| 02206 Design of Integrated Circuits |
| Danish title: Design af integrerede kredsløb |
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Language: English ECTS-creditpoints: 10, External examination.
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Exam schedule:
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F4-B (jun 06 2002), E4-B (dec 19 2001) |
Scope and form: Lectures, laboratory exercises.
1 weekly problem solving session.
1 large design project. |
Evaluation: Written exam and approval of reports
Written exam and approval af reports have to pass separately |
| Examination: 13-scale |
| Prerequisites: 02200 / c49116 / 31028 |
Aim: To enable the students to
1) design basic cells as well as complex digital ICs using modern design tools,
2) understand the basis of MOS technology, including the MOS field effect transistor, and to choose a proper production technology with due consideration of technical and economical terms,
3) design and lay out fundamental digital structures in MOS technology with such a degree of proficiency that the circuits exploit the potential of the technology with respect to area, speed, and power, and to provide the participant with knowledge on implementation of basic analog circuit blocks in MOS technology,
4) analyse and select computational and control as well as interconnect structures best suited for the design problem,
5) train a structured top-down design approach for construction of digital systems. |
Contents: Overview on MOS technology (masks, design rules and electrical parameters) and basic components of MOS circuits (MOSFET, resistors, capacitors, switches). Scaling of MOS technology.
MOS transistor circuits and their characterization (DC characteristics, noise margin). Construction and layout of digital MOS circuits (combinatorial and sequential gates, clocking systems), layout strategies and standard structures (RAM, ROM, PLA).
Timing analysis and optimization of MOS circuits, including aspects of interconnect.
Basic analog circuit configurations, and issues relating to their implementation in MOS processes for digital circuits (precision components, noise, linearity). Construction of high-speed / low-power circuits.
Examples illustrating the interplay between algorithm, architecture and technology (full custom, standard cell, FPGA). Realisation of computational structures, including system swith a high degree of parallelism (pipelining, systolic structures). Structurered design of digital systems.
Exercises:
1) Use of VHDL for structured design. Functional level simulation.
2) Logic synthesis, placement and routing. Structural level simulation.
3) Layout of digital component.
4) Transistor level simulation.
Design project: Design of a digital system using modern CAD tools. Design process from functional specification and simulation using hardware description language (VHDL), stepwise refinement, considerations on testability, design of modules, standard cells and tailored building blocks. |
Contact: Flemming Stassen, building 322, (+45) 4525 3753, stassen@imm.dtu.dk
Steen Pedersen, building 322, (+45) 4525 3746, sp@imm.dtu.dk |
| Department: 002 Informatics and Mathematical Modelling |
| Course URL: http://www.imm.dtu.dk/courses/02206 |
| Keywords: Layout of integrated circuits (IC), CMOS technology, MOS field-effect transistor, design method for complex ICs, hardware description languages (VHDL) |
| Updated: 28-01-2002 |
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