VLSI DIGITAL DESIGN

IC manufacturing technologies (recall)
Constant electric field scaling: theory, effects, limits and generalization.
The technology perspective: ITRS roadmap
Analysis of energy consumption of a CMOS circuit
Activity coefficients of CMOS logic
Low-power strategies: dynamic power components
Static power sources.
Low-power strategies: static power components. Circuit-based and technology-based solutions.
Semiconductor memories. Classification and circuit implementation: ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, Flash EPROM, sRAM, dRAM.
Design-flow of a CMOS VLSI digital circuit
CAD tools supporting the design flow
Laboratory project.