Lectures 10 through 12: CMOS system design



Lecture 10: Clock distribution and interconnect

Purpose: Design issues of the chip infrastructure
Contents:
Packaging
Power distribution
Clock distribution
Literature:
Weste & Harris chapters 4 and 12



Lecture 11: Data path and memory subsystems

Purpose: How to design datapaths and memories for low lower
Contents:
Data path design
Memory design
Literature:
Weste & Harris chapters 10 - 11



Lecture 12: Testing and verification

Purpose: How to verify the bahaviour of CMOS circuits
Contents:
Fault modeling: stuck-at faults
Test pattern generation: D-algorithm
Testing: IDDQ-test and delay test
Verification
Design for test: scan path design
Boundary scan design and Built-In Self Test
Literature:
Weste & Harris chapter 9




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Associate professor Flemming Stassen, stassen@imm.dtu.dk