Introduction to VLSI Systems

4 credits

Introduction to CMOS technology and circuit design; combinational logic-design alternatives; register-design and system-clocking methodologies; datapath and subsystem design; VLSI system-design methodologies; CAD tools for synthesis, layout, simulation, and validation; design of a complex VLSI chip. Course overlaps with: TECE 521. Prerequisite: either CSE 567 or permission of instructor.