ECE 425
Intro to VLSI System Design

Credit:  3 hours.


Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology and theory; CMOS circuit and logic design; layout rules and techniques; circuit characterization and performance estimation; CMOS subsystem design; Very-Large-Scale Integrated (VLSI) systems design methods; VLSI Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools; laboratory experience in custom VLSI chip design on workstations using concepts of cell hierarchy; final project involving specification, design, and evaluation of a VLSI chip or VLSI CAD program; and written report and oral presentation on the final project. Same as CS 435 and CSE 433. Prerequisite: ECE 385 and ECE 411; or CS 232.