"MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS" interdepartmental chair | Synopsys University Program Member

	"MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS" interdepartmental chair Synopsys University Program Member

SYNOPSYS UNIVERSITY PROGRAM

BACHELOR PROGRAM
“VLSI Design” Specialization

Classes	Tools Used in Curriculum	Professor Contact Info	# of Students in Class
07.01- Semiconductor Devices	Star-RCXT, Proteus, HSPICE, NanoSim	Professor: Vahe Buniatyan Phone: +37410 524935 Email: vbuniat@seua.am	50
07.02- Introduction to Circuits	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, PathMill	Professor: Adolf Demirkhanyan Phone: +37410 554090 Email: demirkhanyana@seua.am	50
07.03- Digital Integrated Circuits	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, Star-RCXT, Hercules, Circuit Explorer, Cadabra	Professor: William Movsisyan Phone: +37410 618783 Email: williamm@synopsys.com	50
07.04- Semiconductor Technology	Astro, Encore, Star-RCXT, Proteus, iN-Phase, CATS, SiVL, Virtual Stepper, Taurus-WorkBench	Professor: Misak Travadjyan Phone: +37410 621864 Email: travadjyanm@seua.am	50
07.05- IC Design Introduction	System Studio, Cosmos, HSpice, NanoSim, DC Expert, DC Ultra, Physical Compiler, Power Compiler, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PrimeTime	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com	50
07.06- Microprocessor Systems	DC Expert, DC Ultra, DC FPGA, PrimeTime, System Studio, VCS, Formality ESP	Professor: Petush Shirinyan Phone: +37410 563116 Email: pshirinyan@seua.am	50
07.07- Analog Integrated Circuits	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, Astro, Astro-Rail, Astro-Xtalk, Encore, Star-RCXT, PathMill, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, Milkyway, VCS MX, ESP-CV	Professor: Movses Muradyan Phone: +37410 532859 Email: movses_muradyan@seua.am	50
07.08- Logic Design	DC Expert, DC Ultra, DC FPGA, Physical Compiler, DFT Compiler, Power Compiler, PrimePower, Astro, Star-RCXT, PrimeTime, Milkyway, System Studio, VCS, Magellan, Leda, Formality ESP	Professor: Anna Tumanyan Phone: +37410 566318 Email: tuman@seua.am	50
07.09- Technical Writing	Open Office	Professor: Karen Mkrtchyan Phone: +37410 572758 Email: karengm@synopsys.com	50
07.10- IC Testing	DFT Compiler, DFT Compiler SoCBIST, CosmosSE, Hspice, Nanosim, VCS, DC, Design Vision, TetraMax ATPG, Vera	Professor: Davit Shaghgamyan Phone: +37410 559581, ext. 306 Email: davitsh@synopsys.com	50
07.11- RF Circuits and Systems	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, Astro, Astro-Rail, Astro-Xtalk, Encore, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PathMill, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, System Studio, VCS MX, Formality ESP	Professor: Hovhannes Gomtsyan Phone: +37410 253394 Email: rygrig@seua.am	50
07.12- IC Fabrication	Cosmos, Astro, Encore, Star-RCXT, Hercules, Proteus, iN-Phase, CATS, SiVL, Virtual Stepper, Taurus-WorkBench	Professor: Misak Travadjyan Phone: +37410 621864 Email: travadjyanm@seua.am	50
07.13- Integrated Circuits Simulation Theory	PathMill, PrimeTime, PrimeTime SI RailMill,, System Studio, VCS, VCS MX, Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com	50

