| | Standard Course Syllabus | Course Supervisor | Date of Approval |
| | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Bibyk | 4/05 |
| | 721 | Digital VLSI Design |
| | 2. | CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
| | Design and circuit analysis of basic VLSI structures such as adders and registers; custom macro-cell, bit slice, and re-use |
| | design concepts; physical layout design, layout parasitics extraction, use of VLSI layout design tools. |
| | Quarters of Offering | Credits | | Level | Class Meeting |
| | Sp Qtr. | 3 | U G | 3 cl. |
| | Course Prerequisites |
| | Prereq: 323 or grad standing. |
| | 3. | PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC |
| | Combinational logic design, sequential logic design, basic elements of computer architecture, basic circuit theory, basic |
| | electronic circuit theory, physical electronics |
| | Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite |
| | 820 |
| | 4. | Text(s) and Other Course Materials | Author(s) | Publisher |
| | CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspective, | Weste and Harris | Addison Wesley |
| | 3rd Ed. |
| | References (supplemental reading) |
| | [1] Randall L. Geiger, et. al., VLSI Design Techniques for Analog and Digital Circuits, McGraw-Hill, 1990 |
| | [2] Glasser & Dpbberpuhl, The Design and Analysis of VLSI Circuits, Addison Wesley, 1985 |
| | 5. | COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| | 1. Understanding of VLSI technology (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 2. Understanding of CMOS digital circuit design (Criteria 3(c),(e)) |
| | 3. Understanding of design rules (Criteria 3(c),(e)) |
| | 4. Understanding of the operation of CMOS digital circuits (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 5. Understanding of major VLSI design tradeoffs (Criteria 3(c),(e)) |
| | 6. Understanding of VLSI design styles (Criteria 3(c),(e)) |
| | 7. Ability to use VLSI layout editors (Criterion 3(k)) |
| | 8. Ability to use VLSI circuit simulators (Criterion 3(k)) |
| | 6. | TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES) |
| | Digital Logic Design (3) |
| | Computer Architecture (4) |
| | Integrated circuit design and choice of design rules (3) |
| | CMOS circuit fabrication and CMOS integrated circuit design (5) |
| | Electrical characteristics and switching speed of CMOS circuits (3) |
| | Design, electrical simulation, and logic simulation using design software (5) |
| | Structured and advanced CMOS design techniques (5) |
| | Dynamic and clocked MOS design (2) |
| | 7. | CLASS MEETING PATTERN | (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.) |
| | 3 cl. |
| | Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:19 AM |
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