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EX-803 (C) RGPV B.Tech

VLSI circuits and systems (VCS)

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Syllabus, notes and important questions for EX-803 (C)

Syllabus units

Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 MOSTRANSISTORPRINCIPLE 8 topics
  • NMOS and PMOS transistors
  • Process parameters for MOS and CMOS
  • Electrical properties of CMOS circuits and device modeling
  • Scaling principles and fundamental limits
  • CMOS inverter scaling
  • Propagation delays
  • Stick diagram
  • Layout diagrams
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 COMBINATIONAL LOGIC CIRCUITS 6 topics
  • Examples of combinational logic design
  • Elmore’s constant
  • Pass transistor logic
  • Transmission gates
  • Static and dynamic CMOS design
  • Power dissipation – low‑power design principles
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 SEQUENTIALLOGICCIRCUITS 7 topics
  • Static and dynamic latches and registers
  • Timing issues
  • Pipelines
  • Clock strategies
  • Memory architecture and memory control circuits
  • Low‑power memory circuits
  • Synchronous and asynchronous design
Unit 3 notes
Unit 4 DESIGNINGARITHMETICBUILDINGBLOCKS 9 topics
  • Data‑path circuits
  • Architectures for ripple‑carry adders
  • Carry‑look‑ahead adders
  • High‑speed adders
  • Accumulators
  • Multipliers
  • Dividers
  • Barrel shifters
  • Speed and area trade‑off considerations
Unit 4 notes
Unit 5 IMPLEMENTATIONSTRATEGIES 4 topics
  • Full‑custom and semi‑custom design
  • Standard‑cell design and cell libraries
  • FPGA building‑block architectures
  • FPGA interconnect routing procedures
Unit 5 notes
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