VLSI Design

(MEL G621)

Lecture 1: Introduction
cture 1 : Introduction

EEE & ECE Department

BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus

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 Scopes & Objectives

The objective of this course is to understand different

design principles used in the Design of Digital VLSI
Circuits & Systems using nMOS and CMOS with
emphasis on for high performance computing. VLSI
design activity will be understood by Synthesis and
then Analysis at several successive levels of design
abstraction.

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 Recommened Books
Text Book:
•Essential of VLSI Circuits and Systems
Author: Esharaghian, Dauglas …
•CMOS Digital Integrated Circuit, Analysis and
Design, Kang and Yusuf
Reference Books
•Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design
Author: Jan Rabey

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 Course Plan
• Introduction: Overview of Digital VLSI Design Methodologies
• Introduction to MOS Physics: Basic Electrical Properties of
MOS Devices
• Device Characteristics: Understanding Drain-to-Source
Current versus Voltage relationships
• Static NMOS/CMOS inverter: VTC of CMOS Inverters;
Performance measure of CMOS Inverters

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 Course Plan (Contd)
• Inter-Connect Parasitics
• CMOS Sequential logic Design
• Dynamic and Domino Logic Design
• Clocking Strategies 
• PLDs and FPGA based design Adder
architectures
•  Aspects of Memory design
• Chip I/O Circuits
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 Evaluation Scheme

Component Duration Marks Date & Time Remarks  

Mid semester Test 90 min 20% 10/10, 3:30-5:00 PM CB

Class Assignments/Lab/ Design Weekly schedule will be 40% Spread across the semester. OB
Project announced Details will be announced.

Comp. Exam 3 Hours 40% 05/12, AN CB

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 Others:

• Chamber Consultation Hour: Mon: 11 AM – 12 PM, Tue: 10 -11

AM.

• Notices: Notices concerning the course will be put up on the CMS

website.

• E-mail: sumit2702@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

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 Introduction
• Semiconductor industry has witnessed a huge growth after
the invention of the bipolar transistor
• Bipolar transistor was applied to the first IC

• These were replaced by MOS during 1960s

• CMOS has replaced MOS based design

• Moore’s law

• This growth came from miniaturization of transistors

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