MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Engineering Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ECS5323

VLSI systems

L Kleeman

Objectives The student is expected to acquire 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 nMOS and CMOS circuit design, fabrication, design rules, layout, circuit extraction and performance estimation and optimisation. Data and control in systematic structures. CAD software, programmable logic arrays, CPU architecture and implementation, metastable behaviour, RAM and ROM implementations, highly concurrent architectures and area-time tradeoffs. A CMOS class design project will be set.

Assessment Examinations (2 hours): 60% + Laboratory work: 40%

Recommended texts

• Mukharjee 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