M.Tech. 1st sem CMOS VLSI Design Upcoming topics

Unit-1

VLSI design methodologies: VLSI Design flow, Design Hierarchy, Regularity, Modularity and Locality, VLSI design styles, Design quality, Packaging technology MOS device design equations, Second order effects, the complementary CMOS Inverter DC characteristics.

Unit-II

Circuit Characterization and Performance Estimation: Parasitic effect in Integrated Circuits, Resistance estimation, capacitance estimation, Inductance. Switching characteristics, CMOS Gate transistor sizing, Power dissipation, CMOS Logic Structures, Clocking Strategies.

Unit-III

CMOS Process Enhancement and Layout Considerations: Interconnect, circuit elements, stick diagram, Layout design rules, Latch up, latch up triggering, latch up prevention, Technology related CAD issues.

Unit-IV

Subsystem Design: Structured design of combinational logie- parity generator, multiplexer, code converters. Clocked sequential circuits- two phase clocking, charge storage, dynamic register element, and dynamic shift register. Subsystem design process, Design of ALU subsystem, Adders, Multipliers. Commonly used storage/memory elements.

Unit - V

Field Programmable Devices: Definitions of Relevant Terminology, Evolution of Programmable Logic Devices, User Programmable Switch Technologies. Computer Aided Design (CAD) Flow for FPDs, Programmable Logic, Programmable Logic Structures, Programmable Interconnect, Reprogrammable Gate Array, Commercially Available SPLDs. CPLDs and FPGAs, Gate Array Design, Sea-of-Gates.

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