1. An Introduction to VLSI (Very Large Scale Integrated) Circuit Design
Presented at EE1001 Oct. 25th, 2016
By Hua Tang

2. The First Computer

3. The first electronic computer (1946)

4. First Transistor (Bipolar)
Bell Labs, 1948

5. The First Integrated Circuits
Bipolar logic
1960’s
ECL 3-input Gate
Motorola 1966

6. Basic IC circuit component: MOS transistor
MOS: Metal Oxide Semiconductor

7. Intel 4004 Micro-Processor
1971
1000 transistors
< 1MHz operation
10μm technology

8. Intel Pentium (IV) microprocessor
2001
42 Million transistors
1.5 GHz operation
0.18μm technology

9. More recent Processors
2007
800 Million transistors
2 GHz operation
45nm technology
2010 Core i7
1.2 Billion transistors
3.3 GHz operation
32nm technology
2012 Core i7 (newer generations)
1.7 Billion transistors
4.0 GHz operation
22nm technology
nm, then 10nm in 20xx, and then???

10. Not Only Microprocessors
Analog
Baseband
Digital Baseband
(DSP + MCU)
Power
Management
Small
Signal RF RF
Cell Phone
HDTV
PDA ….

11. What is a MOS Transistor?
A Switch! |V GS |
An MOS Transistor

12. MOS Transistors - Types and Symbols
if G=“1” or Vdd
switch on G S
NMOS S
if G=“0” or Gnd
switch on G D
PMOS

13. The CMOS Inverter: A First Glance
out C L DD

14. CMOS Inverter First-Order DC AnalysisDD in =
V =0
out
V =V R n p DD

15. NMOS Transistors in Series/Parallel Connection
Transistors can be thought as a switch controlled by its gate signal
NMOS switch closes when switch control input is high

16. PMOS Transistors in Series/Parallel Connection

17. Example Gate: NAND

18. Example Gate: NOR

19. Full-Adder

20. The Binary Adder

21. Complimentary Static CMOS Full Adder
28 Transistors

22. The Ripple-Carry Adder

23.                            
SRAM Memory cell

24. The add-up 32-bit adder: >3,000 32-bit comparator: >3,000
32-bit multiplier: >50,000
1k SRAM: 6,000 …

25. Career in VLSI/IC Intel, AMD, Texas Ins.,,…
National Semi., Cypress Semi,….
Apple, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Samsung,…
Micron, Seagate, WesternDigital…
Cadence, Synopsys, MentorGraphics…
Xilinx, Altera, ….
Picture from “Beyond-CMOS Technology Roadmap”, An Chen, Emerging Research Devices (ERD), ITRS

26. Contact Information:
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27. Mess of Wire project: 8-bit CPU