Programme Course Code Name of the Course L T P C

BE 19EC5203 VLSI Design 3 0 0 3

1. To learn the fundamentals of CMOS and MOSdesign

Course 2. To understand siliconprocessing
Objective 3. To familiarize with VLSI combinational logic and sequential logic circuitsdesign
4. To learn high speed processing material and datapath
5. To learn hardware description language – Verilog for digital systemdesign

Unit Description
Instructi
onal
Hours

INTRODUCTION TO CMOS CIRCUITS AND MOS TRANSISTOR THEORY

MOS transistors – CMOS logic – Circuits and System Representation – Anexample–
I Introduction to nMOS, pMOS enhancement transistor – MOS device design equation – Basic 9
DC equation, second order effects – Complementary CMOS inverter – DC characteristics
CMOS PROCESSING, CIRCUIT CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE
ESTIMATION
II Silicon semiconductor technology: An overview – Basic CMOS technology –CMOSprocess 9
enhancement –Reistance estimation – Capicatence estimation – Switching characteristics –
Analytical delay models, Gate delays – Power dissipation.
CMOS CIRCUITS AND LOGIC DESIGN
CMOS logic gate design –physical design of simple logic gates – INVERTER, NAND and
NORgates,Complexlogicgateslayout,CMOSstandardcelldesign–CMOSlogicstructures
III – Pseudo nMOS logic, Dynamic CMOS logic, Clocked CMOS logic, Pass transistor logic – 9
Clocking strategies – Clocked system, latches and registers, system timing, setup and hold
time, single phase memory structure PLL clock technique, two phase clocking
INTRODUCTION TO GaAs TECHNOLOGY &ARITHMETIC BUILDING BLOC
Ultra-fast systems – Gallium arsenide crystal structure – Technology development –
IV 9
Architectures for ripple carry adders, carry look ahead adders, High speed
adders, accumulators, Multipliers
VERILOG PROGRAMMING INTRODUCTION
V Hierarchical modelling concepts – Basic concepts – Modules and ports – Gate level modelling 9
– Behavioural modelling – Data flow modelling: An introduction.

Total Instructional Hours 45

After completion of the course the learner will be able to

CO1: Ability to analyze CMOS and MOS transistors.
Course CO2: Ability to analyse passive components required for physical design.
Outcome CO3: Ability to analyze timing issues of sequential logic
CO4: Ability to understand advanced semiconductor processing materials and data processing architecture
CO5: Ability to write a program using an efficient model for digital circuits.

TEXT BOOKS:
T1-- Neil H E Weste and Kamran Eshranghian, “Principles of CMOS VLSI Design: A system Perspective”,
Second edition, on educationAsia.
T2- Douglas A Pucknell and Kamran Eshranghian, “Basic VLSI Design”, Third edition, Prentice Hall of India.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
R1- -Samir Palnitkar, “Verilog HDL – A guide top Digital Design and Synthesis”, Second edition, Pearson education.
R2 - Neil H E Weste and David money Haris, “CMOS VLSI Design: A circuits and systems
Perspective”,Addison Wesley, New Delhi, 2010.
R3 - Sung-Mo Kanga and Yusuf Leblebici, “CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits- Analysis and Design”, Tata
McGraw Hill, Delhi, 2004.