ELE4607 Introduction to Digital VLSI

Lecturer: Prof. J. Micallef

Prerequisites: ELE3607

Credits: 4

Lectures: 28

Tutorials/Practical Labs: 14

Semester: 2

Part (i)

Digital circuits: NMOS inverters, NOR and NAND logic circuits. CMOS inverters, NOR and NAND logic

circuits. Comparison of switching times. Buffer circuits. Signal propagation delays, capacitative loading,

power dissipation, noise in digital circuits.

Logic implementation. Combinational logic. Random logic (inverter, NAND, NOR gates) NMOS and CMOS

implementation - transistor sizes and stick diagrams.

Structured logic - transistor switch arrays, distributed gate arrays, programmable logic arrays. Static and

dynamic flip-flops. MOS clocking schemes - dynamic MOS storage circuits, clocked CMOS logic.

Laboratory Work

Semi-custom design techniques of a digital integrated circuit using the CADENCE simulation, routing and

bonding, and loaded simulation, up to the shipment stage.

Method of Assessment: to be announced

Textbooks:

• Geiger P. Allen, N. Strader VLSI Design Technologies for Analog and Digital Circuits McGraw-Hill

ISBN 0-07-100728-81