BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI – K. K. BIRLA GOA CAMPUS

INSTRUCTION DIVISION

SECOND SEMESTER 2012-2013

Course Handout (Part II) Date: 07.01.2013

In addition to Part I (General Handout for all courses appended to the time table)

this portion gives further specific details regarding the course.

Course No. : MEL G641 Course Title : CAD for IC Design Instructor-in-charge : PRAVIN S. MANE

1. Scope and Objective of the course: To teach the basic concepts of CAD tools used for IC/VLSI Design process. To be conversant with the use of existing CAD tools and algorithms for all the stages of the design cycle of a VLSI chip design and to study the design issues involved in the development of CAD tools. Current trends in CAD tools for IC/VLSI design.

2. Text Book: (i) An Introduction to CAD for VLSI Author: S.M. Trimberger Publisher: Kluwer Academic Press 1987.

(ii) Algorithm for VLSI Physical Automation, 3rd Edition Author N. Sherwani Publisher: Kluwer Academic Press, 1998

3. Reference Books

a) VLSI Physical Design Automation: Theory and practice Author: Sait and H.Youssef Publisher: World Scientific Press, 1999 b) Computer Aids for VLSI Design

Author: S.M.Rubin Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1987

c) Simulation in the Design of Digital systems Author J.B.Gosling Publisher: CUP, 1993

d) Introduction to VLSI Systems Author: Carver Mead and Lynn Conway Publisher: Addison-Wesley,1980

e) A VHDL Primer, 3rd Edition, Author: J. Bhaskar Publisher: Pearson Prentice-Hall, 1999

f) Verilog HDL Author: Samir Palnitkar Publisher: Pearson Education Asia

4. Course Plan

Topic Lectures An introduction to Cad for IC Design 1 CAD: A general overview 2 IC Design Flows and Cad Tools 4 HDLs (VHDL/Verilog Modeling) 7 Schematic, Layout and Stick Editors 5 Overview of CIF 2 Partitioning and Assignment 4 Placement and Routing 6 High Level Synthesis 4 Overview of simulation 1 Behavioral and Functional simulation Logic and Mixed mode simulation

1 1

Fault simulation and ATPG Current trends in CAD tools

2 1

TOTAL 41

5. Evaluation schedule:

Com. Duration Weightage (%)

Date & Time

Remarks

Test I * * * * Test II * * * *

Comprehensive 3 Hrs 40 13.05.2013 02.00 – 5.00 PM

Closed Book

Project/Lab Assignments

Continuous 10 - -

Seminar Continuous 10 -

-

* Will be declared later

6. Chamber consultation hour: Will be declared later 7. Notices: EEE Notice Board / FTP / moodle.

(Instructor-in-charge) MEL G641