Digital IC and Systems Design

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Analyse the performance of synchronous systems
• Describe the principles of asynchronous circuits
• Describe architectures for Arithmetic Datapath Blocks

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Design and layout simple digital CMOS logic gates

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The Principles of CMOS Digital Circuits
• Power-reduction techniques

Introduction to IC Design

• IC system design options
• CMOS processing, layout and design rules
• Stick diagrams
• Static complementary gates
• System design using standard cells

Timing Schemes in Digital Systems

• Principles of Synchronous Design
• Clock trees and clock management
• Asynchronous Circuits
• Design and implementation of Synchronisers
• Metastability in Digital System

Design of large digital Systems

• Fundamental concepts of datapath and controller
• Circuit Power Consumption, design tradeoffs speed-power, introduction to low power circuit design
• Design hierarchy

Architecture of Arithmetic Datapath Blocks (Adders and Multipliers)

• Comparision of standard designs
• Complexity analysis
• Delay analysis

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.