This unit includes digital system implementation; custom and semi-custom integrated circuits; programmable logic devices; silicon CMOS fabrication process, design rules; structured design methodology, circuit and layout design, circuit extraction and design verification; performance estimation, transistor and gate sizing; static, dynamic and pre-charged logic; sub-system design; system partitioning, communication, timing, clock distribution, clock skew; MOS device physics including band structure and device characteristics; MOS capacitors; technology scaling, benefits and limitations; small geometry effects; sub-threshold effects; two-dimensional modelling, high-field effects, hot... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Farid Boussaid
Prerequisites: ELEC2304 Physical Electronics 2
