EEE413 INTRODUCTION TO VLSI DESIGN
| Course Code: | 3560413 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 4 (3.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ALİ MUHTAROĞLU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
With the relentless drive to reduce cost, size, and power consumption while at the same time achieving performance goals, chip design issues (a.k.a. Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit Design concerns) are at the center of electronics industry. CMOS digital circuit design, simulation, and layout flow will be introduced in this course, and applied in assignments using state-of-the-art CAD tools commonly used in the VLSI design industry. Students will use design metrics such as size, speed, power dissipation, energy, and reliability to optimize IC design. Special subsystems (memory, packaging, I/Os, power and clock distributions), testability issues, and few common analog IC building blocks will finally be discussed as time allows.
Course Content
For course details, see https://catalog2.metu.edu.tr.Course Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this course, the student will be able to:
1) Apply mathematical methods and circuit analysis models to analyze CMOS digital electronic circuits.
2) Analyze, design, and layout combinational and sequential digital circuits of moderate complexity.
3) Apply introductory knowledge of MOS transistor and interconnect physics to identify fundamental integrated circuit design constraints; performance, power, testability interactions, and robust design concepts.
4) Identify typical subsystems in digital VLSI integrated circuits such as datapaths, controllers, memory arrays, clock and power distribution networks, and I/Os.
5) Use Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) tools to design, model, and simulate moderately complex digital integrated circuits using a provided CMOS process technology.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to use mathematics, engineering theory and fundamentals of engineering in solving engineering related problems | ✔ | |||
| 2 | An ability to design and analyze Electrical and Electronic systems | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability to reach the required information and use that information effectively to solve engineering problems | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Successfully adapt to evolving technologies and stay current with their professions, | ✔ | |||
| 5 | An ability to function and communicate well in multidisciplinary teams | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution