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Integrated Electronic Systems Design, MSc
Chalmers University of Technology, Masters Programmes in English
- Electrical Engineering
Quick facts
| Country: | Sweden | Duration: | 24 Months |
| City: | Gothenburg | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English |
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| Application Deadline: | January 15 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free | ||
Programme Description
Did you ever wonder...
* why smaller transistors give faster computers?
* which part of a modern microprocessor is the hardest to design?
* which part should be analogue and which should be digital?
* wouldn't it be better to do this in software?!
* why the battery is dead again?!
Embedded applications are calling for an increasing number of specialised electronic systems. Standard, off-the-shelf solutions are rarely able to meet the expectations and demands for functionality, performance and energy dissipation that customers make on such systems.
The electronic system designer turns a system specification into efficient analogue and digital circuitry, which via the computer architecture co-operates with software. The designer also helps identify what is technically and economically feasible to build, and which technology platform is preferable for implementation.
The rapid development of best design practice for very complex industrial electronic systems calls for engineers with broad technology competence, ranging from "soft" systems to "hard" circuits, and strong proficiency in a wide range of design and verification methodologies. In the context of current and future requirements in industry and academia, the Master´s programme Integrated Electronic System Design (IESD) will educate highly qualified electronic system designers.
The typical engineering area is that of efficient design of electronic systems including both software and hardware components, from system specification down to physical implementation and test, with challenging constraints on, for example, time-to-market, computational performance, power dissipation and reliability. The target engineering role for the IESD programme may be best described as an electronic system architect, which means that an IESD graduate can also act as manager for/interface to external electronic systems contractors.
Career opportunities
Most electronic system designers decide to focus on a technical sub-area, such as microprocessors, radio-frequency power amplifiers, power supplies, or microwave receivers. Experienced designers may continue their career as a system architect, where detailed insight into design methods, semiconductor technology and system constraints makes it possible to compare different solutions at a higher level. SInce an increasing number of products contain electronics, and since the larger production counts of a global economy favour more specialised designs, skilled electronic system designers have a bright future.
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Contents
The flow of the programme has been developed so that the IESD student shall grasp the entire design challenge - from specification formulation and constraints collection at system level, down to technology platform evaluation and development at physical level. One novel and important pedagogical principle is that cost-performance trade-offs between different technology platforms and between software and hardware are exposed.
Q1: Introduction to Electronic System Design applies a top-down view to a practical system design example. Concurrently, Digital Integrated Circuit Design introduces a bottom-up view of the same system design example, highlighting the electrical features of electronic devices and capturing their impact on system performance.
Q2: Select either Computer Architecture or Analog Integrated Circuit Design. The former represents design issues at the interface between software and hardware, whereas the latter represents transistor-level design considerations for amplifiers, etc. Concurrently, Methods for Electronic System Design and Verification covers Electronic Design Automation (EDA) methods and the algorithmic principles that are hidden in software tools for electronic system design.
Q3-4: In the comprehensive Electronic System Design Project, the theory in the autumn courses is applied in the design of a prototype electronic system.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
All applicants must meet the general requirements indicated under either section 1 or 2 below, as well as specific requirements.
The specific requirements includes English language proficiency as well as undergraduate profile and prerequisites for each Master´s programme. Please see web page on specific requirements for more information.
All applicants must enclose documents of their formal qualifications, both their general and their specific eligibility. Only documentation from an internationally recognised university will be reviewed. The university has to be listed in the latest edition of the International handbook of Universities.
* Applicants who have completed a Bachelor of Science/Engineering degree equal to a Swedish Kandidatexamen of 3 years/180 HE credits minimum, fulfil the general entry requirements. Applicants enrolled in Master's programmes with no intermediate BSc degree must have completed at least four years out of a five year Master's programme.
* Applicants currently enrolled in studies are welcome to apply, but must not lack any more than one term until completion of a degree in accordance with section 1.
Prerequisites: Computer architecture and organization, Circuits and signals, Digital logic, Digital signal processing (including basic theories and concepts; transforms) Programming and Electronics.
A high level of spoken and written English is required. Chalmers accepts only these language tests and minimum scores:
* Cambridge CPE or CAE: Pass
* IELTS (academic), 6.0 (with no part of the test below 5.0)
* TOEFL (paper based): 550
* TOEFL (computer based): 213
* TOEFL (Internet based): 79
Attention
The TOEFL-code for Chalmers is 0050.
Neither Institutional TOEFL nor other certificates from universities are accepted as proof of your English proficiency. The TOEIC-test is not valid for academic purposes in Sweden.
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