Catalog Description
VLSI and Digital Design
Issues in digital integrated circuit design. The devices. CMOS Inverter.
Combinational logic gates in CMOS. Designing sequential logic circuits.
Designing arithmetic building blocks. Timing issues in digital circuits.
Memories and array structures. Design verification and testing. Design
projects using computer aided design tools: SPICE, MAGIC, IRSIUM, OCTTOOLS.
Project design requirements include architectural design, logic and timing
verification, layout design, and test pattern generation. The resulting
chips may be fabricated.