Test 1 Syllabus

CSCE 5730: Digital CMOS VLSI Design

Instructor: Dr. Saraju P. Mohanty

 

NOTE: This is closed book/text examination.

 

 

  1. Introduction to a basic digital computer
  2. Five classic components of a computer
  3. Microprocessor
  4. IC design abstraction level
  5. Developmental trends of ICs
  6. Moore’s Law
  7. Technology scaling
  8. Circuit Design Metrics
  9. Cost of IC
  10. Yield and Defects
  11. Ideal vs real gate
  12. Power Dissipation  Basics
  13. Implementation Approaches for Digital ICs
  14. Silicon Lattice and Dopants
  15. Four terminal MOS device
  16. NMOS and PMOS operation
  17. Transistor as an Ideal Switch
  18. Circuit analysis with ideal transistor
  19. Synthesis of CMOS circuits
  20. Pass transistors and Transmission gates