School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

ModuleInformation

Course Contents

Basic MOS transistor operating principles, CMOS in manufacture process, coloured stick diagram notation, CMOS mask design rules.
Design layout and analysis of random logic gates with static CMOS and pre-charged CMOS technology.
Speed and power estimation.
Design and analysis of multiplexer circuits, flip flops, shift registers, ROM, PLA, sRAM and dRAM.
ASIC design routes through full custom, standard cell and gate array styles.
Logic operations such as counting, timing, sequencing, decoding, etc. are explained in a detailed form suitable for integration.

Supplementary Notes

None

Learning Outcomes

Thorough grounding in the design of custom integrated circuits backed up by a practical design exercise.

Skills

Assimilation of lecture material and application to the design of Integrated Circuits.
Thorough understanding of the software for gate array design.
Project in custom design of a gate array integrated circuits.