JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Pre-requisite

Switching Theory And Logic Design

Course Objectives:

• 1. Students from other engineering background to get familiarize with large scale integration technology.
• 2. To expose fabrication methods, layout and design rules.
• 3. Learn methods to improve Digital VLSI system’s performance.
• 4. To know about VLSI Design constraints.
• 5. Visualize CMOS Digital Chip Design.

Course Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• 1. Review of FET fundamentals for VLSI design.
• 2. Acquires knowledge about stick diagrams and layouts.
• 3. Design the subsystems based on VLSI concepts.
• 4. Do the Floorplanning and Routing for VLSI systems.

UNIT - I

Review of Microelectronics and Introduction to MOS Technologies: MOS, CMOS, BiCMOS Technology. Basic Electrical Properties of MOS, CMOS &BiCMOS Circuits: Ids – Vds relationships, Threshold Voltage VT, Gm, Gds and ωo, Pass Transistor, MOS, CMOS & Bi CMOS Inverters, Zpu/Zpd, MOS Transistor circuit model, Latch-up in CMOS circuits.

UNIT - II

Layout Design and Tools: Transistor structures, Wires and Vias, Scalable Design rules, Layout Design tools. Logic Gates & Layouts: Static Complementary Gates, Switch Logic, Alternative Gate circuits, Low power gates, Resistive and Inductive interconnect delays.

UNIT - III

Combinational Logic Networks: Layouts, Simulation, Network delay, Interconnect design, Power optimization, Switch logic networks, Gate and Network testing.

UNIT - IV

Sequential Systems: Memory cells and Arrays, Clocking disciplines, Design, Power optimization, Design validation and testing.

UNIT - V

Floor Planning: Floor planning methods, Global Interconnect, Floor Plan Design, Off-chip connections.

TEXT BOOKS

• 1. Essentials of VLSI Circuits and Systems, K. Eshraghian, A. Pucknell, 2005, PHI.
• 2. Modern VLSI Design – Wayne Wolf, 3rd Ed., 1997, Pearson Education.

REFERENCE BOOKS

• 1. Introduction to VLSI Systems: A Logic, Circuit and System Perspective – Ming-BO Lin, CRC Press, 2011.
• 2. Principals of CMOS VLSI Design – N.H.E Weste, K. Eshraghian, 2nd Ed., Addison Wesley. M.TECH.- I YEAR- I SEMESTER DIGITAL SYSTEMS & COMPUTER ELECTRONICS