BasicVLSIDesign 21EC654D
Course Code: 21EC654D
Credits: 03
CIE Marks: 50
SEE Marks: 50
Total Marks: 100
Exam Hours: 03
Total Hours of Pedagogy: 40H
Teaching Hours/Weeks: [L:T:P:S] 3:0:0:1
Introduction: ABrief History,MOS Transistors, MOSTransistor Theory,IdealI-V Characteristics,NonidealI-VEffects,DCTransferCharacteristics.
Fabrication: nMOSFabrication,CMOSFabrication[Pwellprocess,Nwellprocess,Twintubprocess], BiCMOSTechnology.
MOSandBiCMOSCircuitDesignProcesses: MOSLayers,StickDiagrams,DesignRulesandLayout.
BasicCircuitConcepts: SheetResistance,AreaCapacitancesofLayers,StandardUnitofCapacitance,
SomeAreaCapacitanceCalculations,DelayUnit,InverterDelays,DrivingLargeCapacitiveLoads
ScalingofMOSCircuits: ScalingModels&ScalingFactorsforDeviceParameters.
Subsystem Design Processes: Some General considerations, An illustration of Design
Processes,Illustration of the Design Processes: Regularity, Design of an ALU Subsystem, The
Manchester Carry-chainandAdderEnhancementTechniques
SubsystemDesign: Some ArchitecturalIssues, SwitchLogic, Gate(restoring)Logic,ParityGenerators,Multiplexers, The ProgrammableLogicArray(PLA).
FPGABasedSystems: Introduction,Basicconcepts,DigitaldesignandFPGAs,FPGAbasedSystemdesign,FPGA
architecture, Physical designfor FPGAs.
Memory,RegistersandAspectsofsystemTiming: SystemTimingConsiderations,SomecommonlyusedStor
age/Memoryelements.
Testing and Verification: Introduction, Logic Verification, Logic Verification
Principles,ManufacturingTestPrinciples, Designfortestability.