Test 1
Syllabus
CSCE 5730: Digital CMOS VLSI Design
Instructor: Dr. Saraju P. Mohanty
NOTE: This is closed
book/text examination.
- Introduction
to a basic digital computer
- Five
classic components of a computer
- Microprocessor
- IC
design abstraction level
- Developmental
trends of ICs
- Moore’s
Law
- Technology
scaling
- Circuit
Design Metrics
- Cost of IC
- Yield and
Defects
- Ideal vs real gate
- Power
Dissipation Basics
- Implementation
Approaches for Digital ICs
- Silicon
Lattice and Dopants
- Four
terminal MOS device
- NMOS and
PMOS operation
- Transistor
as an Ideal Switch
- Circuit
analysis with ideal transistor
- Synthesis
of CMOS circuits
- Pass
transistors and Transmission gates