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V.T.PatelDepartmentofElectronics&CommunicationEngineering
M.Tech.(CommunicationSystemEngineering)
Semester:II
EC708:DigitalVLSIDesign
CreditHours:
A
90
ObjectiveoftheCourse:
This course will introduce the student to the fundamentals of digital VLSI design, including
Microelectronics, MOS technology and transistor. Different Aspects of MOS inverters: static and
dynamic characteristics. MOS Logic circuits like combinational, sequential logic and dynamic logic
circuits,DesignsofsemiconductormemoriesandBiCMOSlogiccircuitsandUltrafastVLSIcircuitsand
systems.
OutlineoftheCourse:
Sr.No. TitleoftheUnit
1.
AreviewofmicroelectronicsandintroductiontoMOS
technologyandMOStransistors
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
MOSInverters
Minimumnumberof
hours
12
14
16
06
06
06
MOSlogiccircuits
SemiconductorMemories
BiCMOSlogiccircuits
UltrafastVLSIcircuitsandsystemIntroductiontoGaAs
technology
Totalhours(Theory):
Totalhours(Lab):
30
Total:
90
DetailedSyllabus:
Thiswillprovidedetailsabouttopicsundereachunitsofthecourse.
1.
60
Areviewofmicroelectronicsand
hours 06
App.Weightagein%
introductiontoMOStechnologyand
MOStransistors
1.1 VLSIDesignFlow,Designhierarchy,DesignMethodology,
6
nMOS,pMOS,CMOSfabricationprocess
1.2 MOSstructures,MOStransistoroperation
6
10%
Hr.
Hrs.
2.
MOSFETcurrentvoltagecharacteristic,
MOSFEtScalingandSmallgeometryeffects,MOSFETCapacitance
MOSInverters
hours 06 App.Weightagein%
2.1 MOSInverterstaticcharacteristics:Resistiveloadinverter,Inverterswith 6
ntypeMOSFETload,CMOSInverter
2.2. MOSInverterswitchingcharacteristicandinterconnecteffects:
8
Calculationofdelaytime,Inverterdesignwithdelayconstraints,
Estimationofinterconnectparasitic,Switchingpowerdissipationof
CMOSinverters
3.
MOSLogiccircuits
hours 12
App.Weightagein%
10%
Hrs.
Hr.
20%
3.1 CombinationofMOSlogiccircuits
Hrs.
3.2 SequentialMOSlogiccircuits
Hrs.
3.3 Dynamiclogiccircuits
Hrs.
4.
SemiconductorMemories
4.1
DRAM
hours 12
App.Weightagein%
20%
Hrs.
4.2 SRAM
Hrs.
4.3 NonvolatileMemory
Hrs.
4.4 FlashMemory
Hrs.
5.
BiCMOSlogiccircuits
hours 13
App.Weightagein%
21%
5.1
Introduction
Hrs.
5.2
BJTstructureandoperation,DynamicbehaviorofBJTs
Hrs.
5.3
BasicBiCMOScircuits:Staticbehavior
Hrs.
5.4
SwitchingdelayinBiCMOSlogiccircuits
Hrs.
6.
6.1
UltrafastVLSIcircuitsandsystem hours
IntroductiontoGaAstechnology
Ultrafastsystem
6.2
6.3
13
App.Weightagein%
21%
Hrs.
GaAsstructureandtechnologicaldevelopment
Hrs.
MESFETbaseddesign
Hrs.
6.4
GaAsMESFETclassiclogic
D InstructionalMethodsandPedagogy:
MultimediaProjector
OHP
AudioVisualPresentations
Chalk+Board
WhiteBoard
OnlineDemo
Charts
E StudentLearningOutcomes/objectives:
AbletoDesignadigitalVLSIsystem
AbletotakeanalysisofMOSelectricalcharacteristics
AbletodesigndifferentMOSlogicalcircuits
AbletosimulateonVLSIsoftware
AbletoimplementonFPGA/CPLD.
F RecommendedStudyMaterial:
Referencebooks:
1. CMOSdigitalintegratedcircuits:AnalysisandDesign,SungMoKang,Usuf
Leblebici,TataMcGrawhill,2003
2. BasicVLSIDesign,DouglasPucknell,PHI,1999.
3. ModernVLSIDesign.WayneWolf,PersonEducation,2001
4. IntroductiontoVLSIcircuitsandsystems,JohnUyemura,Wiley,2002.
ReadingMaterials,webmaterialswithfullcitations:
1. http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~strouce/elec4200.html
Othermaterials(e.g.howtowritejournals,charts,codes,softwareand
hardwareetc.)
Hrs.
1. LabManuals
2. FPGA/CPLDKit
3. HandOuts
4. Assignments
5. QuestionBank
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