CMOS Gate Array Design Exercise 1999-2000

Final Submission Details

Final Report

You are required to write a single group report on the work you have done for this exercise.

You should already have written an interim report on the work carried out last semester. Your new report should contain all the relevant information from the interim report. Your full report should not assume that the reader has access to the interim report.

• Final report deadline is five working days after your last laboratory session for D2.

• Marks will be awarded for the following:
  • The design of the circuit and how well it meets the specification.

    Remember to include a clear and simple circuit diagram.

  • The inclusion of testability at the design stage.

    Remember to include a diagram which shows all testability inputs and outputs as well as the system inputs and outputs.

  • The implementation of the design onto silicon along with any measures taken to avoid errors.

    Remember to include a completed ULA template with gates and outputs uniquely identified.

  • Testing of the finished circuit.

    Include information on the various circuits constructed as well as the test vectors used.

  • An analysis of all systematic failures.

    An updated circuit diagram may help here.

  • A completed wafer map showing all random failures.

    Information too complex for a wafer map may be included in tabular form.

  The report should clearly document all of the above, further marks will be available for the quality of the documentation. No marks are available for returning to me, photocopies of documents I provided for you.

• An appendix to the report should indicate how the project was managed and how the tasks were divided amongst the members of the group.

Project Completion Form

Appended to this document there should be a project completion form. It provides a record of your achievements in the laboratory.

You should ensure that this form is completed and signed during the laboratory. The completed form must be appended to your report.

Team Responsibility

• Good teamwork and group management are essential for this project.

• The whole team is responsible for the whole project.

  Where a team member does not pull his or her weight, it is possible to flag this problem in the documentation and marks may be adjusted accordingly. Where one team member makes a mistake, the team is responsible for checking the work and correcting or compensating for this mistake.

• The whole team is responsible for the whole of the report.

  The report should read as a single document. You should allow time to read the whole document before it is submitted. A high degree of co-ordination is required in order to avoid contradictions and omissions.