VLSI Design [ECE Department]

VLSI Design [ECE Department]

VLSI Design

MOS TRANSISTOR PRINCIPLE

COMBINATIONAL LOGIC CIRCUITS

1. Circuit Families and Its Comparison
2. Low Power Logic Design
3. Sequencing Static Circuits
4. Circuit Design of Latches and Flip Flops
5. Static Sequencing Element Methodology
6. Sequencing Dynamic Circuits
7. Synchronizers - VLSI Design
8. Important Short Questions and Answers: Combinational and Sequential Circuit Design

SEQUENTIAL LOGIC CIRCUITS

1. Circuit Families and Its Comparison
2. Low Power Logic Design
3. Sequencing Static Circuits
4. Circuit Design of Latches and Flip Flops
5. Static Sequencing Element Methodology
6. Sequencing Dynamic Circuits
7. Synchronizers - VLSI Design
8. Important Short Questions and Answers: Combinational and Sequential Circuit Design

DESIGNING ARITHMETIC BUILDING BLOCKS

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES

CMOS TECHNOLOGY

1. A Brief History of CMOS Technology
2. MOS Transistor
3. Ideal I-V characteristics of MOS Transistor
4. CV characteristics
5. Non ideal I-V effects
6. DC Transfer Characteristics of CMOS Inverter
7. CMOS Technologies
8. BiCMOS Technology Fabrication
9. CMOS Layout Design Rules
10. CMOS Process Enhancements
11. Technology Related CAD Issues - CMOS Technology
12. Manufacturing Issues - CMOS Technology
13. Important Short Questions and Answers: VLSI Design - CMOS Technology

CIRCUIT CHARACTERIZATION AND SIMULATION

1. Delay Estimation
2. Logical Effort
3. Transistor Sizing
4. Power Dissipation - VLSI Design
5. Interconnect - VLSI Design
6. Design Margin - VLSI Design
7. Reliability - VLSI Design
8. Scaling - VLSI Design
9. Spice Tutorial
10. Device Models - VLSI Design
11. Device and Circuit Characterization
12. Interconnect Simulation
13. Important Short Questions and Answers: Circuit Characterization and Simulation

COMBINATIONAL AND SEQUENTIAL CIRCUIT DESIGN

1. Circuit Families and Its Comparison
2. Low Power Logic Design
3. Sequencing Static Circuits
4. Circuit Design of Latches and Flip Flops
5. Static Sequencing Element Methodology
6. Sequencing Dynamic Circuits
7. Synchronizers - VLSI Design
8. Important Short Questions and Answers: Combinational and Sequential Circuit Design

CMOS TESTING

1. Need For Testing
2. Testers and Test Programs
3. Text Fixtures
4. Logic Verification
5. Silicon Debug Principal
6. Manufacturing Test
7. Designs For Testability
8. Boundary Scan
9. Important Short Questions and Answers: VLSI Design - CMOS Testing

SPECIFICATION USING VERILOG HDL

1. Specification Using Verilog HDL: Basic Concepts
2. Identifiers - verilog code
3. Gate Primitives
4. Gate Delays - Verilog HDL
5. Operators - Verilog HDL
6. Timing Controls - Verilog HDL
7. Procedural Assignments Conditional Statements
8. Data Flow and RTL
9. Structural Gate Level Switch Level Modeling
10. Design Hierarchies - VLSI Design
11. Behavioural and RTI Modeling
12. Testbenches
13. Structural Gate Level Description of Decoder
14. Important Short Questions and Answers: Specification Using Verilog HDL
15. Important Short Questions and Answers: VLSI Design