“EDA” Specialization

Classes	Tools Used in Curriculum	Professor Contact Info	# of Students in Class
07.01- IC Design Introduction	System Studio, Cosmos, HSpice, NanoSim, DC Expert, DC Ultra, Physical Compiler, Power Compiler, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PrimeTime	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com	20
07.02- Semiconductor Devices and Technology	Star-RCXT, Proteus, HSPICE, NanoSim, Astro, Encore, Star-RCXT, Proteus, iN-Phase, CATS, SiVL, Virtual Stepper, Taurus-WorkBench	Professor: Misak Travadjyan Phone: +37410 621864 Email: travadjyanm@seua.am	20
07.03- Discrete Mathematics	MATHEMATICA	Professor: Shura Bozoyan Phone: +37410 263325 Email: bozoyanshura@seua.am	20
07.04- EDA Mathematical Methods	MATHEMATICA, MATLAB, Sumulink, Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, DC Expert, DC Ultra, DC FPGA, Module Compiler, Physical Compiler, DFT Compiler, Power Compiler, PrimePower, Astro, Encore, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PathMill, PrimeTime, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, Milkyway, System Studio, VCS, VCS MX, Formality ESP	Professor: Shura Bozoyan Phone: +37410 263325 Email: bozoyanshura@seua.am Professor: Sargis Simonyan Phone: +37410 582767 Email: ssimonyan@seua.am Professor: Armine Avetisyan Phone: +37410 582767 Email: albdarb@seua.am	20
07.05- Computer Architecture	DC Expert, DC Ultra, DC FPGA, PrimeTime, System Studio, VCS, Formality ESP	Professor: Anna Tumanyan Phone: +37410 566318 Email: tuman@seua.am	20
07.06- Programming Languages	GNU Compiler Collection, MS Visual Studio	Professor: Lilit Janpoladyan Phone: +37410 566318	20
07.07- Computer Networks	Windows Server 2003, Borland Enterprise Server, System Studio	Professor: Movses Muradyan Phone: +37410 532859 Email: movses_muradyan@seua.am	20
07.08- Object Oriented Programming	GNU Compiler Collection, MS Visual Studio, Borland C++Builder, Delphi, JBuilder	Professor: Aghababov Viktor Phone: +37491 421751	20
07.09- EDA Introduction	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, DC Expert, DC Ultra, DC FPGA, Module Compiler, Physical Compiler, DFT Compiler, Power Compiler, PrimePower, Astro, Encore, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PathMill, PrimeTime, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, Milkyway, System Studio, VCS, VCS MX, Formality ESP	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com	20
07.10- Algorithms Theory	MATHEMATICA, MATLAB, GNU Compiler Collection, MS Visual Studio, Borland C++Builder, Delphi, JBuilder	Professor: Sargis Simonyan Phone: +37410 582767 Email: ssimonyan@seua.am	20
07.11- Analog Integrated Circuits	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, Astro, Astro-Rail, Astro-Xtalk, Encore, Star-RCXT, PathMill, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, Milkyway, VCS MX, ESP-CV	Professor: Harutyun Stepanyan Phone: +37491 767173 Email: harutyun@synopsys.com	20
07.12- Digital Integrated Circuits	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, DC Expert, DC Ultra, DC FPGA, Astro, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PathMill, VCS	Professor: Davit Soghomonyan Phone: +37410 559581, ext.306 Email: maugli@synopsys.com	20
07.13- Data Structures	GNU Compiler Collection, MS Visual Studio, Borland C++Builder, Delphi, JBuilder	Professor: Lilit Janpoladyan Phone: +37410 566318	20
07.14- Software Development Technology	GNU Compiler Collection, MS Visual Studio, Borland C++Builder, Delphi, JBuilder, UML, MS Project	Professor: Aghababov Viktor Phone: +37491 421751	20
07.15- Hardware Description Languages	VCS, VCS MX, Magellan, Vera	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com	20
07.16- VLSI Design Algorithms	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, DC Expert, DC Ultra, Module Compiler, Physical Compiler, DFT Compiler, Power Compiler, PrimePower, Astro, Encore, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PathMill, PrimeTime, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, JupiterXT	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com Professor: Ashot Harutiunyan Phone: +37410 285504 Email: harutiunyana@seua.am	20
07.17- Optimization Methods	MATHEMATICA, MATLAB, Sumulink	Professor: Sargis Simonyan Phone: +37410 582767 Email: ssimonyan@seua.am	20
07.18- Technical Writing	Open Office	Professor: Karen Mkrtchyan Phone: +37410 572758 Email: karengm@synopsys.com	20

MASTER PROGRAM
“VLSI Design” Specialization

Classes	Tools Used in Curriculum	Professor Contact Info	# of Students in Class
04.01- Design of Special IOs	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, PrimePower, Astro, Astro-Rail, Astro-Xtalk, Encore, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PathMill, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, Milkyway, System Studio, Saber, VCS MX, Formality ESP	Professor: Davit Petrosyan Phone: +37410 559581, ext. 306 Email: davitp@synopsys.com	28
04.02- PCB Design	Encore	Professor: Ashot Harutiunyan Phone: +37410 285504 Email: ashota@seua.am	28
04.03- RF IC Design	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, Astro, Astro-Rail, Astro-Xtalk, Encore, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PathMill, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, System Studio, VCS MX, Formality ESP	Professor: Hovhannes Gomtsyan Phone: +37410 253394 Email: rygrig@seua.am	28
04.04- Mixed Signal IC Design	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, Astro, Astro-Rail, Astro-Xtalk, Encore, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PathMill, PrimeTime, PrimeTime SI RailMill,, System Studio, VCS MX, Formality ESP, ESP-CV	Professor: Harutyun Stepanyan Phone: +37491 767173 Email: harutyun@synopsys.com	28
04.05- Design for Test	DFT Compiler, DFT Compiler SoCBIST, TetraMAX ATPG, Astro-Xtalk, VCS, Vera	Professor: Davit Shaghgamyan Phone: +37410 559581, ext. 306 Email: davitsh@synopsys.com	28
04.06- VLSI Design	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, DC Expert, DC Ultra, DC FPGA, Module Compiler, Physical Compiler, DFT Compiler, Power Compiler, PrimePower, Astro, Astro-Xtalk, Encore, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PathMill, PrimeTime, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, Milkyway, System Studio, VCS, VCS MX, Magellan, Formality ESP	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com	28
04.07- Digital Signal Processing	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim,DC Expert, DC Ultra, DC FPGA, Module Compiler, Physical Compiler, Astro, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PathMill, PrimeTime, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, System Studio, VCS, Formality	Professor: Arthur Hovhannisyan Phone: +37410 276998 Email: ahovhannisyan@ysu.am	28
04.08- Special Elective I (EDA Tools, Rad-hard IC Design, Crosstalk and Noise)	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, DC Astro-Xtalk, Star-RCXT, Raphael, PathMill, PrimeTime SI, RailMill	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com	28
04.09- Special Elective II (Data Compression, Low Power Design, IC Critical Network)	Astro-Xtalk, Star-RCXT, Raphael, PathMill, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, Power Compiler, PrimePower, DC Expert, DC Ultra, Physical Compiler	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com	28
2.2- Mathematical Elective I (Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods, Probability Theory, Fuzzy Logic, Complex Functions, Fourier Transformations)	MATHEMATICA, MATLAB, Sumulink	Professor: Armenak Babayan Phone: +37410 268571 Email: armenak@web.am	28
3.1- Scientific Seminar	--	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com	28

