VLSI Design Theory and Practice

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction
• Evolution of VLSI Systems
• Applications of VLSI Systems
• Quality metrics of a VLSI Design
• VLSI Design Flow
• Physical Design Flow
• Design Styles
• CMOS Logic

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction
• MOSFET characteristics
• VLSI Device Structures
• MOSFET Circuit Models
• MOSFET with Uniformly Doped Substrate
• Drain Current Calculations
• PAO-SAH Model
• Data Acquisitions And Parameters Measurements
• MOS Capacitor C-V Measurement

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction to CMOS Processing Techniques
• Photolithography
• The Self-Alligned MOSFET
• The CMOS Process Flow
• CMOS Inverter Analysis and Design
• Static Logic Gates
• Overview of Dynamic Logic Families

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction to CMOS Combinational Design
• Design Consideration
• Design Techniques for Large Fan-in
• Design Techniques to Reduce Switching Activity
• How to Build Even Better Loads
• Design-Consideration: Single-ended Versus Differential

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction to CMOS Sequential Design
• Classification of Memory Elements
• Static Latches and Registers
• Dynamic Latches and Registers
• Alte mative Register Styles
• Pipeline: An approach To Optimise Sequential Circuits

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction
• Physical Compiler Flow
• Basic Concept
• Objects, Variables and Attributes
• Compiler Directives
• Technology Libraries
• Delay Calculation
• What is RTL?
• General Guidelines
• Environment and Constraints
• Clocking Issues

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction
• FPGA Programming Technologies
• FPGA Architecture
• Migrating ASIC Designs to FPGAS and vice versa
• Schematic-based Design Flows
• HDL-based Design Flows
• Choosing FPGA Device

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction to FPGA's And Signal Processing Systems
• DSP Functionality Characteristics
• Parallel Machines
• FPGA Implementation of Signal Processing Systems

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction
• Software Security Challenges and Techniques
• Hardware Security Challenges
• FPGA Updates and Programmability
• Memory Protection on FPGAs
• A Higher Level Specification Language
• System Architecture
• Evaluation

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction to Verilog
• Verilog HDL Correspondence to Digital Hardware
• Typical Design Flow with Verilog
• Data Types in Verilog
• Operations in Expressions
• Structural Descriptions in Verilog
• Semantic Model for Verilog HDL
• Overview of Behavioural Modelling
• Structural Primitive Modelling
• Mixed Structural, RTL and Behavioural Design
• Test Benches and Test Management

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction
• VHDL Design Flow
• VHDL Terms
• Fundamentals of VHDL Units
• Lexical elements in VHDL
• Data Types
• Operators and Attributes
• Concurrent and Sequential Statements
• Architecture Description
• Structural Description
• Behavioural Description
• RTL Description

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction
• Combinational Circuits
• Minimization of Combinational Circuits
• BCD To 7-Segment Decoder

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction
• Floor Planning Problem Formulation
• Floor Planning Algorithms
• Placement
• Global Routing
• Classification of Global Routing Algorithms
• Routing Considerations
• Routing Models
• Classification of Routing Algorithms
• Two-layer Channel Routing Algorithms
• Classification of Three-layer Algorithms

After reading this chapter, you will be able to explain:

• Introduction to VLSI Testing
• System on Chip Testing
• SCAN Testing
• Automatic Test Pattern Generation
• Built-in-Self-Test
• Integrated Circuit Yield Analysis

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