Monday EE 671: VLSI Design Due on

Sep. 25, 2017 Assignment 1 Oct. 06, 2017

This assignment assumes that you have run the tutorial code which was uploaded on the
Moodle site to determine the value of which gives a nearly equal rise and fall time for a
fan-out of 4.

Q1 Using series/parallel rules, estimate the geometries of all transistors in the mirror gate
for generation of Cout .

VDD

B A A

Cin A B
B Cin Cout Cout

Cin B

B A A
Gnd

Cout = A.B + Cin . (A+B)

Simulate this circuit using ngspice and models given overleaf. Convert this circuit
(without the final inverter) to a sub-circuit for subsequent use.

Q2 Similarly, design the mirror sum circuit, generating it from A, B and Cout

VDD

A B Cin A

Cin B

A Cout Cin
Sum Sum
Cout
Cout Cin
B
B
A Cin
A
Gnd

(The output will be sum). Convert this circuit also (without the final inverter) to a
sub-circuit for subsequent use.

Q3 Simulate a complete 16 bit ripple carry adder using the sub-circuits developed above
and the inverter sub-circuit in the tutorial. Input bits will be inverted for alternate bits
so that we do not have to insert an inverter in the critical path of carry. The circuit
should generate the final 16 bit sum and the carry out.

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Q4 Test this circuit by applying various inputs, including the worst case which causes the
carry to ripple to all the way. Evaluate the delay for the entire sum and carry out to be
ready in the worst case.

For all simulations, use a supply voltage of 3.3 V and test with input voltage of 0.2 V for logic
0 input and 3.0 V for logic 1 input.
Include the drain and source capacitances for all transistors by specifying ad = as =
2W Lmin and pd = ps = 2 (W + 2Lmin ).

End of assignment.

The models to be used for the n and p channel transistors are:

MODELS

.MODEL cmosn nmos LEVEL=8 VERSION=3.3.0

+TNOM=27 TOX = 7.6E-9
+XJ = 1.5E-7 NCH = 1.7E17 VTH0 = 0.5710859
+K1 = 0.878501 K2 = -0.0300243 K3 = 11.3113085
+K3B = -0.3965833 W0 = 1E-5 NLX = 1.457884E-7
+DVT0W = 0 DVT1W = 5.3E6 DVT2W = -0.032
+DVT0 = 7.4122244 DVT1 = 0.8466786 DVT2 = -0.0431829
+U0 = 392.1337916 UA = 2.772806E-10 UB = 1.277294E-18
+UC = 5.063058E-11 VSAT = 1.232875E5 A0 = 0.900086
+AGS = 0.2495782 B0 = 3.808501E-8 B1 = 1.022E-6
+KETA = -0.0935 A1 = 0 A2 = 1
+RDSW = 832.2247571 PRWG = -1.1278E-3 PRWB = -1.035E-3
+WR = 1 WINT = 1.074592E-7 LINT = 4.844866E-8
+DWG = -1.076457E-8 DWB = 5.072102E-9 VOFF = -0.15
+NFACTOR = 2 CIT = 0 CDSC = 2.4E-4
+CDSCD = 0 CDSCB = 0 ETA0 = 0.023341
+ETAB = 0 DSUB = 0.3151379 PCLM = 0.7954879
+PDIBLC1 = 2.0677E-3 PDIBLC2 = 1.499374E-3 PDIBLCB = 0
+DROUT = 0.0263371 PSCBE1 = 6.472592E9 PSCBE2 = 5.003116E-9
+PVAG = 0.1858763 DELTA = 0.01 MOBMOD = 1
+PRT = 0 UTE = -1.5 KT1 = -0.11
+KT1L = 0 KT2 = 0.022 UA1 = 4.31E-9
+UB1 = -7.61E-18 UC1 = -5.6E-11 AT = 3.3E4
+WL = 0 WLN = 1 WW = 0
+WWN = 1 WWL = 0 LL = 0
+LLN = 1 LW = 0 LWN = 1
+LWL = 0 CAPMOD = 2 CGDO = 4.7E-10
+CGSO = 4.7E-10 CGBO = 0 CJ = 9.3406E-4
+PB = 0.83492 MJ = 0.3779 CJSW = 2.0983E-10
+PBSW = 0.83492 MJSW = 0.39887 PVTH0 = -7.594092E-3
+PRDSW = -83.6700093 PK2 = -2.428668E-3 WKETA = -0.0203354
+LKETA = -0.015649

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.MODEL cmosp pmos LEVEL=8 VERSION=3.3.0
+TNOM = 27 TOX = 7.6E-9
+XJ = 1.5E-7 NCH = 1.7E17 VTH0 = -0.6337919
+K1 = 0.9029167 K2 = -0.034687 K3 = 15.6544439
+K3B = -0.414614 W0 = 1E-5 NLX = 8.659181E-8
+DVT0W = 0 DVT1W = 5.3E6 DVT2W = -0.032
+DVT0 = 2.2415808 DVT1 = 0.4774944 DVT2 = -0.1499976
+U0 = 126.7415765 UA = 1.546932E-9 UB = 3.574984E-19
+UC = -9.25937E-11 VSAT = 1.400982E5 A0 = 0.9155035
+AGS = 0.2126518 B0 = 3.11251E-8 B1 = -5.650557E-7
+KETA = -0.13927 A1 = 0 A2 = 1
+RDSW = 1.833498E3 PRWG = -4.479053E-3 PRWB = -5E-3
+WR = 1 WINT = 1.06155E-7 LINT = 6.896986E-8
+DWG = -1.056462E-8 DWB = 2.438224E-9 VOFF = -0.15
+NFACTOR = 2 CIT = 0 CDSC = 6.593084E-4
+CDSCD = 0 CDSCB = 0 ETA0 = 0.0492433
+ETAB = 0 DSUB = 0.5 PCLM = 2.0919478
+PDIBLC1 = 2.247498E-3 PDIBLC2 = 1.238699E-3 PDIBLCB = 0
+DROUT = 0.0580951 PSCBE1 = 4.785273E9 PSCBE2 = 5.406486E-9
+PVAG = 1.8146291 DELTA = 0.01 MOBMOD = 1
+PRT = 0 UTE = -1.5 KT1 = -0.11
+KT1L = 0 KT2 = 0.022 UA1 = 4.31E-9
+UB1 = -7.61E-18 UC1 = -5.6E-11 AT = 3.3E4
+WL = 0 WLN = 1 WW = 0
+WWN = 1 WWL = 0 LL = 0
+LLN = 1 LW = 0 LWN = 1
+LWL = 0 CAPMOD = 2 CGDO = 4.5E-10
+CGSO = 4.5E-10 CGBO = 0 CJ = 8.6341E-4
+PB = 0.99 MJ = 0.56727 CJSW = 1.8343E-10
+PBSW = 0.99 MJSW = 0.36665 PVTH0 = 1.840766E-3
+PRDSW = -165.4749549 PK2 = -5.732675E-3 WKETA = -1.57284E-3
+LKETA = 5.75928E-3