Test 1 Syllabus

CSCE 5730/4730: Digital CMOS VLSI Design

Instructor: Dr. Saraju P. Mohanty


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: This is a closed book/text examination. 


  1. Introduction to a basic digital computer
  2. Five classic components of a computer
  3. Microprocessor
  4. Developmental trends of ICs
  5. Integrated Circuits Categories
  6. IC design abstraction level
  7. Implementation Approaches for Digital ICs
  8. Digital IC Fabrication Flow
  9. Different Attributes of an IC or chip
  10. Moore’s Law
  11. Technology scaling
  12. Challenges in Digital Design
  13. Circuit Design Metrics
  14. Cost of IC
  15. Yield and Defects
  16. Noise and Reliability
  17. Ideal vs real gate
  18. Power Dissipation  Basics
  19. Basic idea of LTspice
  20. Silicon Lattice and Dopants
  21. Four terminal MOS device
  22. NMOS and PMOS operation