Detailed Syllabus

Lecture-wise Breakup

Subject 15B11EC414 Semester Semester Even Session 2018-19

Code (specify Month from January to June
Odd/Even)

Subject VLSI TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS

Name

Credits 4 Contact Hours 4

Faculty Coordinator(s) 1. Satyentra Kumar 2. Ekta Goel

(Names)
Teacher(s)
(Alphabetically)
Course Objectives:

 This course aims to convey knowledge of basic concepts of circuit design for digital VLSI
components in state of the art MOS technologies.
 To provide requisite skills in design, analysis and evaluation of the performance of VLSI
Technology and Applications.
 To understand various advanced technologies for VLSI Technology and Applications.
 Application of this knowledge in design and analysis of modern VLSI Technology and
systems

Course Outcomes:

Students will have the concepts and gain knowledge on

• Basic terminologies used in VLSI Technology and systems.

• Develop essential understanding principles of VLSI Technology and Applications.
• Familiarity with the trend and design consideration of VLSI Technology and
Applications.
• Design CMOS based circuits and systems.
• Understanding a hardware design language such as Verilog in detail - syntax as well as how it
works under the hood for simulation and synthesis.

Module No. Subtitle of the Module Topics in the Module No. of

Lectures

1. Introduction to VLSI
Overview of VLSI design 3

methodologies, VLSI design flow,

Design hierarchy, VLSI design styles.

2. MOS transistor theory

MOS structure and operation, 8

MOSFET I-V characteristics, Scaling and

 small-geometry effects, MOSFET
capacitances, MOSFET models for circuit
simulation

3. Fabrication of MOSFETs Fabrication process flow, CMOS n-well 3

process, Twin tub process

4. MOS inverters Static and switching characteristics, 6

Delay-time definitions, calculation of

delay times, Inverter design with delay
constraints, Static and switching power
dissipation of CMOS inverter,
Interconnect delay Models

5. MOS logic circuits

CMOS logic circuits, Complex logic 12

circuits, Pass transistor logic, CMOS

transmission gates, Sequential logic
circuits, Dynamic logic circuits, Stick
diagram, Layout, Layout design rules
and DRC

6. System specification using HDL

Language fundamentals, Different 5

modeling techniques using Verilog-

HDL

7. Semiconductor memories DRAM, SRAM, ROM 3

8. FPGA fundamentals and Evolution, application, 2

basic architectures
implementation, programming
technology

Total number of Lectures 42

Recommended Reading material: Author(s), Title, Edition, Publisher, Year of Publication etc. ( Text
books, Reference Books, Journals, Reports, Websites etc. in the IEEE format)

1. Sung-Mo Kang, Yusuf Leblebici, “CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits: Analysis and Design”,
3rd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Publication, 2003.

2. J. M. Rabaey, A. Chandrakasan, B. Nikolic, “Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design

Perspective”, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education Inc., 2003.

3. Neil Weste and David Harris, “CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspective”,

3rd Edition, Addison Wesley, 2005.

4. Samir Palnitkar, “Verilog HDL: “A Guide to Digital Design and Synthesis”, Pearson
Education Inc., 2nd Edition, 2004.