r05320402 Vlsi Design
r05320402 Vlsi Design
r05320402 Vlsi Design
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III B.Tech Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008
VLSI DESIGN
( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering, Bio-Medical
Engineering and Electronics & Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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2. (a) With neat sketches, explain the transfer characteristic of a CMOS inverter.
(b) Derive an equation for Ids of an n-channel enhancement MOSFET operating
in saturation region. [8+8]
3. Design a stick diagram and layout for the NMOS logic shown below
Y = (A + B) C. [16]
4. (a) Explain clocked CMOS logic, domino logic and n-p CMOS logic.
(b) In gate logic, compare the geometry aspects between two -input NMOS NAND
and CMOS NAND gates. [8+8]
5. (a) Draw the top level schematic and a floor plan for 16 × 16 Booth recoded
multiplier and explain its operation.
(b) Explain the tradeoffs between open, closed, and twisted bit lines in a dynamic
RAM array. [8+8]
6. (a) Draw and explain the Antifuse Structure for programming the PAL device.
(b) Explain how the I/O pad is programmed in FPGA. [8+8]
7. (a) Write a architecture for a 4- bit Counter in both behavioral and structural
styles.
(b) Explain with example how mixed mode simulator are more for CMOS circuits
testing. [8+8]
8. (a) What are the reasons of malfunctioning of chip? What are the different levels
of testing?
(b) Explain how a parallel scan is used for data path test.
(c) What is mean by level sensitive of logic system? [6+6+4]
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Code No: R05320402 Set No. 2
III B.Tech Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008
VLSI DESIGN
( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering, Bio-Medical
Engineering and Electronics & Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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3. (a) Write the scaling factors for different types of device parameters.
(b) Discuss the limits due to sub threshold currents. [8+8]
4. Describe three sources of wiring capacitances. Explain the effect of wiring capaci-
tance on the performance of a VLSI circuit. [16]
5. (a) Draw the schematic for tiny XOR gate and explain its operation.
(b) Draw the circuit diagram for 4-by-4 barrel shifter using complementary trans-
mission gates and explain its shifting operation. [8+8]
6. (a) Draw and explain the Antifuse Structure for programming the PAL device.
(b) Explain how the I/O pad is programmed in FPGA. [8+8]
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Code No: R05320402 Set No. 3
III B.Tech Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008
VLSI DESIGN
( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering, Bio-Medical
Engineering and Electronics & Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆
1. With neat sketches necessary, explain the oxidation process in the IC fabrication
process. [16]
4. Describe three sources of wiring capacitances. Explain the effect of wiring capaci-
tance on the performance of a VLSI circuit. [16]
5. (a) Explain how a Booth recoded multiplier reduces the number of adders.
(b) Draw circuit diagram of a one transistor with transistor capacitor dynamic
RAM and also draw its layout. [8+8]
6. (a) Draw the typical standard-cell structure showing regular-power cell and ex-
plain it.
(b) Draw and explain the pseudo-nMOS PLA schematic for full adder and what
are the advantages and disadvantages of it. [8+8]
7. (a) Explain how VHDL is developed and where it was used initially.
(b) What are the different design capture tools? Explain them briefly. [8+8]
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Code No: R05320402 Set No. 4
III B.Tech Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008
VLSI DESIGN
( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering, Bio-Medical
Engineering and Electronics & Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆
1. With neat sketches, explain in detail, all the steps involved in electron lithography
process. [16]
2. (a) Derive an equation for rds of an n channel enhancement MOSFET in linear
region.
(b) Plot the transfer characteristic of an nMOS inverter as a function of Vds .
[8+8]
3. (a) Discuss in detial the NMOS design style.
(b) Discuss CMOS design style. Compare with NMOS design style. [8+8]
4. (a) Explain the requirement and operation of pass transistors and transmission
gates.
(b) Compare pseudo-n MOS logic and clocked CMOS logic. [8+8]
5. (a) How can the components of CMOS system design be categorized into the
groups.
(b) Why is the static 6 transistor cell used for average CMOS system design?
(c) Compare the performance of CMOS Off chip and On chip memory designs.
[4+6+6]
6. (a) Draw a self timed dynamic PLA and what are the advantages of it compared
to footed dynamic PLA.
(b) Explain the tradeoffs between using a transmission gate or a tristate buffer to
implement an FPGA routing block. [8+8]
7. (a) What are the different types of operators used in VHDL? Give some examples
using this.
(b) Compare the Circuit-level, Logic-level, switch-level and Timing simulations.
[8+8]
8. (a) Explain the gate level and function level of testing.
(b) A sequential circuit with ?n? inputs and ‘m’ storage devices. To test this
circuit how many test vectors are required.
(c) What is sequential fault grading? Explain how it is analyzed. [6+4+6]
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