ECE262/462 - VLSI Project

 
Professor - lectures Martin Margala 5-2125 CSB 419 margala@ece.rochester.edu

Class time and place

MWF 10:00-10:50  in CSB 523

Office hours (lecture)

Special help sessions are available by appointment at other times.

Reference materials

A required textbook for the course will be available in the bookstore: Other References:
Pedram, Rabaey Low-Power Methodology, IEEE Press
Sanches-Sinencio, Andreou Low-Voltage Low-Power Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Press

Course notes

Lecture notes will be regularly posted on the course-web site.
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6

Assignments

Three assignments will be given out. Your solutions will be marked. Your solutions are due on a specific due date. No extensions will be granted and late assignments will not be accepted.

Exams

There are no scheduled exams.

Marking Scheme

Assignments 30%
Project 70%

Course Outline

  1. Low-Power VLSI Design: An Overview
  2. Low-Voltage Process Technology
  3. Low-Voltage Device Modeling
  4. Low-Voltage Low-Power VLSI CMOS Circuit Design
  5. Low-Power Memory Circuits
  6. Low-Power VLSI CMOS Subsystem Design
  7. Low-Power VLSI Design Methodology