This course aims to convey a
knowledge of advanced concepts of circuit design for digital LSI and VLSI
components in state of the art MOS and BiCMOS technologies. Emphasis is on the
circuit design, optimization, and layout of either very high speed, high density
or low power circuits for use in applications such as micro-processors, signal
and multimedia processors, memory and periphery. Special attention will be devoted to the most important challenges facing
digital circuit designers today and in the coming decade, being the impact of
scaling, deep submicron effects, interconnect, signal integrity, power
distribution and consumption, and timing. This will reflected in both the
lectures and the preferred projects.
