CMOS VLSI by Vinayak Pachkawade, PhD

CMOS VLSI technology has ascended to the preeminent position in modern electronic system design. This technology has enabled the widespread use of wireless communication, Internet of things, and the personal computers. The inventions and innovations in this technology in the past two decades has seen a rapid and enormous growth. The transistor counts and clock frequencies of state-of-the-art integrated chips have grown by orders of magnitude. Power consumption of the chips is one of the concern today in chip design.

This course will provide you the fundamentals and most relevant information in the semiconductor/VLSI/IC design process (with breadth and depth). The course will provide you the detailed information on the VLSI technology and equip you with the knowledge and the skills required to understand and perform the jobs in the VLSI industry. The course starts with the basics of CMOS logic/transistors/circuits and advances through many examples to the process of IC design and fabrication. This course is tailored for beginners who are interested in VLSI design, digital logic/circuit design and verification. The course will start with providing the background on the VLSI IC design flow used in ASIC/SoC design in the industry.

The course contains detailed lectures and hands-on exercises. Each lecture has downloadable resources which you can use as a reference material. Most of the course contents contain brainstorming exercises/assignments/homework, so you'll learn extra to strengthen your understanding and the skills. Most importantly, a set of revision lectures are provided in Section 2 to not only brush-up the contents we learn in section 1, but also to provide you details and in-depth understanding, examples and know-how of the subject.

Course specific experience of an instructor:-

Dr. Vinayak Pachkawade holds a solid understanding of VLSI technology, in particular CMOS process and has a direct tape-out experience collaborating with TSMC and UMC foundries in Taiwan through 0.35µm and 0.18μm process. He is proficient in the design of analog/digital/sensor interface circuits. He also has handson experience with the design of capacitive sensors using foundry layers, and developing electronics hardware for test and characterization. Importantly, Dr. Pachkawade has hands-on experience with the industry EDA tools used for analog IC design such as I) Synopsis (HSPICE), II) Cadence ICFB suite for schematic capture, III) Cadence Virtuoso for Layout, Assura DRC & LVS, and IV) Mentor Graphics IC Station for schematic capture and layout, Caliber DRC & LVS. Dr. Pachkawade currently teaching a course on CMOS VLSI/Physical Design.

Wish you happy learning!