mca Syllabus

VLSI Design
Code: CS 801D
Contact: 3L
Credits: 3
Note: Trace on Basic concepts only
Allotted Hrs:              39L

Introduction to CMOS circuits: MOS Transistors, MOS transistor switches, CMOS Logic, The inverter, Combinational Logic, NAND gate, NOT Gate, Compound Gates, Multiplexers, Memory-Latches and Registers.                                                             [6L]

Processing Technology: Silicon Semiconductor Technology- An Overview, wafer processing, oxidation, epitaxy deposition, Ion-implantation and diffusion, The Silicon Gate Process- Basic CMOS Technology, basic n-well CMOS process, p-well CMOS process, Twin tub process, Silicon on insulator, CMOS process enhancement-Interconnect, circuit elements, 3-D CMOS. Layout Design Rule: Layer Representations, CMOS n-well Rules, Design Rule of background scribe line, Layer Assignment, SOI Rule                                                                                                                                    [10L]

.Power Dissipation: Static dissipation, Dynamic dissipation, short-circuit dissipation, total power dissipation. Programmable Logic, Programmable Logic structure, Programmable interconnect, and Reprogramable Gate Array: Xilinx Programmable Gate Array, Design Methods: Behavioural Synthesis, RTL synthesis                                                            [8L]

Placement: placement: Mincut based placement – Iterative improvement placement simulated annealing. Routing: Segmented channel routing – maze routing – routability and routing resources – net delays.                                                                                   [5L]

Verification and Testing: Verification Versus Testing, Verification: logic simulation design validation – timing verification – Testing concepts: failures – mechanisms and faults – fault coverage – ATPG methods – types of tests – FPGAs – programmability failures – design for testability.                                                                                    [5L]

Overview of VHDL                                                                                                   [5L]

Text Book:
1.“Digital Integrated Circuit”, J.M.Rabaey, Chandrasan, Nicolic, Pearson
2. “CMOS Digital Integrated Circuit”, S.M.Kang & Y.Leblebici, TMH
3.”Modern VLSI Design” Wayne Wolf, Pearson
4.“Algorithm for VLSI Design & Automation”, N.Sherwani, Kluwer
5.”VHDL”, Bhaskar, PHI
References:
1. “ Digital Integrated Circuits” Demassa & Ciccone, Willey Pub.
2. “Modern VLSI Design: system on silicon” Wayne Wolf; Addison Wesley Longman Publisher
3. “Basic VLSI Design” Douglas A. Pucknell & Kamran Eshranghian; PHI
4. “CMOS Circuit Design, Layout & Simulation”, R.J.Baker, H.W.Lee, D.E. Boyee, PHI