VL4071 ASIC Design Syllabus:

VL4071 ASIC Design Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To Focus on the Semi-Custom IC Design and introduces the Principles of Design Logic Cells, I/O Cells and Interconnect Architecture, with Equal Importance given to FPGA and ASIC styles.
 To deal with the entire FPGA and ASIC Design Flow from the Circuit and Layout Design Point of View

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO ASICS, CMOS LOGIC AND ASIC LIBRARY DESIGN

Types of Asics – Design Flow – CMOS Transistors – Combinational Logic Cell – Sequential Logic Cell – Data Path Logic Cell – Transistors as Resistors – Transistor Parasitic Capacitance- Logical Effort.

UNIT II PROGRAMMABLE ASICS, PROGRAMMABLE ASIC LOGIC CELLS AND PROGRAMMABLE ASIC I/O CELLS

Anti Fuse – Static Ram – EPROM and EEPROM Technology – ACTEL ACT- Xilinx LCA –ALTERA FLEX – ALTERA MAX DC & AC Inputs and Outputs – Clock & Power Inputs – Xilinx I/O Blocks.

UNIT III PROGRAMMABLE ASIC ARCHITECTURE

Architecture and Configuration of ARTIX / Cyclone and KINTEX Ultra Scale / STRATIX FPGA – Micro-Blaze / NIOS Based Embedded Systems – Signal Probing Techniques.

UNIT IV LOGIC SYNTHESIS, PLACEMENT AND ROUTING

Logic Synthesis – Floor Planning Goals and Objectives, Measurement of Delay in Floor Planning, Floor Planning Tools, I/O and Power Planning, Clock Planning, Placement Algorithms. Routing: Global Routing, Detailed Routing, Special Routing.

UNIT V SYSTEM-ON-CHIP DESIGN

SoC Design Flow, Platform-Based and IP Based SoC Designs, Basic Concepts of Bus-Based Communication Architectures, High Performance Filters using Delta-Sigma Modulators. Case Studies: Digital Camera, SDRAM, High Speed Data standards.

TOTAL :45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

At the end of this course, the students will be
CO1: able to apply Logical Effort Technique for predicting Delay, Delay Minimization and FPGA Architectures
CO2: able to Design Logic Cells and I/O Cells
CO3: able to analyze the various resources of recent FPGAs
CO4: able to use Algorithms for Floor Planning and Placement of Cells and to Apply Routing Algorithms for Optimization of Length and Speed.
CO5: able to analyze High Performance Algorithms Available for ASICs

REFERENCES

1. M.J.S.Smith, “Application Specific Integrated Circuits”, Pearson, 2003.
2. Steve Kilts, “Advanced FPGA Design,” Wiley Inter-Science,2006
3. Roger Woods, John Mcallister, Dr. Ying Yi, Gaye Lightbod, “FPGA-Based Implementation of Signal Processing Systems”, Wiley, 2008.