The trend in design and manufacturing of very large-scale integrated (VLSI) circuits is towards smaller devices on increasing wafer dimensions. VLSI is the inter-disciplinary science of the process of creating an integrated circuit (IC) by combining thousands of transistors into a single chip. VLSI design can reduce the area of the circuit, making it less expensive and requiring less power.
The book gives an understanding of the underlying principles of the subject. It not only focuses on circuit design process obeying VLSI rules but also on technological aspects of prototyping and fabrication. All the clocking processes, interconnects, and circuits of CMOS are explained in this book in an understandable format. The book provides contents on VLSI Physical Design Automation, Design of VLSI Devices and also its Impact on Physical Design.
The book is intended as a reference book for senior undergraduate, first-year post graduate students, researchers as well as academicians in VLSI design, electronics & electrical engineering, and materials science. The basics and applications of VLSI design from STA, PDA and VLSI Testing along with FPGA based Prototyping are covered in a comprehensive manner.
The latest technology used in VLSI design is discussed along with the available tools for FPGA prototyping as well as ASIC design. Each unit contains technical questions with solutions at the end.
Technical topics discussed in the book include:
- Static Timing Analysis
- CMOS Layout and Design rules
- Physical Design Automation
- Testing of VLSI Circuits
- Software tools for Frontend and Backend design
Bhargava, Cherry: - Dr. Cherry Bhargava is working as an associate professor and head, VLSI domain, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Lovely Profes- sional University, Punjab, India. She has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. She is PhD (ECE), IKGPTU, M.Tech (VLSI Design & CAD) Thapar University and B.Tech (Electronics and Instrumentation) from Kurukshetra University. She is GATE qualified with All India Rank 428. She has authored about 50 technical research papers in the SCI, Scopus indexed quality journals and national/international conferences. She has 12 books related to reliability, artificial intelligence and digital electronics to her credit. She has registered three copyrights and filed 20 patents. She is the recipient of various national and international awards for being an outstanding faculty in engineering and an excellent researcher. She is an active reviewer and editorial member of various prominent SCI and Scopus indexed journals. She is a lifetime member of IET, IAENG, NSPE, IAOP, WASET and reliability research group. Her area of expertise includes the reliability of electronic systems, digital electronics, VLSI design, artificial intelligence, and related technologies.
Khanal, Gaurav Mani: - Dr. Gaurav Mani Khanal is working as a Post-doctoral researcher in DSP-VLSI lab, Department of Electronics Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Rome (Italy). He earned his PhD in Electronics Engineering (Memristor and Memristive System design and Fabrication) from the Uni- versity of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome (Italy), Rome (Italy). He has obtained Advanced Master's Degree in Wireless Systems and Related Technology from Politechnico Di Torino (Polytechnic University of Turin), Turin (Italy). Dr. Gaurav has completed a Master of Science (M.S) in Microelectronics and System Design from Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool (United Kingdom). He possesses excellent knowledge of 2D material especially ZnO- Graphene and their composite based low power semiconductor electronics devices (theory and fabrication), memristor/resistive switching device mod- elling, fabrication (spin and dip coating) and characterization (XRD, SEM, EIS). He has working experience with tools like Pspice, MATLAB, Mod- elSim, Tanner and Knowledge Verilog HDL for digital system design. He had hands-on experience of application development with Arduino, Xilinx Spartan FPGA and R-pi boards.
