• 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.