SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
SAVEETHA UNIVERSITY
VISIT BY PROF RICHARD C.S MORLING, UK
Prof Morling , UK visited our campus on 18th
February 2015. He also delivered a special lecture on the “ History of VLSI Design” . This
programme was organized in association with Saveetha Chapter of IET (UK) (Institution of Engineering &
Technology. More than 150 participants
including students and faculty participated in the programme.
From Left: Mr.Raghavan
IET Business Manager Bangalore, Dr.P.Shankar Principal SSE,
Chief Guest
Prof.Richard C.S Morling
Dr. P Shankar Principal Saveetha School of
Engineering welcomed the gathering and also honored the Chief Guest.
Prof. Morling presented a
comprehensive overview on the development of VLSI circuits and devices. He commenced his lecture from the use of
thermionic vacuum tubes to design electronic logics, which were huge, less
energy efficient and generating lot of heat. During the mid-1920s, several inventors
attempted devices that were intended to control current in solid-state diodes
and convert them into triodes.With the invention of transistors at Bell Labs in
1947, the field of electronics shifted from vacuum tubes to solid-state devices,
One problem was the size of the circuit. A
complex circuit, like a computer, was dependent on speed. As the components of
the computer were too large or the wires interconnecting them too long, the
electric signals couldn't travel fast enough through the circuit, thus making
the computer too slow to be effective.
He also explained the process of
fabrication of electronic chips and explained the lower size limit from basic
physics considerations. Very-large-scale
integration (VLSI)
is the process of creating an integrated circuit (IC) by combining
thousands of transistors into a single chip.
Our Chief Guest also explained when the
pacemaker stops due to Atrial fibrillation how the chip in a pacemaker sends
electrical pulses to restore the heartbeat.
He also explained that when testing of the
equipment was done it was done outside because the size was large and over the
period of time technology has been improved to reduce size.
Finally, vote of thanks was presented by HOD EEE Dept. Dr. P. Muthukannan.
Following the Program a meeting with all
HoDs and coordinators of IET accreditation team was held at Board Room, SSE.
Prof Morling being a member of the review board in IET Accreditation clarified
most of the queries for uploading the documents requested.
Chief Guest Lecture Session
Chief Guest Lecture Session
IET Accreditation Board Meeting
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