MOS Transistor:
The Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) Structure, The MOS System under External Bias, Structure and Operation of MOS Transistor, MOSFET Current-Voltage Characteristics, MOSFET Scaling and Small-Geometry Effects.
MOS Inverters-Static Characteristics:
Introduction, Resistive-Load Inverter, Inverters with n_Type MOSFET Load.
MOS Inverters-Static Characteristics:
CMOS Inverter.
MOS Inverters:
Switching Characteristics and Interconnect Effects: Introduction, Delay-Time Definition, Calculation of Delay Times, Inverter Design with Delay Constraints, Estimation of Interconnect Parasitics, Calculation of Interconnect Delay, Switching Power Dissipation of CMOS Inverters.
Semiconductor Memories:
Introduction, Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Nonvolatile Memory, Flash Memory, Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (FRAM).
Dynamic Logic Circuits:
Introduction, Basic Principles of Pass Transistor Circuits, Voltage Bootstrapping, Synchronous Dynamic Circuit Techniques, Dynamic CMOS Circuit Techniques,High Performance Dynamic CMOS circuits.
BiCMOS Logic Circuits:
Introduction, Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT): Structure and Operation, Dynamic Behavior of BJTs, Basic BiCMOS Circuits: Static Behavior, Switching Delay in BiCMOS Logic Circuits, BiCMOS Applications.
Chip Input and Output (I/O) Circuits:
Introduction, ESD Protection, Input Circuits, Output Circuits and L(di/dt) Noise, OnChip Clock Generation and Distribution, Latch-Up and Its Prevention.
Design for Manufacturability:
Introduction, Process Variations, Basic Concepts and Definitions, Design of Experiments and Performance Modeling.