Test 1 Syllabus

CSCE 5730/4730: Digital CMOS VLSI Design

Instructor: Dr. Saraju P. Mohanty

NOTE: 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