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Course Code BECE3013 Course Name VLSI Design

Course Objectives

This is an introductory course which covers basic theories and techniques of digital VLSI design in CMOS
technology. In this course, we will study the fundamental concepts and structures of designing digital VLSI systems
include CMOS devices and circuits, standard CMOS fabrication processes, CMOS design rules, static and dynamic
logic structures, interconnect analysis, CMOS chip layout, simulation and testing, design tools and methodologies,
VLSI architecture.
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Course Outcomes

Be able to use mathematical methods and circuit analysis models in analysis of CMOS digital electronics
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circuits, including logic components and their interconnect.
Have an understanding of the characteristics of CMOS circuit construction and the comparison between
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different state-of- the-art CMOS technologies and processes
CO3 Be able to design and solve complex problems.
CO4 Be able to complete a significant VLSI design project having a set of objective criteria and design constraints
CO5 Able to design memories and understand the VLSI design methodologies

Syllabus

Unit 1: FABRICATION AND CHARACTERISTICS

Integrated circuit technology, basic monolithic integrated circuits, epitaxial growth, Masking and etching, diffusion of
impurities, transistors for monolithic circuits, monolithic diodes, Integrated resistors, Integrated capacitors and
inductors, monolithic circuit layout, additional isolation methods, LSI and MSI, the metal semiconductor contacts.

Unit 2: Introduction to MOSFET

The Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) Structure, The MOS System under External Bias, Structure and Operation of
MOS, Transistor (MOSFET), MOSFET Current-Voltage Characteristics, MOSFET Scaling and Small-Geometry
Effects, MOSFET Capacitances, Numerical and spice simulations.

Unit 3: MOS INVERTERS: STATIC and SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS, INTERCONNECT EFFECTS

Introduction, Resistive-Load Inverter, Inverters with n-Type MOSFET Load, CMOS Inverter, Delay-Time
Definitions, Calculation of Delay Times, Inverter Design with Delay Constraints, Estimation of Interconnect
Parasitics, Calculation of Interconnect Delay, Switching Power Dissipation of CMOS Inverters, Numerical and spice
simulations.

Unit 4: COMBINATIONAL and SEQUENTIAL MOS LOGIC CIRCUITS, DYNAMIC LOGIC CIRCUITS

Introduction, Basic Principles of Pass Transistor Circuits, Voltage Bootstrapping, Synchronous Dynamic Circuit
Techniques, High-Performance Dynamic CMOS Circuits, MOS Logic Circuits with Depletion nMOS Loads, CMOS
Logic Circuits, Complex Logic Circuits, CMOS Transmission Gates (Pass Gates), Behavior of Bistable Elements,
The SR Latch Circuit, Clocked Latch and Flip-Flop Circuits, CMOS D-Latch and Edge-Triggered Flip-Flop
Unit 5: MEMORIES AND VLSI DESIGN METHODOLOGIES

Introduction, Read-Only Memory (ROM) Circuits, Static Read-Write Memory (SRAM) Circuits, Dynamic Read-
Write Memory (DRAM) Circuits Introduction, VLSI Design Flow, Design Hierarchy, Concepts of Regularity,
Modularity and Locality, VLSI Design Styles, Design Quality, Packaging Technology, Computer-Aided Design
Technology

TEXT BOOKS
1. S.M.Sze, “VLSI technology”, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Education, 2003, ISBN 9780070582910
2. Sung-Mo Kang & Yusuf Leblebici, “CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits – Analysis and Design”, 3rd Edition,
Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2003.
3. N. Weste and K. Eshranghian, "Principles of CMOS VLSI Design", Addison Wesley,
1998..

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Jacob Backer, Harry W. Li and David E. Boyce, "CMOS Circuit Design, Layout and Simulation ", Prentice
Hall of India, 1998.
2. L.Glaser and D. Dobberpuhl, "The Design and Analysis of VLSI, Circuits”, Addison Wesley 1993.
3. Randel & Geiger, “VLSI Analog and Digital Circuit Design Techniques” McGraw- Hill,1990.

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