EE-614 Large Scale Integrated Design

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Title = "Basic of CMOS Cell Design"

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SESSION
TOPICS REFER TO

1
EE-614 - Syllabus
IC General Trends
Device Scale Down
Frequency Improvement
Layers, Density
Design Trends
WinSpice
DSCH & MICROWIND
chap1

2
MOS Devices and Technology
Properties of Silicon
N-type and P-type Silicon
Silicon Dioxide
Metal Materials
The MOS Switch
The MOS Aspect
The MOS Layout
Dyanamic MOS Behaviour
The Perfect Switch
Layout Considerations
CMOS Process
chap2

3-4
The MOS Modelling
Introduction
MOS Model 1
MOS Model 3
The BSIM4 MOS Model
Specific MOS Devices
Process Variations
chap3

5-6
The Inverter
Logic Symbol
CMOS Inverter
Inverter Layout
Inverter Simulation
Power Consumption
Static Characteristics
Random Simulation
The Inverter as a Library Cell
3-State Inverter
All nMOS Inverters
Ring Oscillator
Latch-up Effect
chap4

7-8
Interconnections
Metal Layers
Contact and Vias
Design Rules
Capacitance Associated with Interconnections
Resistance Associated with Interconnections
Signal Transport
Improved Signal Transport
Repeaters for Improved Signal Transport
Crosstalk Effects in Interconnections
Antenna Effect
Inductance
chap5

9
In-class MIDTERM EXAM  

10
Basic Gates
Combinational Logic
CMOS Logic Gate Concept
The NAND Gate
The AND Gate
The NOR Gate
The OR Gate
The XOR Gate
Complex Gate
Multiplexor
Shifters
Description of Basic Gates in Verilog
chap6

11-12
Arithmetics
Data Formats
The Adder Circuit
Adder Cell Design
Ripple-carry Adder
Signed Adder
Fast Adder Circuits
Substractor Circuit
Comparator Circuit
Multiplier
chap7

13-14
Sequential Cell Design
The Elementary Latch
RS Latch
D Latch
Edge-triggered D Register
Clock Divider
Synchronous Counters
Shift Registers
A 24-hour Clock
chap8

15
Analog Cells
Resistor
Capacitor
The MOS Device for Analog Design
Diode-connected MOS
The MOS Trasnconductance
Sing Stage Amplifier
Simple Differential Amplifier
Wide Range Amplifier
On-chip Voltage Regulator
Noise
chap9

16
In-class Final Exam  


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