CIS 778: Computer Aided Design and Analysis of VLSI Circuits

CIS 778: Computer Aided Design and Analysis of VLSI Circuits

Description

VLSI design methodology; specification of VLSI circuits at various levels of abstraction; design, layout and computer simulation of circuits; high-level synthesis; design projects.

Level, Credits, Class Time Distribution

UG 4 (three hour lectures)

Prerequisites

CIS 560; EE 561; and CIS 675 or EE 562.

Quarters Offered

Au

General Information, Exclusions, etc.

Capstone Design Course (Recommended for Hardware/Software Systems Option)

Objectives

Mastery of CMOS digital VLSI design principles
Mastery of the use of CAD tools for the design and verification of digital VLSI circuits
Mastery of designing a digital system, starting from a high-level description to develop a VLSI layout specification for the circuit

Texts

Principles of CMOS VLSI Design - A Systems Perspective}, 2nd Edition, by Neil Weste and Kamran Eshraghian, Addison Wesley, 1993.

Relationship to ABET Criterion 3

Relationship to CSE Program Objectives

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Topics

No. of Wks.	Topics
1	CMOS Circuits
2	Switch level logic simulation using IRSIM
1	CMOS device characteristics; CMOS process technology
1	CMOS layout using MAGIC
2	First-order timing models; Transistor sizing
1	CMOS storage elements; Clocked circuits: Dynamic logic
1	Hardware Description Languages; Verilog
1	CMOS sub-system examples

Homeworks and Lab Assignments (Representative)

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Grading Plan

Lab Assignments & Homeworks	20%
Design Projects	30%
Midterm	20%
Final	30%

Prepared By

P. Sadayappan (Date: March 30, 1999).