Familiarization of simulation tools for VLSI design and different types of analyses with them – DC operating point analysis, DC sweep analysis, AC analysis, periodic steady state analysis, noise analysis, etc. Design and simulation of analog integrated circuits: MOS characteristics, single stage and differential amplifiers, and operational amplifiers. Design and simulation of digital integrated circuits: Inverter characteristics, combinational circuits, and sequential circuits. Design and simulation of mixed-signal integrated circuits: comparators and data converters.

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This is a program elective course for both UG and PG students. Here is a brief syllabus of the course: Review of MOSFETs: structure, operation, IV characteristics. CMOS inverter: properties, static and dynamic behavior, power dissipation, optimum sizingCombinational Circuits: static and dynamic CMOS circuits, complementary CMOS gates, design of CMOS circuit for Boolean expressions, propagation delay, logical effort, path delay optimization, asymmetric and skewed gates, mirror functions, arithmetic circuits. Sequential circuits: types and timing parameters of memory elements, bistable memory elements, design of memory elements. CMOS families: ratioed logic, differential cascode voltage switch logic, pass transistor logic, dynamic logic, etc.

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