ECE 429 - Introduction to VLSI Design

Fall 2012

Instructor: Professor Erdal Oruklu

Office: 301 Siegel Hall
Phone: 312 567-8814
E-Mail: erdal@ece.iit.edu

Prerequisite: ECE 218 and ECE 311:

Familiarity with circuits, logic and digital system design.
Experience with CAD tools and UNIX is a plus.

Class Time: Monday Wednesday: 1:50 PM - 3:05 PM

Class Location: Life Sciences - Room 111

Office Hrs: Monday and Wednesday: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM at SH-301

Class Home Page: Blackboard

Required Textbook: “CMOS VLSI DESIGN: A Circuits and Systems

Perspective” (4th Edition) Neil H.E. Weste, and David
Harris, Pearson/Addison-Wesley, 2011.
ISBN: 0-321-54774-8

Course Objective: To give students a clear understanding of the

fundamental concepts of modern CMOS VLSI design.
Students will learn the design of complex and high
performance CMOS systems from system level to circuit
level.

Topics Covered: MOS transistors, static and dynamic behavior, stick

diagrams, MOS circuit fabrication, design rules,
resistance and capacitance extraction, scaling, logical
effort, combinational and sequential design, data-path
and control unit design, clocking schemes, memory
design. CAD synthesis techniques, floorplanning and
layout.

Grading: Homeworks 5%
Midterm Exam: 25%
Final Exam: 40%
LABs and Project: 30%
Lab/Teaching Assistants: Cecilia Garcia Martin
E-Mail: cgarciam@hawk.iit.edu
Office hr: TBD

Xuanxing Xiong
E-Mail: xxiong3@hawk.iit.edu
Office hr: TBD

Homework Policy: Homework is due at the start of class. Late

homework will not be accepted. Working
together on homework is encouraged, but
copying assignments will call for disciplinary
action.

Exam Policy: Makeup exams will not be given, except for

extraordinary reasons. The final is comprehensive.

Reference Books: “Digital Integrated Circuits - A Design

Perspective, 2nd Edition” by Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha
Chandrakasan, and Borivoje Nikolic, Prentice Hall,
2003.
ISBN:0130909963