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- ECE 122A - VLSI Principles
   University of California, Santa Barbara, Fall Quarter 20
21

- Instructor: Prof. Kaustav Banerjee
   kaustav (at) ece.ucsb.edu
   Office: Harold Frank Hall (HFH) 4151
   Phone: (805) 893-3337
   Fax: (805) 893-3262

- Teaching Assistant: Arnab Pal
   arnab (at) ece.ucsb.edu
   Office: HFH 2164

- Lecture Location:  ESB 1003 (Cooper Lab)
- Lecture Time: Tue. & Thu. 3:30-4:45 PM

- Lab Location: ENGR1 1140 (ECI Lab)
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Lab Timings: Tue. 8:00-10:50 AM

- Professor Office Hour Location: Room 4151, Harold Frank Hall
- Professor Office Hour Time:  (Appointment by email)

- TA Office Hour Location: HFH 2164
- TA Office Hour Time: Wednesday 3:30-4:30 PM

- Midterm (2021) - Solutions

- More course info



Textbook
CMOS VLSI DESIGN
4th Edition

 

 


- Lecture 01 (9/23/2021) - Introduction

- Lecture 02 (9/28/2021) - History of transistors and ICs/Switch-level understanding of static CMOS circuits

- Lecture 03 (9/30/2021) - Switch - Level Logic Circuits

- Lecture 04 (10/05/2021) - IC Fabrication (Video)
References:  
G.E.Moore, "Cramming more components onto integrated circuits"

  Intel, "From Sand to Circuit"

  
Intel, "From Sand to Silicon"
Video 1 - Silicon Run 1
Video 2 - Silicon Run II

- Lecture 05 (10/07/2021) - Review of Semiconductor Physics

- Lecture 06 (10/12/2021) - P/N Junctions and MOS Structure

- Lecture 07 (10/14/2021) - MOSFET Physics and Operation

- Lecture 08 (10/19/2021) - Dynamic Behavior of MOSFET and CMOS Inverter

- Lecture 09 (10/26/2021) - Inverter

- Lecture 10 (10/28/2021) - Inverter Sizing and Logical Effort

- Lecture 11 (11/09/2021) - Datapath (Adder)

- Lecture 12 (11/16/2021) - Combinational Logic Circuit

- Lecture 13 (11/18/2021) - Interconnects

- Lecture 14 (11/23/2021) - Ratioed, Pass Transistor and Dynamic Logic

- Lecture 15 (11/30/2021) - Sequential Logic

- Lecture 16 (12/02/2021) - Semiconductor Memories


- Homework 1 (Due on Monday, 10/04/2021, 5:00 PM) - Review of Digital Design
Solution
- Homework 2 (Due on Wednesday, 10/13/2021, 11:59 PM) - CMOS and Pass Transistors
Solution
- Homework 3 (Due on Wednesday, 10/20/2021, 11:59 PM) - IC Fabrication, P/N Junctions and MOSCAP
Solutions
- Homework 4 (Due on Friday, 10/29/2021, 11:59 PM) - MOSFET and CMOS Inverter
Solutions
- Homework 5 (Due on Monday, 11/08/2021, 11:59 PM) - Device Parasitics, CMOS Inverter and Logic Gate Sizing
Solutions
- Homework 6 (Due on Sunday, 12/05/2021, 09:00 PM) - Interconnect, Dynamic Logic, Ratioed and Pass Transistor Logic, Semiconductor Memories
Solutions

- Do NOT - Do not copy from each other!
- Mail the homeworks to arnab@ucsb.edu


- Lab 1 (Due on Wednesday, 10/06/2021, 5:00 PM) - Environment setup and tool practice
   Additional files for Lab 1
   180nm_bulk.txt
   bash_configure
   inv.sp

- Lab 2 (Due on Friday, 10/15/2021, 5:00 PM) CMOS Circuit Simulation with HSPICE

- Lab 3 (Due on Friday, 10/29/2021, 5:00 PM) Single stage CMOS logic gate layout

- Lab 4 (Due on Friday, 11/12/2021, 11:59 PM) - Inverter, CMOS Sizing and Delay


- You will need to use these software: (Manuals provided)
- HSpice (Circuit Netlist Simulation) HSpice Manual
- CosmosScope/AvanWaves
   (Waveform viewer for Linux/Windows)
- MMI MAX
- MMI SUE

CScope Manual
AvanWaves Manual
MAX Tutorial
SUE Tutorial

 Project Reference:
LVS Technology for the Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor on 90nm Technology

Final Project

- PART 0 - Work individually or in a group of two
Please signup on this Group List

- PART 1 Review on LVS Technology (Complete by Thursday 11/18/2021 11:59 PM)

- PART 2 Complete DCN and CDL cells (Complete by Tuesday 11/23/2021 11:59 PM)

- PART 3 Complete Sense Amplifier Design (Complete by Sunday 11/28/2021 11:59 PM)

- PART 4 Final Project Due (Complete by Sunday 12/05/2021 11:59 PM)

- An Introduction to GNU/Linux Command Shell:
  http://vic.gedris.org/Manual-ShellIntro/1.2/ShellIntro.pdf

- For a better understanding of device physics, please refer to the supplementary textbook:
   Modern Semiconductor Devices for ICs (1st Edition), by Chenming Hu

 

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