VLSI

Curriculum

The Course Curriculam

Week 1: Introduction to VLSI

Basics of VLSI: What it is and why it matters.
Evolution of semiconductor technology (SSI, MSI, LSI, VLSI).
Moore’s Law and its implications on IC design.
Overview of design flow: Specification, Design, Simulation, and Fabrication.
Hands-on Practice: Explore basic logic design using tools like Xilinx ISE or Quartus.

Week 2: Digital Design Basics

Week 3: HDL (Hardware Description Language)

Week 4: CMOS Technology Basics

Week 5: VLSI Design Methodologies

Week 6: Verification Techniques

Week 7: Power and Performance Optimization

Week 8: Final Project and Industry Insights

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Course Information

Instructor: vedupskilling@gmail.com
Lesson: 34
Duration: 40h
Quizze: 0

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VLSI

The Course Curriculam

Week 1: Introduction to VLSI

Basics of VLSI: What it is and why it matters.

Evolution of semiconductor technology (SSI, MSI, LSI, VLSI).

Moore’s Law and its implications on IC design.

Overview of design flow: Specification, Design, Simulation, and Fabrication.

Hands-on Practice: Explore basic logic design using tools like Xilinx ISE or Quartus.

Week 2: Digital Design Basics

Combinational and sequential circuits.

Logic gates, multiplexers, flip-flops, and counters.

Boolean algebra and Karnaugh Maps for logic minimization.

Timing diagrams and clocking in digital circuits.

Hands-on Practice: Design a simple 4-bit ALU using HDL (Verilog or VHDL).

Week 3: HDL (Hardware Description Language)

Introduction to Verilog and VHDL.

Syntax, data types, and operators in HDL.

Writing and simulating behavioral and structural models.

Hands-on Practice: Simulate a 4-bit counter and test bench using Verilog/VHDL.

Week 4: CMOS Technology Basics

CMOS logic: Working principles, characteristics, and advantages.

CMOS fabrication process: Overview of steps.

Layout design rules and stick diagrams.

Hands-on Practice: Use Cadence or Mentor Graphics tools for simple CMOS layout. Month 2: Advanced Topics and Real-World Applications

Week 5: VLSI Design Methodologies

Overview of full-custom and semi-custom design.

ASIC vs. FPGA: Differences and applications.

RTL to GDSII design flow.

Hands-on Practice: Implement a basic design on FPGA using Xilinx Vivado.

Week 6: Verification Techniques

Functional verification: Testbenches and coverage metrics.

Introduction to UVM (Universal Verification Methodology).

Basics of timing analysis and static timing verification.

Hands-on Practice: Verify a digital design using simulation tools like ModelSim.

Week 7: Power and Performance Optimization

Low-power design techniques in VLSI.

Power-delay product and trade-offs.

Optimizing performance: Pipelining and parallelism.

Hands-on Practice: Optimize a design for power and simulate the results.

Week 8: Final Project and Industry Insights

Final Project: Design and verify a simple VLSI system (e.g., 8-bit processor or custom module).

Industry insights: Overview of trends like FinFETs, IoT chip design, and AI accelerators.

Preparing for VLSI industry roles: Resume building, interview preparation, and project presentation.

Presentation and feedback session.v