VLSI Design
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The official GTU curriculum for VLSI Design (subject code 2161004) as prescribed for Electronics · Semester 6 divides the course into 7 units, covering 34 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2161004)Unit 1 Introduction
- Overview of VLSI design methodology
- VLSI design flow
- Design hierarchy
- Concept of regularity
- Modularity, and Locality
- VLSI design style
- Design quality
- package technology
- computer aided design technology
Unit 2 Fabrication of MOSFET
- Fabrication Process flow: Basic steps
- C-MOS n-Well Process
- Layout Design rules
- full custom mask layout design
Unit 3 MOS Transistor
- The Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) structure
- The MOS System under external bias
- Structure and Operation of MOS transistor
- MOSFET Current-Voltage characteristics
- MOSFET scaling and small- geometry effects
- MOSFET capacitances
Unit 4 MOS Inverters
- Static Characteristics: Introduction
- Resistive load Inverter
- Inverter with n-type MOSFET load (Enhancement and Depletion type MOSFET load)
- CMOS Inverter
Unit 5 MOS Inverters Switching characteristics and Interconnect Effects
- Delay-time definitions
- Calculation of Delay times
- Inverter designwith delay constraints
- Estimation of Interconnect Parasitic
- Calculation of interconnect delay
- Switching Power Dissipation of CMOS Inverters
Unit 6 Introduction, MOS logic circuits with Depletion nMOS Loads, CMOS
- logic circuits
- Complex logic circuits
- CMOS Transmission Gates (TGs)
Unit 7 Introduction, Behaviour of Bistable elements, The SR latch circuit,
- Clocke dlatch and Flip-flop circuit
- CMOS D-latch and Edge-triggered