Basics of VLSI Design

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The app covers more than 90 topics of VLSI Design in detail. These topics are divided in 5 units.

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Each topic is complete with diagrams, equations and other forms of graphical representations for easy understanding. Some of topics Covered in this application are:

1. Semiconductor memories :Introduction and types

2. Read Only Memory (ROM)

3. Three transistor DRAM cell

4. One transistor DRAM Cell

5. Flash memory

6. Low - Power CMOS Logic Circuits: Introduction

7. Design of CMOS inverters

8. MOS Inverters : introduction to switching characteristics

9. Scan-Based Techniques

10. Built-In Self Test (BIST) Techniques

11. Historical prospective of VLSI Design : Moore's Law

12. Classification of CMOS digital circuit types

13. A Circuit Design Example

14. VLSI Design methodologies

15. VLSI Design flow

16. Design Hierarchy

17. Concept of regularity, modularity and locality

18. CMOS fabrication

19. Fabrication Process Flow : Basic Steps

20. Fabrication of the nMOS transistor

21. CMOS fabrication : p-well process

22. CMOS fabrication : n-well process

23. CMOS fabrication : twin tub process

24. Stick diagrams and mask layout design

25. MOS transistor : physical structure

26. The MOS System under External Bias

27. Structure and operation of MOSFET

28. The threshold voltage

29. Current voltage characteristics of MOSFET

30. Mosfet scaling

31. Effects of scaling

32. Small Geometry Effects

33. MOS Capacitances

34. MOS inverter

35. Voltage transfer characteristics (VTC) of MOS inverter

36. Inverters with n-type MOSFET load

37. Resistive load inverter

38. Design of Depletion-Load Inverters

39. CMOS inverter

40. Delay time definitions

41. Calculation of Delay Times

42. Inverter Design with Delay Constrains : Example

43. Combinational MOS Logic Circuits : introduction

44. MOS Logic Circuits with Depletion nMOS Loads : Two-Input NOR Gate

45. MOS Logic Circuits with Depletion nMOS Loads : Generalized NOR structure with multiple inputs

46. MOS Logic Circuits with Depletion nMOS Loads : Transient analysis of NOR gate

47. MOS Logic Circuits with Depletion nMOS Loads : Two-Input NAND Gate

48. MOS Logic Circuits with Depletion nMOS Loads : Generalized NAND structure with multiple inputs

49. MOS Logic Circuits with Depletion nMOS Loads : Transient analysis of NAND gate

50. CMOS logic circuits : NOR2 (two input NOR ) gate

51. CMOS NAND2 (two input NAND) gate

52. Layout of Simple CMOS Logic Gates

53. Complex Logic Circuits

54. Complex CMOS Logic Gates

55. Layout of Complex CMOS Logic Gates

56. AOI and OAI Gates

57. Pseudo-nMOS Gates

58. CMOS Full-Adder Circuit & carry ripple adder

59. CMOS Transmission Gates (Pass Gates)

60. Complementary Pass-Transistor Logic (CPL)

61. Sequential MOS logic Circuits : Introduction

62. Behavior of Bistable Elements

63. The SR Latch Circuit

64. Clocked SR Latch

65. Clocked JK Latch

66. Master-Slave Flip-Flop

67. CMOS D-Latch and Edge-Triggered Flip-Flop

68. Dynamic Logic Circuits : Introduction

69. Basic Principles of Pass Transistor Circuits

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