Very Large Scale Integrated System Design I (EE 401)

2017 Fall
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Electronics Engineering(EE)
3
8/6 ECTS (for students admitted in the 2013-14 Academic Year or following years)
İlker Hamzaoğlu hamzaoglu@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Undergraduate
CS303 EE302 EL302
Formal lecture,Interactive lecture,Laboratory
Interactive,Communicative,Task based learning
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Programs\Type Required Core Elective Area Elective
Electronics Engineering *
Electronics Engineering *
Materials Science and Nano Engineering *
Materials Science and Nano Engineering (Previous Name: Materials Science and Engineering) *
Mechatronics Engineering *
Mechatronics Engineering *
Microelectronics *
Telecommunications *

CONTENT

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology and limitations; CMOS circuit and logic design; layout rules and techniques; circuit characterization and performance estimation; CMOS subsystem design, basic building blocks; structured design principles; Very-Large-Scale Integrated (VLSI) system design methods; DRC, logic and circuit simulation.

OBJECTIVE

This course teaches both full custom and standard cell based digital CMOS VLSI circuit design, implementation and analysis. Students gain practical experience by designing, implementing and verifying full custom and standard cell based digital CMOS VLSI circuits.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • Describe digital VLSI circuit design styles;
  • Analyze and reduce delay of full custom digital VLSI circuits;
  • Design and analyze full custom arithmetic circuits (e.g. adder, multiplier);
  • Describe basic techniques for reducing power consumption of digital VLSI circuits;
  • Describe clock generation and distribution in synchronous digital VLSI circuits;
  • Describe standard cell libraries;
  • Design and implement standard cell based digital VLSI circuits using logic synthesis and physical synthesis tools;
  • Verify functionality and timing of standard cell based digital VLSI circuits using a logic simulation tool.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

1. Understand the world, their country, their society, as well as themselves and have awareness of ethical problems, social rights, values and responsibility to the self and to others. 1

2. Understand different disciplines from natural and social sciences to mathematics and art, and develop interdisciplinary approaches in thinking and practice. 3

3. Think critically, follow innovations and developments in science and technology, demonstrate personal and organizational entrepreneurship and engage in life-long learning in various subjects; have the ability to continue to educate him/herself. 4

4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means. 4

5. Take individual and team responsibility, function effectively and respectively as an individual and a member or a leader of a team; and have the skills to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. 4

1. Possess sufficient knowledge of mathematics, science, fundamental engineering, computational methods and program-specific engineering topics; use theoretical and applied knowledge of these areas in complex engineering problems. 4

2. Identify, define, formulate and solve complex engineering problems while considering the UN Sustainable Development Goals; choose and apply suitable analysis, design, estimation/prediction and modeling methods for this purpose. 4

3. Develop, choose and use modern techniques and tools that are needed for analysis and solution of complex problems faced in engineering applications; use information technologies effectively. 4

4. Have the ability to design a complex system, process, instrument or a product under realistic constraints and conditions, with the goal of fulfilling creative current and future requirements. 4

5. Use research methods, including conducting literature reviews, designing experiments, performing experiments, collecting data, analyzing results, and interpreting results, to investigate complex engineering problems or discipline-specific research topics. 3

6. Possess knowledge of business practices such as project management, risk management, change management, and economic feasibility analysis; awareness on entrepreneurship and innovation. 2

7. Possess knowledge of impact of engineering solutions on society, health and safety, the economy, sustainability, and the environment within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; awareness on legal outcomes of engineering solutions; awareness of acting impartially and inclusively without any form of discrimination; act in accordance with ethical principles, possessing knowledge of professional and ethical responsibilities. 2

8. Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, on technical subjects, considering the diverse characteristics of the target audience (such as education, language, and profession). 4

ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA

  Percentage (%)
Final 30
Midterm 30
Assignment 35
Participation 5

RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS

Textbook

Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Borivoje Nikolic, Digital Integrated Circuits, Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition
Michael J. S. Smith, Application-Specific Integrated Circuits, Addison Wesley