ECE 425 - Introduction to VLSI System Design

Lectures

 

Week

Date

Topic

Readings

1 01/20/2020

Holiday

 
  01/22/2020 Introduction W&H 1.1
  01/24/2020 Design Partitioning W&H 1.3, 1.6
2 01/27/2020 Combinatorial Circuits W&H 1.4.1-1.4.8
  01/29/2020 Sequential Circuits W&H 1.4.9
  01/31/2020 IC Fabrication W&H 1.5.1-1.5.4
3 02/03/2020 Layout, full_layout W&H 1.5.4-1.5.5
  02/05/2020 MIPS case study W&H 1.7-1.12
  02/07/2020 CMOS Transistor Theory I (MP0 Due) W&H 2.1-2.3
4 02/10/2020

CMOS Transistor Theory II

transistor_full

W&H 2.4, 7.2
  02/12/2020 MP1 overview  
  02/14/2020 SPICE        (HW1 due) W&H 8.1-8.2
5 02/17/2020 Adders, Adders_Full W&H 11.1-11.4 
  02/19/2020 Datapath, Datapath_full W&H 11.8-11.9
  02/21/2020 DC response  W&H 2.5 
6 02/24/2020 Delay  W&H 4.1-4.3, 4.4.1-4.4.4, 4.5.1
  02/26/2020

Combinational Circuit Design

W&H 9.1-9.2.2
  02/28/2020

combinational_full

 

W&H 9.1-9.2.2
7 03/02/2020

Sequential Circuit & Timing  

Full slides (MP1 Due)

Weste & Harris: 10.1-10.3.4   
  03/04/2020 Wires , full W&H 6.1-6.2.2; 6.3.1-6.3.3; 6.4.1-6.4.2
  03/06/2020 MP2 overview   
8 03/09/2020 SRAM (1)  (HW2 due) W&H 12.1-12.2.5 and 12.5
  03/11/2020 Review for exam 1   
  03/12/2020 Exam 1 (7:30-9pm, room ECEB 3013) From lecture 1 to lecture on Wires
  03/14-03/22 Spring Break  
9 03/23/2020

SRAM (2)

W&H 12.1-12.2.5 and 12.5
  03/25/2020 PLA/FSM/ROMCAMs, ROMs, PLAs-full equations

W&H 12.4-12.7

  03/27/2020 Modelling Digital Systems, Verilog W&H Appendix A
10 03/30/2020 Design for Low Power W&H 5.1-5.3
  04/01/2020 Special Topics W&H 13.1-13.4
  04/03/2020 VLSI Design Styles (MP2 cp due) W&H: 14.3
11 04/06/2020 Circuit Pitfalls and Design for testability W&H 7.1-7.3, 15.1-15.7
  04/08/2020

VLSI CAD Tools

Weste & Harris: 14.4
  04/10/2020 Logic Synthesis (1) 

G. De Micheli, Section 2.5-2.5.1 

12      04/13/2020 Logic Synthesis (2)

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

  04/15/2020 Partitioning and Floorplanning N. Sherwani 5.1-5.4, 6.1,
  04/17/2020 Placement and Routing (MP2 due) N. Sherwani 7-7.1, 7.4, 8-8.4, 9.1.3, 9.4.2 , Project presentations submission due
13 04/20/2020 MP3 overview  
  04/22/2020 High Level Synthesis G. De Micheli, chapters 4, 5
  04/24/2020 Student Presentations  
14 04/27/2020 Student Presentations  (HW3 due)  
  04/29/2020 Student Presentations  
  05/01/2020  Review for Exam 2  
15 05/04/2020 Exam 2 (Venue and time TBD) SRAM to High Level Synthesis, could have questions from MPs.
  05/07/2020 (MP3 due)