Advanced VLSI design
Summary
In this project-based course, students collect hands-on experience with designing full-custom digital VLSI circuits in dynamic logic. They learn to carry out the design and optimization on transistor level, including logic and clock tree, the verification, and the layout.
Content
Introduction to dynamic logic:
An alternative logic style derived from CMOS, used for high-speed logic, as basis for the project
Introduction to fast adder circuits:
Fast adder structures as basic building block of computer arithmetic
Layout and floorplanning:
Practical guidelines for full-custom layout of custom digital circuits
PROJECT (covers 80% of the course):
Build a 1GHz 64 Bit Parallel Prefix Adder in a 90nm technology on transistor level, including logic design, schematic entry, clock tree design, simulation, parasitic estimation, layout, and verification.
Keywords
VLSI, CMOS, transistor level, layout, adder, dynamic logic
Learning Prerequisites
Required courses
EE-429 Fundamentals of VLSI design
EE-490(b) Lab in EDA based design (or experience with CADENCE Virtuoso)
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Compose a transistor-level integrated circuit
- Analyze its performance
- Anticipate layout effects
- Design its layout
Teaching methods
Project based course with few lectures
In the programs
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: Written (summer session)
- Subject examined: Advanced VLSI design
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: Written (summer session)
- Subject examined: Advanced VLSI design
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: Written (summer session)
- Subject examined: Advanced VLSI design
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: Written (summer session)
- Subject examined: Advanced VLSI design
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks