Artinoor AdVD - Course Handout 2020
Artinoor AdVD - Course Handout 2020
(CDAC Noida)
Unit 1
Introduction [T1, T2]: Basic principle of MOS transistor, Introduction to large signal MOS models (long
channel) for digital design.
MOS Circuit Layout & Simulation and manufacturing: scaling, MOS SPICE model and simulation,
CMOS layout: design rules, Transistor layout, Inverter layout, NMOS and CMOS basic manufacturing
steps.
Unit 2
The MOS Inverter [T1]: Inverter principle, the basic CMOS inverter, transfer characteristics, logic
threshold, Noise margins, switching characteristics, Propagation Delay, Power Consumption.
Combinational MOS Logic Design [T1]: Static MOS design, Ratioed logic, Pass Transistor logic, complex
logic circuits.
Unit 3
Sequential MOS Logic Design [T1]
Static latches, Flip flops & Registers, Dynamic Latches & Registers, CMOS Schmitt trigger, Astable
Circuits. Memory Design: ROM & RAM cells design.
Dynamic MOS design [T1]: Dynamic logic families and performances. Clock Distribution [T1] [T2]
Input and Output Interface circuits.
Unit 4
Subsystem design [T2, R1]
Design styles, design concepts: Hierarchy, Regularity, Modularity, Locality. CMOS Sub system design:
Adders, Multipliers.
Text Books
[T1] S. Kang & Y. Leblebici “CMOS Digital IC Circuit Analysis & Design”- McGraw Hill, 2003.
[T2] J. Rabaey, “Digital Integrated Circuits Design”, Pearson Education, Second Edition, 2003.
Reference Books
[R1] Neil Weste and David Harris :“ CMOS VLSI design” Pearson Education 2009.
LAB TOOLS
Mentor Graphics IC Station.
Dates Topics
Week 1 Overview of VLSI design, currents trends and problems, Basic properties of
semiconductors.
Week 2 MOS system under external biasing condition, Calculation of surface
potential, depletion width and electric field. Structure and operation of MOS
transistor, threshold voltage expression, I-V curve of MOSFET, Scaling
Week 3 Small geometry effects on MOST, MOSFET capacitances, MOS Fabrication
Week 4 Inverter analysis, Inverter switching characteristic, noise margins.
Week 5 Inverter Delay-time definition, estimation of interconnect parasitic,
calculation of power dissipations.
Week 6 MOS combinational logic circuit design, CMOS logic circuits, Complex
logic circuits, transmission gates.
Week 7 Test-1,
Week 8 Behavior of bistable elements, SR latch, Clocked latch, flip flop circuits.
Week 9 Basic principles of pass transistors, voltage bootstrapping, synchronous
dynamic circuits.
Week 10 DRAM , SRAM, Nonvolatile memory design, flash memory.
Week 11 Interconnection and on-chip clock generation, distribution of clock and
related problems.
Week 12 Concepts: Hierarchy, Regularity, Modularity, Locality. CMOS Sub system
design: Adders.
Week 13 CMOS Sub system design: Adders.
Week 14 Multiplier