(08/2024) New course 'Digital ASIC Design Flow Lab' open for registration for winter term 2024.


(07/2024) Attendance and Examination Statistics for summer term '24 available. [w3].


(02/2024) Attendance and Examination Statistics for winter term '23 available. [w3].


(07/2023) Attendance and Examination Statistics for summer term '23 available. [w3].


Research & Development


  • Near-/In-Memory Computing

    "Universal Memory Automata (UMA) are founded on the theory of Deterministic Finite Automata. UMAs extend the concept of Push-Down Automata with a user defined number of other memory structures to benefit from advanced access paradigms."

  • Digital HDL Design

    "The RAPID VHDL package is in an initial state and intended to speed-up the HDL design phase. The package provides parametrized synthesizable VHDL code for basic digital structures."

  • MP EM-Simulation

    "Massively Parallel (MP) systems help to speed-up electromagnetic simulators. The work is focused on the optimization of 2D and 3D Fourier methods like the WPM and the VWPM."

  • Computational Optics

    "The WPM and VWPM are Fourier methods applicable to high-order spatial frequencies. The bidirectional forms of the WPM and VWPM allow simulations of Bragg resonators and comparable systems."

  • Optical detector
    "Automated design and implementation of a monolithic integrated optical detector in a 45nm CMOS SOI standard technology (2009)."
  • Automation and Control

    "Hybrid modelling and control for a Brine Heater of a Multi-Stage-Flash desalination plant implemented with Matlab."

Academic Teaching


  • Digital Engineering
    for Bachelor programs.
  • Electrical Engineering
    for Bachelor programs.
  • ASIC Design Tools Lab
    for Bachelor and Master programs.
  • SystemVerilog for Design
    for Master programs at Universities.
  • SystemVerilog for Verification
    for Master programs at Universities.
  • Microprocessor Architecture
    for Master programs.
  • Introduction to Optics
    for Master programs at Universities.
  • Silicon Photonics Lab

    for Master programs at Universities.

  • Electromagnetic Simulation Lab

    for Master programs.

  • Floating Point Unit

    "A former master thesis and todays test vehicle for verification exercises."

  • RISC-V

    A free ISA, by the UC Berkeley with available open source cores used in the microprocessor architecture lecture for training purpose.


  • Thesis & Internships

    "List of completed master theses, bachelor theses and internships."

External Tools


Cadence Design Environment

As an academic organization and user of a Cadence academic license agreement, we hereby make our work visible.

The ASIC design environment is used for educational purposes in lectures and student laboratories. Digital ASIC design is performed with the Cadence framework.

Students are trained on the front end design flow including HDL design (VHDL or Verilog), simulation, verification, synthesis and static timing analysis as well as the basic back end design flow.

The environment is used in the courses 'Digital ASIC Design Tools Lab', 'SystemVerilog for Design' and 'SystemVerilog for Verification'.