IL1203 Design of Digital Integrated Circuits - LSI 7.5 credits

An overview of IC development and trends. A review of basic properties of MOS transistors relevant for digital logic design. CMOS layout and design rules.

Process parameters. Design specification. Floorplan. The CMOS inverter,

physical layout and electrical properties. Static CMOS. Logic gates.

Boolean functions and dual expressions. Synthesis of CMOS- logic.

Design of buffer drivers and interface logic. Design of elementary

sequential logic circuits. Dynamic CMOS circuits. Design for testability.

Laboratory work and a design project are intended to give the students

good knowledge of design and verification of CMOS logic circuits.

Important requirements to pass the course are homeworks, related to exercises

and laboratory work, and an IC design project.

A written design specification is compulsory to start the project design phase.

The circuit behaviour must be verified by simulation and documented together with a description of the logic function and layout of circuit leaf cells of the integrated circuit. Finally the project is presented for a teacher and some students of the course.

After having completed the course a student should be able to

- analyse and synthesize digital logic CMOS circuits of LSI complexity
- apply theory and practice for designing digital logic circuits and logic system designs
- formulate and use computational models to solve problems of physical design types
- develope the geometric floorplan for the physical layout for the architecture of the circuit design
- manage a computer based graphic editor for physical circuit layou
- verify the design behavior specification using a simulator

IE1204 Digital Design.

Jan M. Rabaye : Digital Integrated Circuits :
A Design Perspective (2nd Edition)
Prentice-Hall 2003, ISBN 0-13-120764-4

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

• ANN1 - Project Work, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• LAB1 - Laboratory Course, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Grading scale: A/B/C/D/E/Fx/F

A written project report is required as well as the project must be presented for a teacher and some students of the course (ANN1 4,5 hp) .
Well done laboration Homeworks (LAB1 3 hp) .
For the grade A or B an extra account is needed

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.