Topics Covered

VLSI technology: Terminologies and trends, MOS transistor characteristics and equations, NMOS and CMOS inverters, DC and transient characteristics, Pass transistors and pass gates, CMOS layout and design rules, Complex CMOS gates, Resistance and capacitance, Estimation and modeling, Signal propagation, delay, noise margin and power consumption, Interconnect BiCMOS circuits. CMOS building blocks, Adders, Counters, Multipliers and barrel shifters. Data paths, Memory structures, PLAs and FPGAs. VLSI testing, Objectives and strategies.  VLSI technology: Top down design approach, technology trends and design styles. Review of MOS transistor theory: Threshold voltage, body effect, I-V equations and characteristics, latch-up problems, NMOS inverter, CMOS inverter, pass-transistor and transmission gates. CMOS circuit characteristics and performance estimation: Resistance, capacitance, rise and fall times, delay, gate transistor sizing and power consumption. CMOS circuit and logic design: Layout design rules and physical design of simple logic gates. CMOS subsystem design: Adders, multiplier and memory system, arithmetic logic unit. Programmable logic arrays. I/O systems. VLSI testing.