Digital Microelectronic Circuits

Code Cours
2223-JUNIA-M1S2-MB-ST-903
Language of instruction
English, French
Teaching content
MB-ST
Training officer(s)
E.DUBOIS
Stakeholder(s)
B.STEFANELLI, E.DUBOIS
Level
Master
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
No prerequisite
Goal
At the end of this class unit, a student must be able to:
1) Calculate the current-voltage characteristics of diodes, bipolar transistors and metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors
2) Properly explain the mechanisms of charge transport in the above mentioned devices
3) Derive the voltage transfer characteristic (VTC) of a basic bipolar inverter stage
4) Derive the voltage transfer characteristic (VTC) of elementary CMOS circuits
5) Implement and properly design simple combinational logic circuits
6) Explain the operation of clocked circuits
7) Extract a circuit schematic from a circuit layout
Presentation
Chap. 1 - Properties of digital circuits Definitions, voltage transfer characteristic (VTC), noise margin
Chap. 2 - Elementary digital bipolar circuits -The bipolar inverter stage in static regime, Analysis of different operating modes, The saturation regime and its numerical treatment, Calculation of the VTC
Chap. 3 - The Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) Transistor: Introduction
Chap. 4 - The MOS capacitance: The ideal flatband condition, Different operating regimes, Calculation of the threshold voltage, The MOS capacitance
Chap. 5 - The MOS Transistor: Structure, Current-voltage model (Memmelinck diagram), Different types of MOS transistors, Dynamic model, Elements of advanced MOS modeling
Chap. 6 - Elementary MOS Circuits: The MOS inverter, Inverter with passive resistor load, CMOS inverter, Gate delay, fan-in, fan-out, The CMOS switch
Chap. 7 - Combinational circuits: Implementation & device sizing, Power consumption, delays and other issues
Chap. 8 - Clocked circuits: Latches & flip-flops, Dynamic logic
Chap. 9 - Process & layout: CMOS process, Layout: devices and parasitics, Interconnections, ESD protection

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Face to face
Lectures - face to face 14,00 The lecture is based on slides presentation which is made available to students
Exercises 14,00 Exercices are a direct practical application of the lecture
Independent study
Independent study 55,00
Overall student workload 83,00
Evaluation
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Continuous assessment
Test 2,00 1 34,00
Final Exam
Intermediate exam 4,00 1 66,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliography
Digital Integrated Circuits: a design Perspective - Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha Chandrakasan, Borivoje Nikolic

Prentice Hall, 2002 ISBN 0-13-394271-6

Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits - D.A. Hodges, H.G. Jackson

Second Edition - 1988 McGraw-Hille - ISBN 0-07-029158-6

Internet resources
Digital Integrated Circuits
Web site related to the proposed biobliography "Digital Integrated Circuits: a design Perspective" by Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha Chandrakasan, Borivoje Nikolic