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VLSI DESIGN

COURSE CODE: BEC-401


FACULTY – KULDIP KANNAUJIYA
BEC-401 B
Contact hours/week : Lecture: 3, Tutorial: 1, Practical: 2
Number of Credits : 5
Course Assessment methods : Continuous assessment through
tutorials, attendance, assignments, quizzes, practical work, record,
viva voce, minor and major theory & practical Examination.
Course Objectives : The objective of this course is to impart the
knowledge on fundamentals of CMOS VLSI, associated technologies,
their circuit level models with principles of operation, design of the
fundamental blocks of VLSI circuits, and further to develop hands-on
skills of using CAD tools in VLSI design.
Course Outcomes : The students are expected to be able to demonstrate the
following knowledge, skills and attitudes after completing this course.
1. Able to understand the fundamentals of CMOS VLSI and associated technologies.
2. Able to solve problems in the design of CMOS logic circuits, with particular
reference to speed and power consumption.
3. Able to acquire hands-on skills of using CAD tools in VLSI design.
4. Able to appreciate the design process in VLSI through a mini-project on the
design of a CMOS sub-system.
5. Able to explain basic operation principles of diodes and MOS transistors and their
circuits level models.
6. Able to design the fundamental blocks of a VLSI circuits, both by circuit schematic
and physical layout with performance.
Topics Covered
UNIT-I
Introduction: Trends & Projections in VLSI Circuits, Flow
diagram of VLSI Circuit Design, VLSI Design issues, Y-Chart,
VLSI Design Styles, Full Custom and Semi Custom VLSI Design
Electrical characterization of MOS transistor: Energy-band
explanation for MOS structure, MOS Capacitors, C-V
characteristics of MOS Capacitor, Long Channel and Short
Channel MOSFETs, Short-Channel effects, SPICE parameters of
MOS transistor.
UNIT-II
MOS Inverter Design: NMOS and CMOS inverter design, noise
margin, VTC curve, Calculation of delay time, switching power
dissipation in CMOS inverters, scaling in CMOS circuits,
technology scaling and its impact on the inverter metrics,
Super Buffer Design
UNIT-III
Stick Diagrams: Physical Design Rules; Layout Designing;
Euler’s Rule for VLSI Physical Design, MOS logic circuits with
depletion nMOS loads, CMOS logic circuits, complex logic
circuits, Complementary CMOS, Ratioed Logic, CMOS Pass-
Transistor Logic
UNIT-IV
Dynamic CMOS circuits: Basic Principles of pass transistor
and transmission gate, CMOS Transmission-Gate and Pass-
transistor logic circuits, Domino CMOS Logic, NORA CMOS
Logic,Zipper CMOS circuits, Basic Bi-CMOS behaviour
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
A) Compulsory Experiments:
1. To design a CMOS inverter and perform the DC and transient
analysis.
2. To design a CMOS inverter [Wp/Lp:Wn/Ln = 3:1] and analyze the
effect of following parameters on average power:
i. VDD (Supply voltage)
ii. CL (Output load capacitance)
iii. Frequency
3.To design XOR gate using transmission gate and perform its transient
analysis.
4. To design a 2:1 Multiplexer and analyze its transient analysis.
5. Design the layout of XOR circuit using CMOS technology.
6. To design CMOS based NAND gate and perform its transient analysis.
7. To design CMOS based NOR gate and perform its transient analysis.
8. To design XNOR gate using transmission gate and perform its
transient analysis.
9. Design the layout of CMOS inverter using CMOS technology.
B) Optional Experiments
1.Write a Verilog HDL code to design 4 to 2 Encoder and simulate on
Questa simulator using Verilog test bench.
2. Write a Verilog HDL code to design 4 to 2 Decoder and simulate on
Questa simulator using Verilog test bench.
3. Write a Verilog HDL code for binary to Gray Code Conversion and
simulate on Questa simulator using Verilog test bench.
4. Write a Verilog HDL code for 4-bit SIPO register and simulate on
Questa simulator using Verilog test bench
Text and Reference Books
1. S.M. Kang & Y. Leblibici, “CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits-Analysis &
Design”, TMH, 2nd Ed. 2003.
2. B.G. Streetman & S. Banerjee, “Solid State Electronic Devices”, Pearson
Education.
3. Neil H. Weste& David Harris, “CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuit and
Systems Perspective”, PHI.
4. J.M. Rabaey, A. Chandrakasan& B. Nikolic “Digital Integrated Circuits-
A Design Perspective”, Pearson.
5. DoughlasPucknell& Kamran Eshragian, “Basic VLSI Design”, PHI.

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