COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

Abbottabad

Course Outline – VLSI Design (EEE434)

Semester Spring 2010

By

Engr. Nauman Khan Tareen(Lecturer)

Email: naumantareen@ciit.net.pk

Total Credit Hours: 04 Lectures Credit Hours: 03 Lab. Credit Hours: 01

Total Contact Hours: 06 Lecture Contact Hours: 03 Lab. Contact Hours: 03

Office Hours (Day, time and place): Tuesday, 11:00 to 17:30, Student discussion
room

Pre-Requisite: EEE241 Digital Logic Design,

EEE232 Electronics II

Course Objectives and Outcomes: This course covers many aspects of the design of
integrated analog-digital interface electronics in CMOS and BiCMOS VLSI technology.
Emphasis is placed on practical design aspects. Topics include transistor-level design
consideration as will as block-level design. Representative system applications are also
included.

Lecture Instructions:
Students are responsible for all lecture material and assigned readings. They should note
that exercises and exams may cover material from prescribed book(s) that may not have
been discussed in the lectures.

VLSI Design
Lecture Breakdown:

Lecture 01: Introduction

Lecture 02: Design metrics
Lecture 03: Design metrics
Lecture 04: The MOS transistor
Lecture 05: The CMOS inverter - static view Course Book:
Lecture 06: The CMOS inverter - static view
Lecture 07: Frabrication and design rules
Lecture 08: Static CMOS logic
Lecture 09: Pass transistor logic
Lecture 10: Transistor and wire capacitances
Lecture 11: Transistor and wire resistances
Lecture 12: The CMOS inverter - dynamic view
Lecture 13: The CMOS inverter - dynamic view
Lecture 14: Designing for speed
Lecture 15: Designing for low power
Lecture 16: Dynamic CMOS logic
Lecture 17: Static sequential CMOS
Lecture 18: Dynamic sequential CMOS
Lecture 19: Timing issues
Lecture 20: CMOS adders
Lecture 21: CMOS multipliers
Lecture 22: CMOS shifters
Lecture 23: Memory architectures
Lecture 24: Memory core design
Lecture 25: Memory peripherals design
Lecture 26: System level power issues
Lecture 27: System level interconnect issues
Lecture 28: Design for test
Lecture 29: Design for test
Lecture 30: Scaling considerations
Introduction to VLSI Circuits & Systems
1st Edition – John P. Uyemura

Digital Integrated Circuits – A Design Perspective

2nd Edition – Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha Chandrakasan, and Borivoje Nikolic´

Reference Book:
Digital Integrated Circuit Design From VLSI Architectures to CMOS
Fabrication
1st Edition – Hubert Kaeslin

VLSI Design