Design of VLSI IC

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Department of Microelectronics

Synopsis:

Integrated circuit design methods, historical outline. Identification of basic CMOS integrated circuit design and fabrication. Electrical properties of MOS structures, MOS capacitances, C-U characteristic, enhancement and depletion MOST, LDD structure, latch-up. Some aspects of CMOS IO fabrication. Layout topology and design rules. Scaling, Sub micron MOST. Design of basic CMOS IO blocks. Bipolar integrated circuits, BiCMOS. Passive IO structures fabrication and its models. Integrated circuit reliability and testing.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Development and trends of ASICs

2. Architecture of VLSI circuits

3. Design procedure of VLSI systems

4. CMOS structures and technology

5. BiCMOS structures and technology

6. Basic CMOS and BiCMOS logic gates

7. Design rules and layout design

8. Full-custom design

9. Standard-cells based design, libraries of standard cells

10. Design of mask-programmable gate arrays

11. Memories

12. Programmable logic devices

13. Field programmable gate arrays

14. Applications of VLSI systems

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction to work under UNIX system

2. Introduction to CADENCE design system

3. CMOS design kits

4. Characteristics of a CMOS inverter

5. Characteristics of a CMOS transmission gate

6. Parameters of logic gates

7. Simulation and verification of digital ICs

8. Hardware description languages

9. Synthesis of digital circuits

10. Automatisation of IC design

11. Design rules

12. Layout design

13. Signal integrity and interference on the chip

14. Final assessment

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Study materials:

[1] Pucknell, D., Eshraghian, K.: Basic VLSI Design. Prentice Hall, 1988

[2] Weste, N., Eshraghian, K.: Principles of CMOS VLSI Design. Add.-Wesley, 1992

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Výpočetní technika-inženýrský blok (compulsory elective course)
• Výpočetní technika-inženýrský blok (compulsory elective course)