EET 4435 - LSI/VLSI Design

3 Credit Hour(s)

MOS Transistors - fabrication and characteristics. MOSFET scaling and short-channel effects. Layer representation and layout rules. Analysis and design of inverters and inverter based circuits. Circuit and interconnection delays, driving large loads. Dynamic logic circuits. Memories, VLSI design strategies - Full custom, Standard Cell and Gate Array design, FPGAs, Subsystem design. Testing and testability. CAD for VLSI.
Prerequisite(s): EET 3315