Introduction to VLSI systems
L Kleeman
3 points * 16 lectures, 9 laboratory hours * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: ECS3371 (Computer systems engineering III)
Introduction to integrated systems such as single-chip microprocessors. NMOS and CMOS devices and circuits, integrated system fabrication, data and control in systematic structures, implementation of integrated system designs, examples of LSI systems and controllers, system timing and metastable behaviour, highly concurrent architectures, and area-time tradeoffs. Students will be involved in a small CMOS design project.
Assessment
Examinations (2 hours): 60% * Laboratory work: 40%
Recommended texts
Mukherjee A Introduction to NMOS and CMOS VLSI design Prentice-Hall, 1986
Pucknell D A and Eshraghian K Basic VLSI design: Systems and circuits 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1988
Weste N and Eshraghian K Principles of CMOS VLSI design: A systems perspective 2nd edn, Addison-Wesley, 1993