MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Engineering Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ECS3363

Introduction to VLSI systems

L Kleeman

Objectives The student is expected to acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of the design, fabrication and simulation of Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) circuits, systems and architectures; changes in microelectronic device density, speed, power dissipation, fabrication processes and logic families; VLSI computer aided design (CAD) tools and hierarchical VLSI design practice.

Synopsis CMOS circuit design, fabrication, design rules, layout, circuit extraction and performance estimation. Data and control in systematic structures. CAD software, programmable logic arrays, CPU architecture and implementation, metastable behaviour, RAM and ROM implementations. A CMOS class design project will be set.

Assessment Examination (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