ce353: VLSI Design

Course Information

Schedule of Topics and Lecture Notes

Exercises

Exams

Last updated: Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Course Information

Instructor: Shaahin Hessabi (E-mail: hessabi@sharif)

TA:

Prerequisite: ce312 (Digital Electronics) and ce231(Digital Systems Design)

Textbook: Modern VLSI Design: System-on-Chip Design, 3rd edition, Wayne Wolf, 2002, Prentice-Hall.

Lecture Time: Sundays and Tuesdays: 10:30 – 11:45 AM

Credits: 3 Units

Grading: Grade will be based upon:
               exercises and projects (30%);
               Midterm exam (30%)
               Final exam (40%)

For passing the course, three conditions must be met:
    a) obtaining at least 40% of final exam's maximum grade;
    b) obtaining at least 40% of projects' maximum grade;
    c) obtaining at least 50% of total grade.

Tentative Schedule of Topics

Chapter	Topics (Lecture Notes)	Tentative Lecture Date
1	Digital Systems and VLSI	Week 1
2	*Fabrication and Layout*
	Basic Fabrication Steps and Layout	Week 2
	Transistor Characteristics	Week 3
	Wires and Vias, Parasitics	Week 4
	Design Rules, Stick Diagram	Week 4
3	*Combinational Logic*
	Combinational Logic Gates, Static Complementary Gates	Week 5
	Transfer Characteristics, Delay and Power, Driving Large Loads	Week 6
	Wire Delay, Switch Logic	Week 7
	Pseudo NMOS, DCVSL, Domino families	Week 7
4	*Combinational Logic Networks*
	Layout, Simulation	Week 8
	Managing the Delay of Combinational Networks	Week 8
	Transistor Sizing	Week 9
	Interconnect Design (Cross talk, Power Optimization)	Week 10
	Switch Networks, Combinational Testing	Week 10
5	*Sequential Circuits*
	Memory Elements	Week 11
	Clocking Disciplines	Week 12
	Sequential Machine Design	Week 13
	Sequential Testing	Week 13
6	*Subsystems*
	Shifters and Adders	Week 14
	Memories and Datapath	Week 14
7	*Floorplanning*
7	Power/Ground and Clock Routing	Week 15

Exercises

To be announced

Exams

Midterm exam:

Office Hours

Saturdays and Tuesdays: 9:30 – 10:15 AM, Mondays: 1:30-3 PM
Please make an appointment if consultation at a different time is needed. hessabi@sharif.edu

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