Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to VLSI Design, Levels of abstraction and the complexity of design, Challenges of VLSI design: power, timing, area, noise, testability, reliability and yield CAD tools: simulation, layout, synthesis, testing, MOS device models, Short-channel effects and velocity saturation, Scaling of MOS circuits VLSI fabrication technology, Layout design, Design rules, Stick diagrams. {7 Hours}
Module 2: The CMOS inverter, VTC, Switching behaviour, Noise margins and power dissipation Static and dynamic CMOS combinational logic gate, Transistor sizing in static CMOS, logical effort , Pass-transistor logic, sizing issues , estimating load capacitance , Simple delay models for CMOS gates, Power consumption calculation of CMOS Combinational Circuits. {7 Hours}
Module 3: Latches and Flip-flops, Set-up and hold tests, Static and dynamic latch and flip-flop, Clock tree design, Dynamic Logic Circuits, Domino logic gates, NORA CMOS, Clocked CMOS Register, Pipelining. {7 Hours}
Module 4: Datapath units, Adders, Shifters, Multipliers Control logic strategies, PLAs , Multi-level logic, Synthesis and place-and-route CAD, Memory design , Register, SRAM , DRAM, Global interconnect modelling, Capacitance, resistance and inductance of interconnect, Signal and power-supply integrity issues, Electro migration, RC interconnect modelling, Driving large capacitive load, reducing RC delays, Chip layout and floor planning, Design for testability, Packaging technology, ESD protection, boundary scan. {7 Hours}
Module 5: Introduction to Analog VLSI design, Single stage Amplifiers, Noise and Linearity, Design Octagon, Common Source Amplifier Design, Common Drain Amplifier Design, Common Gate Amplifier Design, Design of Differential Amplifiers, Design of Operational Trans-conductance Amplifiers, Stability and Frequency Response of Amplifiers. {8 Hours}

The students will be exposed to the basic concepts of digital integrated circuit design and will be able to design different sub-systems.

To master different logic styles and their CMOS implementation.

Students will learn how to design different logic styles of digital integrated circuits in CMOS technology. They will also learn CMOS layout design.

The students will learn the basic concepts of analog integrated circuit designs like Single stage amplifiers, Differential Amplifiers and Operational Transconductance Amplifier design.

After the completion of this course, students will be able to:
CO1: Carry out research and development in the area of VLSI circuits.
CO2: Apply techniques to improve power and performance of VLSI circuits.
CO3: Utilize logic simulation methods more efficiently to design high performance VLSI circuits.
CO4: Apply logic-level, architecture-level and system-level techniques in various designs to optimize the VLSI circuits.
CO5: Implement practical and state of the art circuit and layout design techniques, for both analog and digital VLSI circuits for both real life and Industry applications.

J. M. Rabaey, A. Chandrakasan and B. Nikolic, Digital Integrated Circuits : A Design Perspective, Pearson

B. Razavi, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, Mc GRAW-Hill

W. Wolf, Modern VLSI Design: Systems-on-Chip Design, Pearson

J. P. Uyemura, Introduction to VLSI Circuits and Systems, Wiley

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I and II