ECE 425 - Introduction to VLSI System Design

Lectures

 

Week

Date

Topic

Readings

1 01/25

Introduction

 
  01/27 Design Partitioning W&H 1.1
  01/29 IC Fabrication W&H 1.3, 1.6
2 02/01

Combinatorial Circuits

full

W&H 1.4.1-1.4.8
  02/03 Sequential Circuits W&H 1.4.9
  02/05 Layout W&H 1.5.1-1.5.4
3 02/08 MIPS case study W&H 1.5.4-1.5.5
  02/10 CMOS Transistor Theory I  W&H 1.7-1.12
  02/12

CMOS Transistor Theory II 

transistor(MP0 Due)

full

W&H 2.1-2.3
4 02/15 MP1 overview W&H 2.4, 7.2
  02/17 Holiday  
  02/19 SPICE        (HW1 due) W&H 8.1-8.2
5 02/22 DC response W&H 11.1-11.4 
  02/24 Delay (1) W&H 11.8-11.9
  02/26 Delay (2) W&H 2.5 
6 03/01  Combinational Circuit Design, combinational_full W&H 4.1-4.3, 4.4.1-4.4.4, 4.5.1
  03/03

Sequential Circuit & Timing  

Full slides
W&H 9.1-9.2.2
  03/05  

 Wires , full (MP1 Due)

W&H 9.1-9.2.2
7 03/08 Adders, Adders_Full
 
Weste & Harris: 10.1-10.3.4   
  03/10

Datapath

 Datapath_full

W&H 6.1-6.2.2; 6.3.1-6.3.3; 6.4.1-6.4.2
  03/12 MP2 overview   
8 03/15 SRAM (1)  (HW2 due) W&H 12.1-12.2.5 and 12.5
  03/17 Review for exam 1   
  03/18 Exam 1 From lecture 1 to lecture on Wires
9 03/22

SRAM (2)

W&H 12.1-12.2.5 and 12.5
  03/24 Holiday

W&H 12.4-12.7

  03/26

PLA/FSM/ROMCAMs, ROMs, PLAs-full equations

 

W&H Appendix A
10 03/29 Modelling Digital Systems, Verilog W&H 5.1-5.3
  03/31 Design for Low Power W&H 13.1-13.4
  04/02 Special Topics  (MP2 cp due) W&H: 14.3
11 04/05 VLSI Design Styles W&H 7.1-7.3, 15.1-15.7
  04/07

VLSI CAD Tools

Weste & Harris: 14.4
  04/09

Circuit Pitfalls and Design for testability

 

G. De Micheli, Section 2.5-2.5.1 

12      04/12 Logic Synthesis (1)

G. De Micheli, Section 2.5.2

D. Chen and J. Cong, "DAOmap: a depth-optimal area optimization mapping algorithm for FPGA designs," ICCAD-2004

  04/14 Logic Synthesis (2) N. Sherwani 5.1-5.4, 6.1,
  04/16 Partitioning and Floorplanning  N. Sherwani 7-7.1, 7.4, 8-8.4, 9.1.3, 9.4.2 , Project presentations submission due
13 04/19 MP3 overview (MP2 due)
  04/21 Placement and Routing G. De Micheli, chapters 4, 5
  04/23 High Level Synthesis (HLS) supplement
14 04/26 Student Presentations  (HW3 due)  
  04/28 Student Presentations  
  04/30 Student Presentations  
15 05/03  Review for Exam 2 Adders to HLS, could have questions from MPs and HWs.
  05/05 Exam 2  
16 Exam day (MP3 due)