Lahore University of Management Sciences

CMPE523:VLSIDesign Spring201112
Instructor Dr.ShahidMasud RoomNo. 9323A OfficeHours Tue,Thu,09:3010:30am Email smasud@lums.edu.pk Telephone LUMSExt8199 TA WajeehaKhan TAOfficeHours TBA CourseBasics CreditHours 3 Lecture(s)/week 2 Duration 75min TotalLabAssignments 8 Duration 75min+CADToolusage CourseDistribution Core No Elective ElectivecourseforComputerEngineeringandElectricalEngineering OpenforStudentCategory MSCS/MSCmpE/SeniorEE CloseforStudentCategory Allothers COURSEDESCRIPTION ThiscourseprovidesthenecessarybackgroundtodesigncircuitsandsystemsforVLSI.Thesecircuitsarerequiredtoprovideveryhigh performancewhileworkingundersize,areaandpowerconstraints.Thedesignofsuchelectroniccircuitsisalsocomplexowingtothehighclock speeds,highlogicdensityandproblemsinlayout,simulationandfabrication.Thecoursecoversdifferentdesignandarchitectureapproachesfor CMOSdigitalVLSIwhilealsogivinghandsonexperienceofdesign,verificationandsimulationofanintegratedcircuitusingstateoftheartCAD tools COURSEPREREQUISITE(S) ElectronicsCourseatundergraduatelevel COURSEOBJECTIVES ThegoalofthiscourseistobeabletodesignandimplementstaticanddynamicCMOSmicroelectroniccircuitsusingVLSItechnology. MODULETITLES: 1.IntroductionandBackgroundtoVLSI1week 2.MOSTransistorTheory1week 3.CMOSProcessingTechnologyandDesignrules1week 4.VLSICircuitCharacterizationandPerformance 2weeks 5.DesignofCombinationalCMOSCircuits 1week 6.DesignofSequentialCMOSCircuits 2weeks 7.DesignofComplexDigitalCircuitsandSystems 2weeks 9.VLSIDesignLaboratoriesandCADtools 4weeks GradingBreakupandPolicy

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Quizzes(6):15% VLSIDesignLabs(8):15% Assignments/DesignProjects(2or3):10% MidtermExam:30% FinalExam:30% ExaminationDetail MidtermExam Inclassmidtermexamination FinalExam Comprehensivefinalexamination COURSEOVERVIEW LectureNo. CourseTopics 1 IntroductionMicroelectronicsbackground 2 IntroductiontoVLSIDesign,tools,technology 3 Lab1IntroductiontoSimulationandLayouttools 4 MOSTransistorscharacteristics,capacitance 5 Lab2Design,simulation,layoutofInverter 6 AdvancepropertiesinMOSTransistors,passtransistors 7 CMOSProcessingTechnology 8 CMOSDesignrules,circuitextractionandlayout 9 Lab3Delayofgatesasafunctionofdesignparameters 10 Circuitcharacterizationdelayestimation 11 Powerestimation,transistorsizing 12 Interconnectresistanceandcapacitance 13 Lab4PowerdissipationinCMOScircuits 14 Reliabilityandscalingissues 15 MidtermExam 16 CombinationalLogicCMOSfamilies 17 BiCMOSandlowpowerlogiccircuits 18 Lab5Interconnectanalysis 19 OthertopicsinCombinationalVLSICircuits 20 DesignofLatchesandFlipflops 21 SequencingandDynamiccircuits 22 Lab6IssuesinDynamiclogiccircuits 23 Synchronizercircuitsforclockdomainconversion 24 VLSICircuitsforSRAMandCAM 25 Lab7SRAMDesignissues 26 I/OPadsforVLSIChips 27 Designcasestudies 28 StudentProjects/Lab8 Textbook

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CMOSVLSIDesign:ACircuitsandSystemsPerspectivebyNeilH.E.Weste,DavidHarris,ThirdEdition,PearsonEducation,2005. SupplementaryReadings 1.DigitalIntegratedCircuits,ADesignPerspective,Seconded.,JanRabaey,A.Chandrakasan,B.Nikolic,PrenticeHall(PHI),2003. 2.AnalysisandDesignofDigitalIntegratedCircuits,DavidA.Hodges,HoraceG.Jackson,ResveSaleh,ThirdEdition,McGrawHill.