Information
| Course Code | ECS02 |
| Semester | 1 |
| Category | |
| ECTS Credits | 7 |
| Eclass |
Professors
Theodoridis G.
Proposed Bibliography
- “CMOS VLSI Design: A circuits and systems perspective”, H.E. Weste, Pearson India Education, 4th edition, 2010
- “Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective”, J. Rabaey, A. Chandrakasan, B. Nikolic
Course Description
- CMOS Technology: Silicon semiconductor technologies, physical design(layout) rules, positive implications of CMOS technology, Design topics using computer, Construction topics.
- Circuits Characterization and Efficiency Estimation: Delay estimation, Logical effort and MOS transistor scaling, Interconnections, Design boundaries, Power consumption, MOS transistors calibration, Design tolerances, Reliability and nanoscale effects.
- Combinational Logic Design: Circuit families, Potential risks, Special circuit families, Low power circuit design, Comparison of circuit families.
- Sequential Logic Design: Statistic sequential circuits, Design of latches and flip-flops, Dynamic sequential circuits, Synchronizers, Wave pipelining.
- Circuit Simulation Techniques: Component and circuit models, Characterization by simulation of components and circuits, Simulation of interconnections.
