The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) is a Cadence University Program Member and participates in the Cadence University Software Program. Cadence PSpice circuit software is heavily used in both the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. In addition, Cadence Virtuoso Custom Integrated Circuit (IC) design software is used in some select senior and graduate level classes in VLSI and Mixed-Signal IC design.

In general, circuit simulators provide students with the capability to simulate the response of an electrical or electronic circuit to defined inputs. Hence they are valuable tools as they allow students to visualize a circuit's behavior without having to construct it. Cadence PSpice is used at CSUS for schematic capture, circuit simulation, and post-processing of results, with all these functions combined into a single software suite. Cadence Virtuoso is used at CSUS for similar tasks in more advanced classes, and for graduate student projects in integrated circuit design.

Affiliated Professors

• Dr. Praveen Meduri
• Dr. Milica Markovic

Undergraduate Classes

• ENGR 17 - Introductory Circuit Analysis
• EEE 108 - Electronics I
• EEE 109 - Electronics II
• EEE 111 - Advanced Analog Integrated Circuits Laboratory
• EEE 117 - Network Analysis
• CpE 151 - CMOS And VLSI Design

Graduate Classes

• EEE 230 Analog & Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design
• EEE 231 Adv. Analog & Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design
• EEE 232 Key Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Building Blocks
• EEE 234 Digital Integrated Circuit Design
• EEE 235 Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design Laboratory
• CML Buffer Example From EEE 231

Additional Information

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Page Last Updated: 8/1/2024

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