VLSI Syllabus
VLSI Syllabus
UNIT - I
Introduction: Introduction to IC Technology – MOS, PMOS, NMOS, CMOS &BiCMOS
Basic Electrical Properties: Basic Electrical Properties of MOS and BiCMOS Circuits: Ids-Vds relationships,
MOS transistor threshold Voltage, gm, gds, Figure of merit; Pass transistor, NMOS Inverter, Various pull ups,
CMOS Inverter analysis and design, Bi-CMOS Inverters.
UNIT - II
VLSI Circuit Design Processes: VLSI Design Flow, MOS Layers, Stick Diagrams, Design Rules and Layout,
Transistors Layout Diagrams for NMOS and CMOS Inverters and Gates, Scaling of MOS circuits.
UNIT - III
Gate Level Design: Logic Gates and Other complex gates, Switch logic, Alternate gate circuits, Time delays,
Driving large capacitive loads, Wiring capacitance, Fan – in, Fan – out.
UNIT - IV
Data Path Subsystems: Subsystem Design, Shifters, Adders, ALUs, Multipliers, Parity generators, Comparators,
Zero/One Detectors, Counters.
Array Subsystems: SRAM, DRAM, ROM, Serial Access Memories.
UNIT - V
Programmable Logic Devices: Design Approach – PLA, PAL, Standard Cells FPGAs, CPLDs.
CMOS Testing: CMOS Testing, Test Principles, Design Strategies for test, Chip level Test Techniques.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Kamran Eshraghian, Eshraghian Dougles and A. Pucknell - Essentials of VLSI circuits and systems, PHI, 2005
2. Neil H. E Weste, David Harris, Ayan Banerjee - CMOS VLSI Design – A Circuits and Systems Perspective, 3rd
Edition, Pearson, 2009.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Ming-BO Lin - Introduction to VLSI Systems: A Logic, Circuit and System Perspective, CRC Press, 2011
2. John. P. Uyemura - CMOS logic circuit Design, Springer, 2007.
3. Wayne Wolf - Modern VLSI Design, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education, 1997.
4. K. Lal Kishore, V. S. V. Prabhakar -VLSI Design, I.K International, 2009