ERDAL ORUKLU Ph.D.

ECE 429

INTRODUCTION TO VLSI DESIGN

• Course Objective
  To give students a clear understanding of the fundamental concepts of modern CMOS VLSI design. Students will learn the design of complex and high performance CMOS systems from system level to circuit level.

• Instructor: Erdal Oruklu
  Office: 301 Siegel Hall
  Phone: (312) 567-8814
  E-Mail:
  Office Hours: T, R 1:30PM - 3:00 PM

• Lecture Time: M, W 5:00-6:15 PM.
  Location: Engineering One (E1) Building Room 104.

• Required Textbook : “CMOS VLSI DESIGN: A Circuits and Systems Perspective” (3rd Ed.) by
  Neil H.E. Weste, and David Harris
  Addison-Wesley, 2005. ISBN: 0321149017
  

• References: "Digital Integrated Circuits - A Design Perspective, 2nd Edition''
  Authors: Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha Chandrakasan, and Borivoje Nikolic
  Prentice Hall 2003, ISBN: 0-13-090996-3
  
  "Modern VLSI Design: Systems on Silicon" 3rd Ed. by
  Wayne Wolf
  Prentice Hall 2002, ISBN: 0130619701
  

• Course Syllabus

• Class Mailing List. Please subscribe to the ece429 mailing list. You may use this list to e-mail the instructor or the TAs questions regarding the lectures, the lab sessions.

• Lectures:
  • Lecture 1: 08/29/05
  • Lecture 2: 08/31/05
  • Lecture 3: 09/07/05
  • Lecture 4: 09/12/05
  • Lecture 5: 09/14/05

• Lab Report. Click on the following link for instructions on the Lab Report Structure.

• Laboratory Experiments:
  • LAB1 manual
  • LAB2 manual
  • LAB3 manual

• Homework Assignments:
  
  • Homework Assignment 1 - Due 09/21/05

• Tutorials for Lab Experiments:
  • IRSIM tutorial
  • SUE tutorial1, SUE tutorial2, SUE tutorial3

• Remote Connection Software and Information:
  • http://www.ece.iit.edu/~eoruklu/courses/remote.htm

• Teaching Assistants and Lab Sessions:
  
  • Fernando Martinez Vallina -
    Lab session: T 8:35-11:00am
    Office Hour: TBD
  • Vibhuti Dave -
    Lab session: F 8:10-10:50am; S 9:00-11:40am
    Office Hour: TBD
  • John Moskal -
    Lab session: R 6:25-9:05pm
    Office Hour: T: 3:00-4:00; R: 5:00-6:00