1.STI and Stress effects 2.WPE 3.Perl 4.Linux commands 5.Matching 6.DRC and LVS 7.Critical dimension 8.

LOD

Handout

STI (Shallow trench isolation)

Digital electronics Micro electronic circuits

Objective
VLSI circuit design--relevant for digital Silicon implementation EDA tools

Goals of this Course

Learn to design and analyze state-ofthe-art digital VLSI chips using CMOS technology
Understand design issues at the layout, transistor, logic and register-transfer levels Performance analysis and optimization Use commercial design software in the lab

Complexity management
Understand the complete design flow

VLSI DESIGN

What is VLSI design?

A way to design electronic circuits Dimensionally micron, submicron, nano range

Why VLSI imp?

Current day technology Micro electronics creeping in all disciplines--- (merger of various disciplines in
system design)

bio medical/ healthbrain mapping, artificial

intelligence

Electromechanical systems--robotics Communication, Smart and secure homes, Identification

UNIQUENESS OF VLSI DESIGN

HIGH INTEGRATION DENSITY
INTERCONNECT CROSS TALK,
MISMATCH (ON CHIP, DIE TO DIE), COMPLEX DESIGNS, DESIGN VERIFICATION & TESTABILITY DESIGN RULES

are important design issues now

FAST CHANGING TECHNOLOGY

PORTING DESIGN TO NEW TECH GENERATION NEW SET OF DESIGN RULES

make design indep. of design rules

leverage existing work: programs ,building blocks

Design Strategies
Design is a continuous tradeoff to achieve performance specs with adequate results in all the other parameters. Design Parameters By Which Design Success Is Measured:
Performance Specs - function, timing, speed, power Size of Die - manufacturing cost Time to Design - engineering cost and schedule Ease of Test Generation & Testability - engineering cost, manufacturing cost, schedule Manufacturability - resilient to circuit/process variabilities

Design cycle time

Time period from the start of chip development until the mask tape delivery time. Most of this time is devoted to achieving the desired level of chip performance. Level of circuit performance achieved depends strongly on the design methodology

VLSI Design Methodology

Design Methodology It is a combination of CAD tools, design strategies, verification strategies Strategies to ensure successful design Mainly guided by physical technology (silicon implementation of the design)

Types of IC Designs
IC Designs can be Analog or Digital Full Custom ASIC Designs
Every transistor designed and laid out by hand

To reduce desgin cycle time automationProgrammable ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits)

Designs synthesized automatically from a high-level language description

Semi-Custom ASIC
Mixture of custom and synthesized modules

IMPACT OF DIFFERENT VLSI DESIGN STYLES ON DESIGN CYCLE TIME AND ACHIEVABLE CHIP PERFORMANCE

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF A VLSI PRODUCT FOR EACH NEW GENERATION OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY