III B.E. (Computer Engg.)

VII SEMESTER

7CP5 MICRO ELECTRONICS

1.                  INTRODUCTION: Circuits and Models: Introduction to VLSI circuits. ASICs and Moore's Law. Microelectronic Design Styles, four phases in creating Microelectronic Chips Computer Aided of Boolean Functions, Binary Decision Diagrams.

2.       HARDWARE MODELING: Introduction to Hardware Modeling Languages Distinctive Features of Hardware Languages, Structural and Behavioral HDLs, Logic Networks, State Diagrams, Dataflow and Sequencing Graphs. Compilation and Behavioral Optimization Techniques. .

3.       ARCHITECTURAL SYNTHESIS: Circuit Specifications for Architectural Synthesis-Resources and Constraints. Fundamental Architectural Synthesis Problems. Temporal Domain –Scheduling Spatial Domain Binding. Hierarchical Models and Synchronization Problem. Area and Performance Estimation. Resource Dominated Circuits and General Circuits.

4.      SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS: Model for Scheduling Problems, Scheduling without Resource Constraints - Unconstrained Scheduling (ASAP Scheduling algorithm) Latency. Constrained Scheduling: (ALAP scheduling), Scheduling Under Timing Constraints and Relative Scheduling. Scheduling with Resource constraints. Integer Linear Programming Model, Multiprocessor Scheduling, Heuristic Scheduling Algorithms (List-Scheduling) Force Directed Scheduling.

5.     INTRODUCTION TO VHDL : VHDL History and Capabilities Program Structure of VHDL -Entity, Architecture and Package Declarations. Basic Language Elements -Identifier, Data Objects, Types and Operators. Behavioral Modeling -Process, Variable Assignment, Signal Assignment and Wait Statements. Assertion, Loop, Case and Next Statements. Block and Concurrent Assertion Statements. Structural Specifications of Hardware -Inverter, N Gate Models, Comparator and Test Bench Modeling.

Recommended Books :

1.      Giovanni De Micheli -Synthesis and Optimization of Digital Circuit Mc-Graw Hill Inc.

2.      Zainalabedin Navabi .VlffiL Analysis and Modeling of Digital Systems, Mc-Graw Hill Inc.

3.      J. Bhasker -VHDL Primer, AMision Wesley.

4.      BrdSsard -Algorithms, Prentice Hall.