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Types of memory used in digital systems, RAM (Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), Programming the ROM, Masking During Metallization, Fuse (PROM), EPROM, EEPROM, Solved Examples of Programming the ROM. Half Adder, Full Adder, Ripple Carry Adder, Carry Look-Ahead Adder, Serial Adder, 4 Bit-Adder Subtractor, Binary Multiplier (2-bit x 2-bit), Binary Multiplier (4-bit x 4-bit), Booth Algorithm, Booth Multiplier. Analogue-to-Digital Converters, Flash ADC, Sample and Hold, Nyquist criterion, Resolution, Quantisation Error, Differential Non-Linearity (DNL), Integral Non-Linearity, Accuracy, Successive Approximation ADC, Digital-to-Analogue Converters, R-2R Ladder, Conversion Speed or Settling Time. Serial Adder, Counter based Voltmeter, DAC based Voltmeter, Counter based Frequency meter, Stepper Motor, Sequential Multiplier, Booth Algorithm, Examples of Booth Algorithm. Noise Margin Variation with VDD, Delay Variation with VDD, Inverter Switching Threshold, Subthreshold Conduction, Subthreshold Inverter, Schmitt Trigger, Schmitt Trigger Design Example, Schmitt Trigger Delays, Applications of the Schmitt Trigger, Oscillator design using a Schmitt trigger, Voltage-controlled oscillator using Schmitt trigger, Schmitt Trigger Power, Adjustment of Hysteresis Width, Demonstration of Schmitt Trigger Circuit in Cadence […] Average synchronization errors per second with no synchronizer, Average synchronization errors per second with synchronizer, Mean time-to-failure (MTF). VLSI Design Levels, Gate Level Modeling vs. Data Flow Level Modeling Classification of Microprocessors, Microprocessors vs. Microcontrollers, Instruction Set Architecture, Big-Endian vs. Little-Endian, CISC and RISC Inverter Layout, Inverter Stick Diagram, Dual-Inverter Layout, Multi-Finger MOSFETs, 2-Input NAND Layout, 2-Input NOR Layout, Stick Diagrams, Euler Paths, Area Estimation, 28-T Full Adder sizing.