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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Explain operation of inverter with their properties
Use three words to descrive yourslef. What is your career goal? What do you expect to learn from the position.
The design flow after synthesis
What is floor planning why we are using that
> 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
The questions are mostly from number system , 8086 microprocessor and five apptitude questions.
what are the impacts of using very tight skew constraints
Explain pnr flow Explain CTS routing
Full deatils of the physical design project. fundamental of cmos.
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