MOS VLSI Design

An introduction to most aspects of large-scale MOS integrated circuit design including: device fabrication and modeling; inverter characteristics; designing CMOS combinational and sequential circuits; designing arithmetic building blocks and memory structures; interconnect and timing issues; testing and verification; and system design considerations. Term projects involve the complete design of a functional logic block or system using CAD tools.

ECE55900

Credit Hours:

3

Learning Objective:

A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will have demonstrated:

  • an ability to analyze MOS circuits
  • an ability to synthesize MOS circuits
  • experience in oral presentation, teamwork, and document preparation for a finished design
  • an ability to create and simulate a hierarchical digital design using commercial grade CAD software

Description:

An introduction to most aspects of large-scale MOS integrated circuit design including: device fabrication and modeling; inverter characteristics; designing CMOS combinational and sequential circuits; designing arithmetic building blocks and memory structures; interconnect and timing issues; testing and verification; and system design considerations. Term projects involve the complete design of a functional logic block or system using CAD tools. 

Topics Covered:

Lectures Major Topics
3 Introduction: Historical Perspective and Future Trends; CMOS Process
3 MOS devices, SPCIE models
6 Inverters
9 Designing combinational logic gates in CMOS
6 Designing sequential circuits
2 Interconnect and timing issues
3 Designing memory and array structures
3 Designing arithmetic building blocks
2 VLSI testing and verification
2 System design issues
2 Mid-term tests
3 Project Presentations

 

Prerequisites:

Semiconductor device basics, including terminology, models, properties, and concepts; computer organization and design 

 

Web Address:

https://purdue.brightspace.com

 

Textbooks:

Required:

  1. Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective, 2nd Edition, J.M. Rabaey, A. Chandrakasan, B. Nikolic, Prentice Hall, 2003, ISBN No. 0-13-090996-3

Recommended:

  1. Circuits, Interconnects, and Packaging for VLSI, H. Bakoglu, Addison Wesley, ISBN No. 0-201-06088-6
  2. Principles of CMOS VLSI Design: A Systems Perspective, 2nd Edition, N.H.E. Weste and K. Eshraghian, Prentice Hall, 1993, ISBN No. 0-201-53376-6 

ProEd Minimum Requirements:

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