VLSI Design
The topic of the course VLSI Design is the systematic approach to design digital integrated circuits (Very Large Scale Integration / VLSI).
Content
Goal of VLSI Design is to teach the central aspects of designing digital integrated circuits by a systematic approach and methodology. The course covers the whole spectrum of the design: it starts with specifications on system level and ends at the generation and verification of layout masks, which are needed for production.
The content offered in the lectures is accompanied by a lab exercise where participants have the chance to put the knowledge into practice by using the latest professional design tools as they are used in semiconductor industry.
Konstruktionsübung
In the Konstruktionsübung (lab) students design an integrated digital circuit that implements an algorithm with relevance in digital communications. By applying a hierarchical structuring of the circuit, many principles of VLSI design become clear. The VLSI lab centers on the description of circuits using hardware-description languages but it also covers algorithmic improvements and optimizations on cirucit level.
More about the Konstruktionsübung (lab): practicals
Exams
The VO has a written exam with a duration of 90 minutes. No materials are allowed. Typically, there are three exams per semester.
Past exams: downloads
News
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 06.03.2012 | 01 VLSI Design SS2012 starts at 9:15 in IAIKs seminar room. |
| 13.03.2012 | 02 Design Methodology 8:30 (!). |
| 20.03.2012 | 03 Architectural Design & Computer Arithmetic 9:15. |
| 27.03.2012 | 04 ASIC Design Flow - 9:15. |
| 24.04.2012 | 04 ASIC Design Flow (cont'd) - 8:30 (!). |
| 08.05.2012 | 05 FPGA Design Flow & HDL Modeling - 9:15. |
| 15.05.2012 | 06 Synchronous Clocking - 9:15. |
| 22.05.2012 | 07 Synchronous Clocking (cont'd) & Clock Distribution - 9:15. |
| 05.06.2012 | 08 CMOS Technology - 9:15. |
Practicals
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Title: VLSI Design
Course-Number: 705.042
Lecturer: Thomas Plos
E-Mail: Thomas.Plos@iaik.tugraz.at
Newsgroup: tu-graz.lv.vls-design
TUG-Online: TUG-Online
Literature
The comprehensive VLSI book from Hubert Käslin serves as main literature for the VLSI course. In addition, the lecture slides are relevant.
Hubert Käslin,
Digital Integrated Circuits,
Cambridge Press, ISBN 9780521882675, 2008.
TUG Library: www.ub.tugraz.at
Amazon: www.amazon.de