mca Syllabus

VLSI Design
Code: PGCS205D
Weekly Contact Hour: 3L
Credit: 3
Course Contents

Introduction to VLSI systems: A brief history, MOS Transistors, CMOS Logic, CMOS fabrication and lay out , VLSI design flow , fabrication, packaging and testing) Review of digital systems : Different gates, flip flops, combinatorial and sequential logic circuits MOS transistor theory: Introduction , Ideal I-V characteristics , C_V characteristics , nonideal I-V effects, DC transfer characteristics , Switch level RC delay Models. CMOS logic and fabrication: CMOS technologies, Lay out design rules, CMOS Process enhancement, Technology related CAD issues, manufacturing issues Circuit characterization and performance estimation: Delay estimation, Logical effort and transistor sizing, power dissipation, Interconnect, Design Margin Reliability, scaling Simulation: A SPICE tutorial, Device models, Device characterization, Circuit characterization Analog Circuits: MOS Signal model, Common source Amplifier, the CMOS inverter as an Amplifier, Current Mirrors, Differential pairs, Simple CMOS OP-AMP, Digital – Analog converters, Analog to Digital Converters. Digital system Design: Combinational and sequential circuit design, Static and dynamic CMOS gates, Memory system design, Data path Design, Design of 8/16 bit RISC CPU. Design methodology and EDA tools: HDL (Verilog / VHDL), Behavioral level, RTL level, logic level modeling. Familiarity with different EDA tools like cadence, Mentor Graphics etc. Lay out & place and routing. Testing and Verification: Introduction to logic verification and manufacturing tests, testers, test Fixtures and Test programs, Logic Verification Principles, Silicon Debug principles, Manufacturing test principles, Design for testability, Boundary scan and JTAG.

Books:

1. C. Mead & L. Conway; “Introduction to VLSI Systems”, PEARSON Education.
2. N. Weste, K.Eshraghian, “Principles of CMOS VLSI Design, a systems perspective”, PEARSON Education.
3. S.Y. Kung, “VLSI array processors”, PEARSON Education