Test 1 Syllabus

CSCE 5330/4730: Digital CMOS VLSI Design

Instructor: Dr. Saraju P. Mohanty

NOTE:

· This is closed book, closed text examination.

· Calculators are NOT allowed in the examination.

1. Five classic components of a computer
2. Microprocessor
3. IC design abstraction level
4. Developmental trends of ICs and Moore’s Law
5. IC Design Metrics
6. Ideal versus real devices
7. Implementation approaches for digital ICs and Design Flow
8. Pure versus impure Silicon
9. Understanding of Silicon structure of MOS transistor
10. Understanding NMOS and PMOS operation
11. MOS transistor as an ideal switch
12. Understanding logic gate operation with transistor switching model
13. Signal strength in NMOS and PMOS
14. Static CMOS implementation
15. Pass transistor implementation