Validation and Testing Technology detailed syllabus for Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the ECE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Electronics & Communication Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit ECE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to ECE Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of validation and testing technology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTION: 6 Introduction to IC Technology – MOS, PMOS, NMOS, CMOS & BiCMOS Technologies. VLSI Fabrication, Oxidation, Lithography, Diffusion, Ion Implantation, Metallization, Integrated Resistors and Capacitors.
Unit II
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Unit III
MOS THEORY ANALYSIS- II 6 Pass Transistor, Transmission Gate, NMOS Inverter, Various Pull-ups, CMOS Inverter Analysis and Design, Bi-CMOS Inverters, Latch up in CMOS Circuits.
Unit IV
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Unit V
BASIC OF SILICON VALIDATION 6 Need for Testing, Testing at Various Levels, Objectives of Testing – VLSI Test process and Test Equipment – Types of Testing: Functionality Tests, Silicon Debug, Manufacturing Tests, Defect during manufacturing – Fault Modelling, Observability and Controllability, Fault Coverage, Fault Sampling – ATE, Test economics.
Practical Exercises:
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List of Equipment Needed for a Batch of 30 Students (3 in a Bench):
- Dual channel SMU for MOSFET testing with Test script processor and IV software: 2 nos (one setup for three students)
- Resistivity and Conductivity Setup – #2 setups
- I-V SMU analyser
- Four Point Collinear Resistivity Measurement Setup
- Resistivity samples #2
- Conductivity Samples #2
- Inverter testing setup: power suppy #1, Scope with AFG and power application: #1no
- Xilinx /CAD: 5 no.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to
- Complete overview to CMOS fabrication process.
- Understand the fundamental concept of MOS FET and testing.
- Explain the concept of MOS theory and analysis.
- To give the student an understanding of CMOS performance testing and estimation.
- Explain the basics of Testing and Fault Modeling
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- M.L. Bushnell and V.D. Agrawal, Essentials of Electronic Testing for Digital, Memory and Mixed-Signal VLSI Circuits, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004
- N.K. Jha and S.G. Gupta, Testing of Digital Systems, Cambridge University Press, 2003
- Etienne Sicard, Sonia Delmas Bendhia, Basics of CMOS Cell Design, TMH, EEE, 2005
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