“EDA” Specialization

Classes	Tools Used in Curriculum	Professor Contact Info	# of Students in Class
04.01- EDA Mathematical Methods	MATHEMATICA, MATLAB, Sumulink, Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, DC Expert, DC Ultra, DC FPGA, Module Compiler, Physical Compiler, DFT Compiler, Power Compiler, PrimePower, Astro, Encore, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PathMill, PrimeTime, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, Milkyway, System Studio, VCS, VCS MX, Formality ESP	Professor: Shura Bozoyan Phone: +37410 263325 Email: bozoyanshura@seua.am Professor: Sargis Simonyan Phone: +37410 582767 Email: ssimonyan@seua.am Professor: Armine Avetisyan Phone: +37410 582767 Email: albdarb@seua.am	8
04.02- Software Verification and Validation	CodeWizard, WinRunner, XRunner	Professor: Armen Khangeldyan Phone: +37410 561011 Email: armenkh@synopsys.com	8
04.03- VLSI Schematic Design Algorithms	HSPICE, NanoSim, DC Expert, DC Ultra,, Module Compiler, Power Compiler, PrimePower, PrimeTime	Professor: Bagrat Baghramyan Phone: +37410 559581, ext. 411 Email: bagratb@synopsys.com	8
04.04- Information Security	--	Professor: Zhirayr Margaryan Phone: +37410 556102	8
04.05- Advanced Operating Systems	--	Professor: Anna Tumanyan Phone: +37410 566318 Email: tuman@seua.am	8
04.06- Databases	MS Access, SQL Server, Visual Foxpro, Oracle Database, Milkyway	Professor: Suren Nazaryan Phone: +37493 252802 Email: nsouren@rambler.ru	8
04.07- VLSI Physical Design Algorithms	Physical Compiler, Astro, Astro-Xtalk, Encore, Star-RCXT, Hercules	Professor: Ashot Harutiunyan Phone: +37410 285504 Email: ashota@seua.am	8
04.08- VLSI Design	Cosmos, HSPICE, NanoSim, DC Expert, DC Ultra, DC FPGA, Module Compiler, Physical Compiler, DFT Compiler, Power Compiler, PrimePower, Astro, Astro-Xtalk, Encore, Star-RCXT, Hercules, PathMill, PrimeTime, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, Milkyway, System Studio, VCS, VCS MX, Magellan, Formality ESP	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com	8
04.09- Operational Research	MATHEMATICA, MATLAB, Sumulink	Professor: Sargis Simonyan Phone: +37410 582767 Email: ssimonyan@seua.am	8
04.10- Artificial Intelligence Systems	Visual Prolog	Professor: Suren Nazaryan Phone: +37493 252802 Email: nsouren@rambler.ru	8
04.11- VLSI Verification Algorithms	System Studio, VCS, VCS MX, Magellan, Vera, Formality ESP, Cosmos, HSpice, NanoSim	Professor: Azat Nersisyan Phone: +37410 559581, ext. 401 Email: azat@synopsys.com	8
04.12- Special Elective(Compiler Design, Low Power Design, IC Critical Network)	Astro-Xtalk, Star-RCXT, Raphael, PathMill, PrimeTime SI, RailMill, Power Compiler, PrimePower, DC Expert, DC Ultra, Physical Compiler	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com	8
2.2- Mathematical Elective(Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods, Probability Theory, Fuzzy Logic, Complex Functions, Fourier Transformations)	MATHEMATICA, MATLAB, Sumulink	Professor: Armenak Babayan Phone: +37410 268571 Email: armenak@web.am	8
3.1- Scientific Seminar	--	Professor: Vazgen Melikyan Phone: +37410 559583 Email: vazgenm@synopsys.com	8