VLSI Design

Graduate

Overview of VLSI designs, CAD tools, application, technology; review of properties of silicon, solid state physics and devices; SPICE models; analog simulation; IC technology; target CMOS process; static CMOS logic; principles of standard cell CMOS design; dynamic characteristics of static CMOS logic; dynamic logic; system level considerations; hardware description languages; silicone compilers. (3 lecture hours a week.)