EC 6601 VLSI Design

Part B
UNIT I

1. Explain different fabrication process of Cmos transistor.April/May 2015(R2008)

2. Explain the DC transistor characteristics of Cmos inverter. April/May 2015(R2008)
3. Device an expression for the rise timer tall timer & propagation delay of a Cmos inverter. May/June
2013(R2008)
4. Explain in detail about small signal AC characteristics of mos transistor. May/June 2013(R2008)

UNIT II

1. (i) Explain the concept of static & dynamic Cmos design.

(ii) Explain the construction & operation of transmission gates. AM2013

2. Explain in detail about static and dynamic power dissipation. AM2015(R2008)

3. (i) Implement a XOR gate using Cmos logic.

(ii) Compare Cmos, Dynamic, Domino & Pseudo nmos logic families. April/May 2015(R2008)

4. Explain in detail about low power design principles. May/June 2014(R2008)

UNIT III

1. Explain in detail about static & Dynamic Litches. May/June 2014(R2008)

2. What are the different memory architecture and explain them. May/June 2014(R2008)
3. Explain any one of the low power memory circuits. Nov/Dec 2013(R2008)
4. Explain issues related to timing and pipelines for VLSI design. May/June 2013(R2008)

UNIT IV

1. Explain in detail about ripple carry adder? May/June 2014(R2008)

2. Draw the architecture of carry look ahead adders & Explain. April/May 2015(R2008)
3. What are the types of high speed multiplier? Explain any two. Nov/Dec 2014(R2008)
4. Explain in detail about barrel shifters. Nov/Dec 2014(R2008)

UNIT V

1. Explain in detail about different types of Asics. Nov/Dec 2009(R2008)

2. Explain in detail about building block architectures of FPGA? May/June 2013(R2008)
3. Explain in detail about various routing procedures involved in FPGA interconnect?
May/June2014
4. Explain Asics standard cell design & cell Libraries. May/June 2014(R2008)