Lectures

Week -1: (27/12 to 02/01)

Lec01-Course introduction and evaluation scheme

Week -2: (03/01 to 09/01)

Lec02-Introduction to digital VLSI design and MOSFET structure (notes)

Lec03-PN junction basics and qualitative analysis (video) (notes)

Lec04-MOSFET structure and qualitative analysis (video) (notes)

Week -3: (10/01 to 16/01)

Lec05-MOSFET quantitative analysis and Level 1 SPICE model (video) (notes)

Week -4: (17/01 to 23/01)

Lec06-MOSFET characteristics and velocity saturation (video) (notes)

Week -5: (24/01 to 30/01)

Lec07-CMOS logic and pass transistor logic (video) (notes)

Lec08-CMOS inverter synthesis (video) (notes)

Lec09-Voltage Transfer Characteristics of CMOS inverter (video) (notes)

Lec10-Static and dynamic Pdiss and CMOS logic implementation (video) (notes)

Week -6: (31/01 to 06/02)

CT-1 exam

CT1 solutions (notes)

Lec11-CMOS Inverter fabrication and introduction to layout (video) (notes for Lec11 and Lec12)

Lec12-Layout design rules and unit inverter definition (video), stick diagram (video)

Week -7: (07/02 to 13/02)

Lec13-Unit inverter defn and Req of a MOS transistor (video) (notes)

Lec14-MOSFET sizing, capacitances and unit inverter propagation delay (video) (notes)

Week -8: (14/02 to 20/02)

Lec15-Propagation delay and contamination delay introduction (video) (notes)

Lec16-Rise delay and fall delay of NAND and NOR, Elmore's formula (video) (notes)

Lec17-Input reordering and introduction to external delay (video) (notes)

Week -9: (21/02 to 27/02)

Lec18-Electrical effort, logical effort and fanout4 delay (video) (notes)

Lec19-Pseudo NMOS logic design and transistor sizing (video) (notes)

Lec20-Tx gate, Dynamic CMOS, mux, FF design (video) (notes)

Week -10: (28/02 to 06/03)

Lec21-Discussion and doubt clarification on assignments (no recording)

Lec22-Introduction to memories (no recording)

Week -11: (07/03 to 13/03)

CT-2 exam

CT2 solutions discussion (notes)

Lec23-Lecture on layout and stick diagram (video) (notes)

Week -12: (14/03 to 20/03)

Lec24-Basic memory architecture, NAND and NOR mask ROMs, PROM (video)

Lec25-FLASH memory basics and FGMOS working (video)

Week -13: (21/03 to 27/03)

Lec26-DRAM and SRAM architecture and working (video)

Lec27-PLDs and comparison of ASICS, PLDs, FPGAs and CBICs (video)

Lec28- Testing principles, fault models and design for testability (video)

Week -14: (28/04 onwards)

End sem exams