tool for RF design.

4. SM Wireless : sister-concern of RFIC Ltd, USA. Six groups of final year students of EN/ETC completed their Projects in collaboration and under the expert guidance of SM Wireless.

Research