Integrated Circuit Design for Informatics

Lecturer:

Jiří Jakovenko (gar.)

Tutor:

Jiří Jakovenko (gar.)

Supervisor:

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.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Historical outline of integrated circuits. Design methods.

2. Basic electrical properties of MOS structures, MOS capacitances, C-U characteristic.

3. MOST threshold voltage, linear and saturation region, first-order model.

4. Integrated circuit technology.

5. CMOS, NMOS and PMOS fabrication. Some aspects of fabrication.

6. Electrical properties of MOST, enhancement and depletion MOST, LDD structure, latch-up.

7. Layout topology, design rules.

8. Scaling, Sub micron MOST, further development.

9. Basic CMOS IO blocks (current sources, voltage and current references).

10. Basic CMOS IO blocks (differential amplifier, active load, invertor).

11. CMOS and NMOS gates parameters, power dissipation.

12. Bipolar integrated circuits, BiCMOS.

13. Passive structures fabrication and models.

14. Test structures and IO reliability.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Interduction to CADENCE design tools, CMOS library, devices models.

2. CMOS invertor - transfer characteristic, circuit simulators, netlist.

3. CMOS invertor pull-up and pull-down, transient and AC analysis.

4. Design rules and layout NMOS and PMOS transistors.

5. Transfer gate, NAND, NOR and XOR gates design.

6. IO circuit topology, hierarchy, layout architectural issues of power and data paths.

7. Design of power sources, current and voltage references.

8. Design of differential amplifier.

9. Project - practical design of analog integrated circuit.

10. Project - practical design of analog integrated circuit.

11. Project - practical design of analog integrated circuit.

12. Project - practical design of analog integrated circuit.

13. Project - practical design of analog integrated circuit.

14. Presentation of project, account.

Study Objective:

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

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Computer Technology - Software Engineering- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Economics and Management of Power Engineering- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Electronics - Electronic Applications- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Computer Technology - System Programming- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Computer Technology - Computer Graphics- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Computer Technology - Computer Network and Internet- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Computer Technology - Designing Digital Systems- structured studies (compulsory elective course)