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

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

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