Introduction to integrated circuit technology. Introduction, VLSI technologies, MOS transistors, fabrication, thermal aspects, production of E-beam masks.
Drain to source current Ids versus Vds relationships-BICMOS latch up susceptibility. MOS transistor characteristics, figure of merit, pass transistor NMOS and COMS inverters, circuit model, latch up in CMOS circuits.
MOS layers, stick diagrams, design, symbolic diagrams.
Sheet resistance, capacitance layer inverter delays, wiring capacitance, choice of layers.
Scaling model and scaling factors- Limitations due to current density.
Architectural issues, systems considerations. Examples of structural design, clocked sequential circuits.
General considerations, illustration of design process, observations.
Observation on the design process, Regularity Design of an ALU subsystem. Design of 4-bit adder, implementation of ALU functions.