Modern VLSI Design (February 2024)

• Modern VLSI Design
• Second Semester AY 2023-2024
  • Synchronous classes will be held Tuesdays 6:30-8:30 PM from 20 Feb 2024 - 21 May 2024
  • Refer to the UP Diliman Academic Calendar for relevant dates and holidays.
• Course Credit: 3 units (2 units lecture, 1 unit lab)

Catalog Description

Digital systems and VLSI. Transistors and layout. Logic functions. Combinational logic networks. Sequential machines. Systems architecture design and HDLs. Subsystem design and IP components. CAD systems and algorithms.

Prerequisite: Switching Theory and Digital Logic Design

Course Outline

6

Module	Date	Topic	Resources	Activity
0	Feb 13	Class Policies	[syllabus]
1	Feb 20	Introduction to Digital Systems and VLSI	[EDA Playground Tutorial]	Tool Orientation
2-3	Feb 27	Hardware Description Languages		Lab 1: Coding Styles Lab 2: Combinational Design
4-5	March 12	Architectural Design		Lab 3: Timing Constraints Lab 4: Sequential Design
		Lenten + Reading Break
6	April 9	Transistors		Project Discussion
7	April 16	Logic Functions
8	April 23	Logic Network
9	April 30	Sequential Circuits
10	May 7	Testing and Testability
11	May 14	Design for Test

Announcements

• February 19: Students enlisted in EE 227 and CoE 197-JB are now added in the UVLe. Be sure to accomplish the agreements and syllabus conforme.

References

• review of semiconductor fundamentals [EEE 41]

• Book References
  • S. Brown and Z. Vranesic, Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design, 3rd ed., McGraw Hill: New York, 2014
  • M. Bushnell and V. Agrawal, Essentials of Electronic Testing for Digital, Memory and Mixed Signal VLSI Circuits, Springer: Boston, 2002
  • M. Keating, D. Flynn, R. Aitken, A. Gibbons, K. Shi, Low Power Methodology Manual (For System-on-Chip Design), Springer, 2007
  • J. Rabaey, A. Chandrakasan, B. Nikolic, Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective, Second edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.
  • N. Weste, D. Harris, CMOS VLSI Design (A Circuits and Systems Perspective), Addison-Wesley, 2005
  • W. Wolf, Modern VLSI Design: IP-Based Design, Fourth edition, Pearson Education Inc., 2009

• Other References