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Introduction to VLSI Course Work
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Course Work
Presentation 20% (Tuesday March 4, 3-6PM)
Final Examination 40% (March 20, midnight)
Project 40% (March 20, midnight) <by email>
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Course Project (40%) Deadline: March 20, midnight
Implement the layout of ONE of the following by using standard cells and also full custom design.
64-bit adder <less 5% marks if selected>
64-bit multiplier
64-bit priority encoder
64-bit comparator
Use any available CMOS technology
Compare in a table the layout area, power, worst case delay, design time, and number of transistors of the VHDL design and the custom design.
You are expected to deliver a report of maximum 4 double column pages following IEEE conference style for your design (one extra page = -4%).
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Presentation (20%) Deadline: Tuesday March 4, 3-6PM
Provide a 10 minutes presentation on ONE of the following topics:
Clock and Data Recovery (CDR)
Two MEMS applications of your choice other than Accelerometer and Angular rate sensors
Cognitive Radio
Internet of Things
FINFET Processing flow
Network on Chip (NoC) for SoC design
Embedded software architectures
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Introduction to VLSI Dr. Hassan Mostafa
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Contents
CMOS Processing
Scaling
Memory Design: RAM/ROM
Controller: Finite-State Machines
Data-path: Shifters, Adders, Multipliers
SoC Subsystems
Digital Implementation Strategies: ASIC/FPGA
Layout and Design Rules
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References
Textbooks referenced
[Rab96] J. M. Rabaey “Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective” Prentice Hall, 1996.
Slides used(Modified)
[©Prentice Hall] © Prentice Hall 1995, © UCB 1996 Slides for [Rab96] http://bwrc.eecs.berkeley.edu/Classes/IcBook/instructors.html
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Registers
Used for storing data
Structure
N-bit wide
read/write
Clocked
Static/dynamic implementation
Register files
Multiple read/write ports possible
Example: 32-bit wide by 16-bit deep, dual-port parallel read, single port parallel write register file
Itanium processor has 183 x 132-bit registers
. . .
16 w
ord
s
32 bits
32
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Implementing Registers Using Logic Gates
Flip-flops
Simple SR latch:
Flip-flops
- JK, D, T
- Clocked
- Master-slave (edge-triggered)
S
R
Q
Q
Q
Q
S
R
S R Q Q’
1 1 Q Q’
1 0 0 1
0 1 1 0
0 0 x x
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f
S
f
R
Implementing Registers in CMOS
Direct gate implementation too costly
A master-slave JK flip-flop uses 38 CMOS transistors
Directly implement in transistors
Example: clocked SR FF latch
Q
Q
Note: carefully size the
S, R and f transistors so that we can write
Q
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Implementing Registers in CMOS (cont.)
Another example: D latch (register)
Uses transmission gate
When “WR” asserted, “write” operation will take place
Stack D latch structures to get n-bit register
D
WR
Q Q
WR
WR
WR
Transmission gate
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Shift Registers: Idea
Shift registers are used for iteratively shifting data
Used in pipelining, bit-by-bit processing, etc.
D
D1
f
f D1 D2
f
f D2 D3
f
f D3
D1 D2 D3 • Problem?
When clock goes high, the data will traverse all the shift registers chain in one clock cycle!
Solution: use non overlapping clocks f1 and f2. f1 used by odd gates, f2 by even gates (use xmission gates after D1’, D2’, D3’).
Use non-overlapping clocks
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Memory (Array) Design
Array of bits
Area very important
Memory takes considerable area in processor chips
Compaction results in fewer memory chip modules, more on-chip cache
Timing and power consumption of memory blocks have significant impact on the system
Different types
RAM (SRAM, DRAM, CAM)
ROM (PROM, EEPROM, FLASH)
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Memory Design (cont.)
Static vs. dynamic RAM
Dynamic needs refreshing
- Refreshing: read, then write back to restore charge
- Either periodically or after each read
Static (SRAM)
Data stored as long as supply voltage is applied
Large (6 transistors/cell)
Fast
Dynamic (DRAM)
Periodic refresh required
Small (1-3 transistors/cell)
Slower
Special fabrication process
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word select lines
Storage cells
Memory Architecture: the Big Picture
Address: which one of the M words to access
Data: the N bits of the word are read/written
Word 0
Word 1
Word M-2
Word M-1
. . .
N bits
S0
S1
S2
SM-2
SM-1
...
Word 0
Word 1
Word M-2
Word M-1
. . .
N bits
S0
S1
S2
SM-2
SM-1
...
Decoder
...
A0
A1
Ak-1
Address
decoder
k = log2 (M)
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Memory Access Timing: the Big Picture
Timing:
Send address on the address lines, wait for the word line to become stable
Read/write data on the data lines
READ
WRITE
DATA
Read Access Read Access
Read Cycle
Data Valid Data Written
Write Access
Write Cycle
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Memory Cell: Static RAM (6 transistors)
6-transistor cell
Must adjust inverters for input coming through n-type pass gate
Sense amplifier (read) and Driver (write)
Bus drivers
Must adjust sense-amplifier for input coming through n-type pass gate
Condition for read
Condition for write Rd/WR
Sj (WL)
biti (BL) biti
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CMOS SRAM Analysis (Read)
WL
BL
V DD
M 5
M 6
M 4
M 1 V DD V DD V DD
BL
Q = 1 Q = 0
C bit C bit
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CMOS SRAM Analysis (Read)
0
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
0.5 1 1.2 1.5 2
Cell Ratio (CR)
2.5 3
Vo
lta
ge
Ris
e (
V)
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CMOS SRAM Analysis (Write)
BL = 1 BL = 0
Q = 0
Q = 1
M 1
M 4
M 5
M 6
V DD
V DD
WL
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CMOS SRAM Analysis (Write)
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6-Transistor Memory Array
8 words deep RAM, 2 bits wide words
To write to word j:
Set Sj=1, all other S lines to 0
Send data on the global bit0, bit0’, bit1, bit1’
To read word k:
Set Sk=1, all other S lines to 0
Sense data on bit0 and bit1.
