VLSI Design

Course Objectives

To understand the need for and importance of digital VLSI design in CMOS integrated circuits.

To understand the DC behavior of static CMOS circuits, understand voltage transfer characteristics, transient behavior, area and layout estimation techniques, and how CMOS characteristics change under different circuit implementation techniques.

To understand the design and behavior of basic sequential or regenerative circuits, the use of clock signals to control charge refreshing and design various dynamic logic circuits.

To analyze the clock generation technique using feedback and see the impact of spatial and temporal variations of the clock signal and introduce techniques to cope with it.

To study various low power design techniques and effect of interconnect parasitics to minimize the overall power dissipation in the circuit.

To study various low power design techniques and effect of interconnect parasitics to minimize the overall power dissipation in the circuit.

To study and design the basic cells of semiconductor memory using low power design techniques.

To understand the basics of VLSI testability and fault tolerant design