Solid-State Circuit Design (SSCD) Lab, IIT Kanpur

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Journals/Conferences

Some of the journals & conferences  to watch out for include 


The following are some of the best conferences to find proceedings on different domains of IC design. Apart from ISCAS and at-times CICC, all others require results from a taped-out IC. If you are planning to submit a manuscript in any of those conferences, then you MUST target a tape-out at least SIX months before the submission deadline.


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Reading the latest issues of these publications is an excellent exercise to keep up with the research in the circuits world! 

Reading a paper and understanding/grasping the important information is itself a skill. Remember that one journal article is usually the result of several years of a researcher's work! So it is not possible to understand every nitty-gritty detail of the work by reading the paper. So, the focus must be on understanding the problem the paper aims to solve, the idea/technique proposed to solve it, and how this improves the performance and state-of-the-art. Take a look at this reference on "How to read a paper?". 

Additionally, doing a reverse-engineering to figure out how one might have actually come up with the technique/idea helps gain a deeper understanding. And this process might also reward you with your own new ideas!


Lighter Reads

Both of the above magazines are quarterly publications! 


Yearly Student Competitions