7EC5 VLSI DESIGN
  Units    Contents of the subjects
I
INTRODUCTION TO MOS TECHNOLOGY- Basic MOS transistors,
Enhancement Mode transistor action, Depletion Mode transistor action, NMOS and
CMOS fabrication.
II

BASIC ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF MOS CIRCUITS- Ids versus Vds
relationship, Aspects of threshold voltage, Transistor Transconductance gm. The nMOS
inverter, Pull up to Pull-down ratio for a NMOS Inverter and CMOS Inverter (Bn/Bp),
MOS transistor circuit Model, Noise Margin.
III
CMOS LOGIC CIRCUITS- The inverter, Combinational Logic, NAND Gate
NOR gate, Compound Gates, 2 input CMOS Multiplexer, Memory latches and registers,
Transmission Gate, Gate delays, CMOS-Gate Transistor sizing, Power dissipation.
IV
Basic physical design of simple Gates and Layout issues. Layout issues for
inverter, Layout for NAND and NOR Gates, Complex Logic gates Layout, Layout
optimization for performance.
V
Introduction to VHDL, Prolog & other design tools. VHDL Code for simple Logic
gates, flip-flops, shift registers.
Text/References:
• CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits Analysis , Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang, TMH
• Essentials Of Vlsi Circuits And Systems, Kamran Eshraghian, Eshraghian, PHI
• Introduction To Vlsi Circuits And Systems, John P. Uyemura, John Wiley & Sons
• Modern Vlsi Design, Wayne Wolf, Pearson
• Principles Of Cmos Vlsi Design, Neil H.E.Weste, Pearson
• Cmos Logic Circuit Design, Uyemura, John P., Springer
• Vlsi Design, Shanthi, A. Kavitha, A., New Age International
• Vlsi Design And Technology, Bose, D.N., New Age International