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CSCE 612: VLSI System Design
Instructor: Jason D. Bakos
Elements
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Semiconductors
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Silicon is a group IV element (4 valence electrons, shells: 2, 8, 18, …)
– Forms covalent bonds with four neighbor atoms (cubic crystal lattice)
– Si is a poor conductor, but conduction characteristics may be altered
– Add impurities/dopants (replaces silicon atom in lattice):
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Makes a better conductor
Group V element (phosphorus/arsenic) => 5 valence electrons
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Leaves an electron free => n-type semiconductor (electrons, negative carriers)
Group III element (boron) => 3 valence electrons
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Borrows an electron from neighbor => p-type semiconductor (holes, positive carriers)
+P-N junction
- +
+++ --- +
+++ --- +
+drift
forward bias
reverse bias
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MOSFETs
• Diodes not very useful for building logic
• Metal-oxide-semiconductor structures built onto substrate
– Diffusion: Inject dopants into substrate
– Oxidation: Form layer of SiO2 (glass)
– Deposition and etching: Add aluminum/copper wires
negative
charge (rel.
to body)
(GND)
positive charge
(Vdd)
PFET/NFET
current
body/bulk
GROUND
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+++
---
+++
channel
shorter length,
faster transistor
(dist. for
electrons)
PMOS/PFET
current
body/bulk
(S/D to body is
reverse-biased)
HIGH
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FETs as Switches
• NFETs and PFETs can act as switches
CMOS
logic
bulk
node not
shown
“and structure”
“or structure”
pull-up
OFF
pull-up
ON
pull-down
OFF
Z
(floating)
1
pull-down
ON
0
smokin’!
CMOS: assuming PU and
PN network are perfect
switches and switch
simultanously, no current flow
and no power consumption!
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Logic Gates
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NMOS devices (positive logic) form pulldown network
PMOS devices (negative logic) form pullup network
Implication: CMOS transistor-level logic
gates implement functions where may
the inputs are inverted (inverting gates)
Add inverter at inputs/outputs to create
non-inverting gate
NAND2
Y  A B
Y  A B
inv
YA
NOR2
NAND3
Y  A B
Y  A B
DeMorgan’s Law
A B  A  B
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Compound Gates
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Combine parallel and series structures to form
compound gates

 
Y  A B C  D
Example:
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Use DeMorgan’s law to determine complement (pulldown network):
Y   A  B   C   D
C
A
  
Y  A  B  C  D
Y   A  B   C  D
Y  A B C  D
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B
D
Y
A
C
B
D
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Pass Transistors/Transmission Gates
• NMOS passes strong 0 (pull-down)
• PMOS passes strong 1 (pull-up)
Pass transistor:
Transmission gate:
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Tristates
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Multiplexer
Transmission gate multiplexer
Inverting multiplexer
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Multiplexer
4-input multiplexer
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Latches
Positive level-sensitive latch
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Latches
Positive edge-sensitive latch
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IC Fabrication
• Inverter cross-section
field oxide
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IC Fabrication
• Inverter cross-section with well and substrate contacts
(ohmic contact)
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IC Fabrication
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Chips are fabricated using set of masks
– Photolithography
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Inverter uses 6 layers:
– n-well, poly, n+ diffusion, p+ diffusion,
contact, metal
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IC Fabrication
Furnace used to oxidize (900-1200 C)
Mask exposes photoresist to light,
allowing removal
HF acid etch
piranha acid etch
diffusion (gas) or ion implantation
(electric field)
HF acid etch
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IC Fabrication
Heavy doped poly is grown with gas in
furnace (chemical vapor deposition)
Masked used to pattern poly
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IC Fabrication
Metal is sputtered
(with vapor) and
plasma etched from
mask
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Layout Design Rules
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Design rules define ranges for features
– Examples:
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min. wire widths to avoid breaks
min. spacings to avoid shorts
minimum overlaps to ensure complete overlaps
– Measured in microns
– Required for resolution/tolerances of masks
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Fabrication processes defined by minimum channel width
– Also minimum width of poly traces
– Defines “how fast” a fabrication process is
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Lambda-based (scalable CMOS) design rules define scalable rules based
on l (which is half of the minimum channel length)
– classes of MOSIS SCMOS rules: SUBMICRON, DEEP SUBMICRON
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Layout Design Rules
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Layout Design Rules
• Transistor dimensions are in W/L ratio
– NFETs are usually twice the width
– PFETs are usually twice the width of NFETs
• Holes move more slowly than electrons (must be wider to deliver same
current)
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Layout
3-input NAND
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Design Flow
• Design flow is a sequence of steps for design and
verification
• In this course:
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Describe behaviors with VHDL/Verilog code
Simulate behavioral designs
Synthesize behaviors into cell-level netlists
Simulate netlists with cell-delay models
Place-and-route netlists into a physical design
Simulate netlists with cell-delay models and wire-delay models
• Need to define a cell library:
– Function
– Electrical characteristics of each cell
– Layout
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Cell Library (Snap Together)
Layout
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