PTEE3022 VLSI Design Syllabus:

PTEE3022 VLSI Design Syllabus – Anna University Part time Regulation 2023

COURSE OBJECTIVES

 To explain the basic concepts of CMOS and
 To introduce the IC fabrication methods
 To introduce the Reconfigurable Processor technologies
 To introduce the basics of analog VLSI design and its importance.
 To learn about the programming of Programmable device using Hardware description Language.

UNIT I CMOS BASICS

MOSFET Scaling – CMOS logic design- Dynamic CMOS –Transmission Gates- BiCMOS

UNIT II IC FABRICATION

CMOS IC Fabrications: n well, p well, twin tub, SoI – Design Rules and Layout.

UNIT III PROGRAMABLE LOGIC DEVICES

PAL, PLA, CPLD architecture and application.

UNIT IV RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR

FPGA- Architecture, FPGA based application development- Introduction to FPAA.

UNIT V HDL PROGRAMMING

Verilog HDL- Overview – structural and behavioural modeling concepts-Design examples- Carry Look ahead adders, ALU, Shift Registers.

30 PERIODS
LAB COMPONENTS: 30 PERIODS

1. Laboratory exercise : Use any FPGA Board /IDE/open source package/ platform to give
hands on training on CMOS design/ reconfigurable processor based applications.

a) CMOS logic circuit simulation using any open source software package
b) Experiments : structural and behavioural modeling based Verilog HDL programs
c) Experiment: Combinational and sequential Digital logic implementation with FPGA.
d) Implementation of carry look ahead adder with FPGA
e) Implementation of ALU with FPGA

2. Assignment : Low Power VLSI.
3. FPGA based Mini project .

TOTAL: 30+30 = 60 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

At the end of this course, the students will have the ability to
CO1: Develop CMOS design techniques
CO2: Learn and build IC fabrication
CO3: Explain the need of reconfigurable computing with PLDs.
CO4: Design and development of reprogrammable FPGA.
CO5: Illustrate and develop HDL computational processes with improved design strategies.

TEXTBOOKS:

1. M.J.S Smith, “Application Specific integrated circuits”,Addition Wesley Longman Inc. 1st Edition 2010.
2. Kamran Eshraghian,Douglas A.pucknell and Sholeh Eshraghian,”Essentials of VLSI circuits and system”, Prentice Hall India,2005, 1st Edition.

REFERENCES:

1. Donald G. Givone, “Digital principles and Design”, Tata McGraw Hill 2002, 1st Edition.
2. Charles H. Roth Jr., “Fundamentals of Logic design”, Thomson Learning, 7th Edition 2013.
3. Nurmi, Jari (Ed.) “Processor Design System-On-Chip Computing for ASICs and FPGAs” Springer, 2007, 1st Edition.
4. Joao Cardoso, Michael Hübner, “Reconfigurable Computing: From FPGAs to Hardware/Software Codesign” Springer, 2011, 1st Edition.
5. Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon, Reconfigurable Logic: Architecture, Tools, and Applications, 1st Edition, CRC Press , 2018.