JNTUK B.Tech VLSI Design (Elective – I) R13 Syllabus for Engineering it gives you detail information about VLSI Design (Elective – I) syllabus.
Preamble
In the recent times fabrication technology is revolutionized and especially LSI has become so dense that on a single IC tens and thousands of transistors are placed. Thus integrated circuits have become integrated systems and the development of fabrication technology VLSI plays very important role.
Learning Objectives
- To provide the basic fundamentals of fabrication technology, generations of IC and speed, power consumptions of various fabrication technologies.
- To understand the knowledge of electrical properties of MOS circuits.
- To learn the design concepts of stick diagrams, layouts for various MOS technologies.
- To understand the concepts of design rules, scaling, subsystem design semiconductor IC design.
- To understand the synthesis, simulation design verification tools, CMOS testing.
UNIT –I
Introduction : Introduction to IC technology – The IC era – MOS and related VLSI technology – Basic MOS transistors – Enhancement and depletion modes of transistor action – IC production process – MOS and CMOS fabrication process – BiCMOS technology – Comparison b/w CMOS and bipolar
technologies.
UNIT – II
Basic electrical properties of MOS and BiCMOS circuits : Ids–Vds relationships – Aspects of MOS transistor threshold voltage – MO Trans–conductance and output conductance – MOS Transistor – Figure of merit – The pMOS transistor – The nMOS inverter – Determination of pull– up to pull–down ratio for nMOS inverter driven by another nMOS inverter for an nMOS inverter driven through one or more pass Transistors – Alternative forms of pull up – The CMOS Inverter MOS transistor Circuit model – Bi–CMOS Inverters.
UNIT – III
MOS and BiCOMS circuit design processes : MOS layers – Stick diagrams – Design rules and layout – General observation on the design rules, 2μm double metal, double poly – CMOS/BiCMOS rules, 1.2μm Double metal, Double poly CMOS rules – Layout diagrams of NAND and NOR gates and CMOS inverter – Symbolic Diagrams – Translation to Mask Form.
UNIT – IV
Basic circuit concepts : Sheet resistance – Sheet resistance concept applied to MOS transistor and inverters – Area capacitance of layers – Standard unit of capacitance – Some area capacitance calculations – The delay unit – Inverter delays – Driving large capacitive loads – Propagations Delays – Wiring Capacitance – Fan–in and Fan–out characteristics – Choice of layers – Transistor switches – Realization of gates using nMOS, pMOS and CMOS technologies.
UNIT – V
Scaling of MOS circuit : Scaling models and scaling factors – Scaling factors for device parameters – Limitations of scaling – Limits due to sub threshold currents – Limits on logic level and supply voltage due to noise – Limits due to current density – Some architectural Issues – Introduction to switch logic and gate logic.
UNIT – VI
Digital design using HDL : Digital system design process – VLSI Circuit Design Process – Hardware simulation – Hardware Synthesis – History of VHDL – VHDL requirements – Levels of abstraction – Elements of VHDL – Packages – Libraries and bindings – Objects and classes – Variable assignments – Sequential statements – Usage of subprograms – Comparison of VHDL and verilog HDL.
VHDL MODELLING : Simulation – Logic Synthesis – Inside a logic synthesizer – Constraints – Technology libraries – VHDL and logic synthesis – Functional gate – Level verification – Place and route – Post layout timing simulation – Static timing – Major net list formats for design representation – VHDL synthesis – Programming approach.
Learning Outcomes
- Ability to demonstrate the fundamentals of IC technology such as various MOS fabrication technologies.
- Ability to calculate electrical properties of MOS circuits such as Ids – Vds relationship, Vt, gm, gds, figure of merit, sheet resistance, area capacitance.
- Ability to demonstrate semi conductor IC design such as PLA’s, PAL, FPGA, CPLS’s design.
- Ability to demonstrate VHDL synthesis, simulation, design capture tools design verification tools, CMOS testing.
Text Books
- Essentials of VLSI Circuits and Systems–Kamran Eshraghian, Douglas and A.Pucknell and Sholeh Eshraghian, Prentice–Hall of India Private Limited, 2005 Edition.
- VLSI Design–K. Lal Kishor and V.S.V.Prabhakar, I.K. International Publishing House Private Limited, 2009 First Edition.
- VLSI Design–A.Shanthi and A.Kavitha, New Age International Private Limited, 2006 First Edition.
References Books
- VLSI Design By Debaprasad Das, Oxford University Press,2010.
- VLSI Design By A.Albert Raj & T. Latha, PHI Learning Private Limited, 2010.
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