Module B: Integrated Circuits

CMOS inverter: design, implementation, transfer function, noise margins, delay, power consumption. Design of combinational and sequential CMOS circuits in different technologies.

Design of basic arithmetic logic blocks: adders, multipliers, shift registers. Design and implementation of memory circuits: SRAM, DRAM, DDRAM, SDRAM and others.

Technology implementation of complex digital integrated circuits and systems: standard cells, gate arrays, FPGA devices.

Design of basic analog blocks: current mirrors and current sources, current and voltage reference circuits, differential stages, output stages, differential amplifiers.

Influence of modern target technologies on circuit characteristics. 

Solid knowledge of integrated circuits and systems. Gained knowledge forms the solid basis for designing integrated circuits from the transistor level up to the high-level system description in hardware discription language.

Lectures and tutorials.