Integrated Circuit Design Technology/Technician

Integrated circuit design, or IC design, is a subset of electronics engineering, encompassing the particular logic and circuit design techniques required to design integrated circuits, or ICs. ICs consist of miniaturized electronic components built into an electrical network on a monolithic semiconductor substrate by photolithography.

IC design can be divided into the broad categories of digital and analog IC design. Digital IC design is to produce components such as microprocessors, FPGAs, memories (RAM, ROM, and flash) and digital ASICs. Digital design focuses on logical correctness, maximizing circuit density, and placing circuits so that clock and timing signals are routed efficiently. Analog IC design also has specializations in power IC design and RF IC design. Analog IC design is used in the design of op-amps, linear regulators, phase locked loops, oscillators and active filters. Analog design is more concerned with the physics of the semiconductor devices such as gain, matching, power dissipation, and resistance. Fidelity of analog signal amplification and filtering is usually critical and as a result, analog ICs use larger area active devices than digital designs and are usually less dense in circuitry.

Modern ICs are enormously complicated. An average desktop computer chip, as of 2015, has over 1 billion transistors. The rules for what can and cannot be manufactured are also extremely complex. Common IC processes of 2015 have more than 500 rules. Furthermore, since the manufacturing process itself is not completely predictable, designers must account for its statistical nature. The complexity of modern IC design, as well as market pressure to produce designs rapidly, has led to the extensive use of automated design tools in the IC design process. In short, the design of an IC using EDA software is the design, test, and verification of the instructions that the IC is to carry out.

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Scholarships for Integrated Circuit Design Technology/Technician Majors

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Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Up to $30,000 Varies See Details
 

Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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Up to $30,000

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Engineering Honors Scholarship - Greenville University

Greenville University

$20,500 Varies See Details
 

Engineering Honors Scholarship - Greenville University

Greenville University

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$20,500

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Science Post Graduate Scholarship Fund

Native Forward Scholars Fund

Up to $30,000 June 01, 2023 See Details
 

Science Post Graduate Scholarship Fund

Native Forward Scholars Fund

award

Up to $30,000

deadline

June 01, 2023
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Alice P. Gast STEM Scholarship

Lehigh University

$12,500 Varies See Details
 

Alice P. Gast STEM Scholarship

Lehigh University

award

$12,500

deadline

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SOLV Energy Women in Solar Scholarship

Solar Energy International (SEI)

$10,000 Varies See Details
 

SOLV Energy Women in Solar Scholarship

Solar Energy International (SEI)

award

$10,000

deadline

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TMCF and Cognizant Foundation Scholarship

Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Up to $10,000 March 27, 2023 See Details
 

TMCF and Cognizant Foundation Scholarship

Thurgood Marshall College Fund

award

Up to $10,000

deadline

March 27, 2023
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Lockheed Martin STEM Scholarship

Lockheed Martin

$10,000 March 31, 2023 See Details
 

Lockheed Martin STEM Scholarship

Lockheed Martin

award

$10,000

deadline

March 31, 2023
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Swalm Brookhaven Scholarship

Mississippi State University

$10,000 December 01, 2023 See Details
 

Swalm Brookhaven Scholarship

Mississippi State University

award

$10,000

deadline

December 01, 2023
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HBCU Sustainable Communities Initiative Scholarship Program

UNCF, Inc

$5,000 March 27, 2023 See Details
 

HBCU Sustainable Communities Initiative Scholarship Program

UNCF, Inc

award

$5,000

deadline

March 27, 2023
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Ford Scholarship - Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Up to $5,000 March 27, 2023 See Details
 

Ford Scholarship - Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Thurgood Marshall College Fund

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Up to $5,000

deadline

March 27, 2023
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