Very Large Scale Integrated Design I

Undergraduate credit

Design techniques for full-custom VLSI circuits. Design rule checking, logic and circuit simulation. CMOS circuit delay and power analysis. High performance and low power VLSI systems. CMOS logic circuit families, adders, multipliers, memory arrays, sequential circuits, and interconnects. Clock and power distribution. Major design project to implement a RISC processor. Projects are overseen/graded by faculty and may also involve mentoring by representatives from external organizations.