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