ENPM610

Prerequisite: Must have completed undergraduate courses in solid state devices and digital/analog circuit design. VLSI design with emphasis on CMOS technology. Logic functions using CMOS switches; MOSFET characteristics; BiCMOS, dynamic logic and domino logic structures; PLA's, FPLA's, and gate arrays; layout via MAGIC, use of VHDL, IRSIM, and Spice; design rules and verification techniques; packaging techniques; chip design options: standard cells, sea-of-gates, full custom; design capture and verification tools; design of CMOS datapaths, memory, and control; possible fabrication via MOSIS.