EE 534 VLSI Systems

Fall 2010

Course Instructor

Dr. Samuel H. Russ

Course Teaching Assistant

TBD

Course Syllabus

Syllabus

Homework Sets and Projects

HW Set Assignment Date Assigned Date Due
1 Vt calculation -- P3.1 30-Aug 8-Sep
2 Inverter in Microwind 8-Sep 22-Sep
3 Capacitance -- P3.17 15-Sep 29-Sep
4 Noise Margin & Prop Delay 1-Oct 11-Oct
Project 1 Static CMOS Gate 20-Oct 3-Nov
Project 2 Dynamic CMOS Gate 20-Oct 17-Nov
Project 3 MSI Layout 20-Oct 6-Dec

Lecture Notes in PDF Format

Lecture 1

Lecture 2

Lecture 3

Lecture 4

Lecture 5

Lecture 6

Lecture 7

Lecture 8

Lecture 9

Lecture 10

Lecture 11

Lecture 12

Lecture 13

Lecture 14

Software for the Course

We will be using the Cadence software package.  More details as the installation proceeds...

In the meantime, you can download Microwind here.

Projects

This semester (Fall 2010), students will divide into groups of 3-4 and complete three projects per group.  Each group will give a brief presentation to the class on their final design (Project 3).  For example, Group 3 will design a static CMOS 2-input NAND gate for project 1, a dynamic 2-input NAND for project 2, and a 1-bit adder cell for the final project.

See Project Guidelines for important information about the design requirements and report formats.

No. VLSI Project 1: VLSI Project 2: VLSI Project 3: Who is in the lab group?
1 2-input NOR Dynamic Logic Version of the Same Gate D Flip-Flop with Async Reset Adhikari, Anish  Aryal, Surya P.  Thimmaraju, Vamsi Mohan   
2 2-input OR 2:4 Decoder Kudikala, Harish  Illa, Shanmuka S.  Varadharajan, Pragadesh   
3 2-input NAND 1-bit full adder cell Andela, Ramesh Reddy  Adem, Srinivas Reddy  Siddam, Vikas   
4 2-input AND 5-stage ring oscillator Patchava, Swapna  Ravva, Dinesh  Palla, Anirudh   
5 3-input NOR JK Flip-Flop Kundur, Sridhama  Naik, Abhishek  Nori, Balasubramanyam   
6 3-input OR 6-input SOP (ABC + DEF) Bandreddy, Sai K.  Kamaraju, Narsing Rao  Orsu, Swathi P.   
7 3-input NAND D Flip-Flop with Load Enable Kurakula, Gopinath  Gunda, Akhilesh  Pyapali, Karthik C.   
8 3-input AND 4:1 Multiplexer Angajala, Syamala Gouri  Bellamkonda, Nagina  Katakam, Sumith Reddy  Annamaneni, Sandeep Rao 
  Due 11/3 Due 11/17 Due 12/6        

Test Dates (Tentative and Subject to Change!)

Test Date
Test 1 22-Sep
Test 2 15-Oct
Test 3 15-Nov
Final 13-Dec 8:00 AM

Additional Resources

Java applet visualization aids from the University of Buffalo:  These help illustrate some of the things we discuss in class, such as chip fabrication.

Symbolic Integration website