VLSI Design and Testing
VLSI Design and Testing
2. The course emphasizes on basic theory of digital circuits, design principles and techniques for
digital design blocks implemented in CMOS technology.
3. This course will also cover switching characteristics of digital circuits along with delay and power
estimation.
4. Understanding the CMOS sequential circuits and memory design concepts.
MODULE-1
Introduction to CMOS Circuits: Introduction, MOS Transistors, MOS Transistor switches, CMOS
Logic, Alternate Circuit representation, CMOS-nMOS comparison.
[Text 1: 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5.1.6.]
Teaching-Learning Process: Chalk and talk method, YouTube videos, Power point
presentation RBT Level: L1, L2
MODULE-2
MOS Transistor Theory: n-MOS enhancement transistor, p-MOS transistor, Threshold Voltage,
Threshold voltage adjustment, Body effect, MOS device design equations, V-I characteristics, CMOS
inverter DC characteristics, Influence of βn / βp ratio on transfer characteristics, Noise margin,
Alternate CMOS inverters. Transmission gate DC characteristics. Latch-up in CMOS.
[Text 1: 2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5.2.6.]
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Teaching-Learning Process:
Chalk and talk method/Power point presentation RBT Level: L1, L2, L3.
MODULE-3
CMOS Process Technology: Silicon Semiconductor Technology, CMOS Technologies, Layout
Design Rules. [Text 1: 3.1,3.2,3.3.]
Circuit Characterization and Performance Estimation: Introduction, Resistance Estimation,
Capacitance Estimation, Switching Characteristics, CMOS gate transistor sizing, Determination of
conductor size, Power consumption, Charge sharing, Scaling of MOS transistor sizing, Yield.
[Text 1: 4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,4.5.4.6.4.7,4.8,4.9,4.10]
Teaching-Learning Process:
Chalk and talk method/Power point presentation, YouTube Videos RBT Level: L1, L2, L3.
MODULE-4
CMOS Circuit and Logic Design: Introduction, CMOS Logic structures, CMOS Complementary logic,
Pseudo n-MOS logic, Dynamic CMOS logic, Clocked CMOS Logic, Cascade Voltage Switch logic, Pass
transistor Logic, Electrical and Physical design of Logic gates, The inverter, NAND and NOR gates, Body
effect, Physical Layout of Logic gates, Input output Pads.
[Text 1: 5.1,5.2,5.2.1, , 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.6, 5.2.8, 5.3,5.3.1,5.3.2, 5.3.4 ,5.3.8,5.5]
Teaching-Learning Process:
Chalk and talk method, YouTube videos, Power point presentation RBT Level: L1, L2, L3.
MODULE-5
Sequential MOS Logic Circuits: Introduction, Behaviour of Bistable Elements (Excluding
Mathematical analysis) SR Latch Circuit, Clocked Latch and Flip-Flop Circuits, Clocked SR Latch,
Clocked JK Latch.
[Text2: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4]
Structured Design and Testing: Introduction, Design Styles, Testing
[Text1: 6.1, 6.2. 6.5]
Teaching-Learning Process:
Chalk and talk method/Power point presentation RBT Level: L1, L2, L3
Text Books:
1. Principals of CMOS VLSI Design A System approach Neil H E Weste and Kamran
Eshraghain . Addition Wisley Publishing company.
2. “CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits: Analysis and Design”, Sung Mo Kang & Yosuf
Leblebici, Third Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill.
Reference Books:
1. “CMOS VLSI Design- A Circuits and Systems Perspective”, Neil H E Weste, and David
Money Harris 4th Edition, Pearson Education.
2. “Basic VLSI Design”, Douglas A Pucknell, Kamran Eshraghian, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall of
India publication, 2005.
Course Outcomes: After completing the course, the students will be able to
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CO1 Apply the fundamentals of semiconductor physics in MOS transistors and analyze the
geometrical effects of MOS transistors
CO2 Design and realize combinational, sequential digital circuits and memory cells in CMOS
logic.
CO3 Analyze the synchronous timing metrics for sequential designs and structured design basics.
CO4 Understand designing digital blocks with design constraints such as propagation delay
and dynamic power dissipation.
C05 Understand the concepts of Sequential circuits design and VLSI testing
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