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They started asking me about analog IC design questions like different topologies such as common gate, common source, common drain configurations, I answered then they asked me about folded cascode. I said my career focus is physical design(Backend digital ASIC). Then they said ok and asked me about the PD concepts. They asked about ASIC design flow, CTS, the tools used for PD, Floor planning, power planning, placement, TCL scripting. Then they asked about difference between a Latch and a flipflop. They asked about physical verification(DRC,LVS, ERC and PEX) and the tools used for it and the challenges faced. I answered almost all and then said you have all the necessary background. The interview went for around 30 to 40 mins.
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Physical Design Engineering Intern

Interviewed at Tezzaron Semiconductor

4.1
May 15, 2015

They started asking me about analog IC design questions like different topologies such as common gate, common source, common drain configurations, I answered then they asked me about folded cascode. I said my career focus is physical design(Backend digital ASIC). Then they said ok and asked me about the PD concepts. They asked about ASIC design flow, CTS, the tools used for PD, Floor planning, power planning, placement, TCL scripting. Then they asked about difference between a Latch and a flipflop. They asked about physical verification(DRC,LVS, ERC and PEX) and the tools used for it and the challenges faced. I answered almost all and then said you have all the necessary background. The interview went for around 30 to 40 mins.

> Number system (hexa decimal subtraction, octal conversion etc.) (177.1) to the base 8 = (____) to the base 4 CAB - ABC = > frequency division Frequency of MSB bit in 8 bit counter whose frequency is 128 KHz > microprocessors (address, program given and to predict the number of times it will execute etc.) > Aptitude based venn diagrams and solving the equations

Physical Design VLSI

Interviewed at VEDA IIT

3.8
Mar 1, 2017

> Number system (hexa decimal subtraction, octal conversion etc.) (177.1) to the base 8 = (____) to the base 4 CAB - ABC = > frequency division Frequency of MSB bit in 8 bit counter whose frequency is 128 KHz > microprocessors (address, program given and to predict the number of times it will execute etc.) > Aptitude based venn diagrams and solving the equations

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