Introduction to VLSI - Circuits and systems

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of modern VLSI design. It stresses the relationship among high-level system considerations, logic design, and silicon circuitry and fabrication in a manner that allows the reader to understand the field as a single composite discipline. The approach emphasizes the unique features of state-of-the-art CMOS VLSI that sets it apart from traditional digital systems design.

Table of Contents

• Preface.
• An Overview of VLSI.
• SILICON LOGIC.
• Logic Design with MOSFETs.
• Physical Structure of CMOS Integrated Circuits.
• Fabrication of CMOS Integrated Circuits.
• Elements of Physical Design.
• THE LOGIC-ELECTRONICS INTERFACE.
• Electrical Characteristics of MOSFETs.
• Electronic Analysis of CMOS Logic Gates.
• Designing High-Speed CMOS Logic Networks.
• Advanced Techniques in CMOS Logic Circuits.
• THE DESIGN OF VLSI SYSTEMS.
• System Specifications Using Verilog HDL.
• General VLSI System Components.
• Arithmetic Circuits in CMOS VLSI.
• Memories and Programmable Logic.
• System Level Physical Design.
• VLSI Clocking and System Design.
• Reliability and Testing of VLSI Circuits.
• Index.