AP4003 VLSI Design Techniques Syllabus:

AP4003 VLSI Design Techniques Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To understand the basics I-V characteristics of MOS transistor
 To introduce the VLSI design flow
 To Design combinational and sequential circuits
 To introduce testing of VLSI circuits
 To explore system design using Verilog HDL

Unit I CMOS TECHNOLOGY

MOS transistor, Ideal I–V characteristics, C–V characteristics, non-ideal I–V effects – CMOS Inverter and Pass transistor DC transfer characteristics – CMOS technologies, Layout design Rules – Stick Diagram – CMOS process enhancements– VLSI design Flow.

Unit II CIRCUIT DELAY,POWER, INTERCONNECT AND VERILOG HDL

Delay estimation – Logical effort and Transistor sizing – Power dissipation – Interconnect – Design margin –Reliability – Scaling – SPICE – Device models. Verilog: Procedural assignments –conditional statements – Design of combinational and sequential circuits using different types of modeling –Test benches.

Unit III COMBINATIONAL AND SEQUENTIAL CIRCUIT DESIGN

Circuit families –Circuit Pitfalls – Sequencing static circuits, Max-min delay constraints, Time borrowing, Clock Skew – circuit design of latches and flip flops – synchronizers, Metastability, communication between asynchronous clock domains.

Unit IV CMOS TESTING

Need for testing – Testers, Text fixtures and test programs – Logic verification – Silicon debug principles –Manufacturing test – Design for testability – Boundary scan test.

UNIT V SYSTEM DESIGN USING VERILOG HDL

Basic concepts- identifiers- gate primitives- gate delays- operators timing controls- procedural assignments-conditional statements- Design of combinational and sequential circuits using Data flow- structural gate level- switch level modeling and Behavioral modeling-Test benches.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

After the completion of the course the students will be able to,
CO1: Analyze the characteristics of CMOS transistor
CO2: Identify the methods to distribute clock and reduce power dissipation in CMOS circuits.
CO3: Design combinational and sequential circuits
CO4: Analyze the methods to test the CMOS circuits
CO5: Synthesize the combinational and sequential circuits using Verilog HDL

REFERENCES:

1. Weste and Harris: “CMOS VLSI DESIGN” 4th Edition, Pearson Education, 2013
2. Uyemura J.P: “Introduction to VLSI circuits and systems”, Wiley 2002.
3. D.APucknell&K.Eshraghian, “Basic VLSI Design”, 3rd Edition, PHI, 2003
4. Wayne Wolf, “Modern VLSI design”, 4th edition Pearson Education, 2009
5. M.J.S.Smith, “Application specific integrated circuits”, 1st edition, Addison-Wesley Professional,1997
6. Ciletti, “Advanced Digital Design with the Verilog HDL”, 2nd edition, Pearson Education 2010
7. Samir Palnitkar “Verilog HDL a guide to digital design and Synthesis”, Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, 2003

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