Rd/WR
bit1 bit1
Rd/WR
bit0 bit0
S0
S1
S7
bit1 bit1 bit0 bit0
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Dynamic RAM 3-Transistor Cell
3-transistor cell
No p-type transistors yield a very compact layout for cell
No Vdd connection
Sense Amplifier must be able to quickly detect dropping voltage
WR
data in data out
Rd – Precharge data_out’ to
generate ‘1’ outputs
precharge
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Dynamic RAM 3-Transistor Cell: Timing
Value stored at node X when writing a “1”=VWR-VTn
WR
data in data out
Rd
precharge
X
WR
Rd
X
data in
data out
Vdd-VT
DV
Vdd
Vdd
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Dynamic RAM 1-Transistor Cell
1-transistor cell
Storage capacitor is source of cell transistor
Special processing steps to make the storage capacitor large
Charge sharing with bus capacitance
(Ccell << Cbus) why? Extra demand on sense
amplifier to detect small changes
Destructive read (must write immediately)
Si (WL)
Storage
capacitor
Precharge to middle voltage level
Bi
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Dynamic RAM 1-Transistor Cell: Timing
Write: Cs is charged/discharged
Read
Voltage swing is small (~250 mV)
Charge sharing: Cs*(Vx)+CBL*(VDD/2) = (Cs+CBL)*Vfinal
Voltage change = Vfinal - VDD/2
WL
X
BL
Vdd/2
V dd
GND
Write "1" Read "1"
sensing
Vdd-VT
Vdd/2
WL
BL
X
Cs
CBL
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Dynamic RAM 1-Transistor Cell: Observations
DRAM memory cell is single-ended
Read operation is destructive
Unlike 3T cell, 1T cell requires presence of an extra capacitance that must be explicitly included in the design
When writing a “1” into a DRAM cell, a threshold voltage is lost
Set WL to a higher value than Vdd
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RAM Cells: Summary
Static
Fastest (no refresh)
Simple design
Right solution for small memory arrays such as register files and cache memories
Dynamic
Densest: 1T is best and is the way to go for large memory arrays
Built-in circuitry to step through cells and refresh (can do more than one word at a time)
Sense amplifier needed for fast read operation
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Read Only Memory (ROM) Cells: MOS NOR
To store constants data or invariant code
Popular for control implementation
Store program or state machine
Programmable logic array structure
Can be precharged
Transistor exist 0, No transistor 1
bit1 bit2 bit3
read1
read2
0 1 0
0 0 1
MOS
NOR
ROM
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ROM Cell: MOS NOR Layout
Programming of the memory can be delayed to one of last process steps
Metal1 on top of diffusion
Basic cell
10 l x 7 l
GND (diffusion)
Metal1
Polysilicon
WL0
WL1
WL2
WL3
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ROM Cell: MOS NAND
All word lines high by default with exception of selected row
WL0
WL1
WL2
WL3
Pullup devices
BL0 BL1 BL2 BL3
Transistor exist 1
No transistor 0
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ROM Cell: MOS NAND: Layout
No contact to Vdd or GND necessary drastically reduced cell size
Loss in performance compared to NOR ROM
Why?
Basic cell
5l x 6l
Threshold
implant
Polysilicon
Diffusion
lowering
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ROM Cells: Summary
Mask programmability
Precharged vs. pseudo
NAND cell, NOR cell
Area (NAND wins)
Speed (NOR wins)
Other types: EEPROM, etc.
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Non-Volatile Memory Cells
Programmable after fabrication
Keep their configuration even after the supply voltage is disconnected
Basic idea:
Use a floating strip of polysilicon between the substrate and the gate
Put charges on the floating gate
Increase threshold voltage disable the device
Different types based on the erasure method
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Floating-Gate Transistor (FAMOS)
Source Drain
Gate Floating gate
t ox
t ox
Substrate
n + n + p
(a) Device cross-section
S
D
G
(b) Schematic symbol
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Floating-Gate Transistor: Programming
D S
20 V
20 V
D S
0 V
0 V 10V 5V - 5 V
D S
5 V
5 V - 2.5 V
Avalanche injection.
Removing
programming voltage
leaves charges
trapped
Programming
results in
higher VT
- - - - - - - -
- -
- -
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FLOTOX EEPROM
Source Drain
Gate Floating gate
Substrate n+ n+
10 nm
20-30 nm
(a) Flotox transistor
V GD
I
(b) Fowler-Nordheim
I-V characteristics
10 V
-10 V
p
BL
WL
V DD
(c) EEPROM cell during a read operation
Programmed 1
Not programmed 0
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FLASH EEPROM
n+ drain n+ source
p-substrate
Control gate
Floating gate
programming
erasure Thin tunneling oxide
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Cross-Section of NVM Cells
Courtesy Intel
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Characteristics of Some NVM Cells
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Emerging Technologies (Non-volatile)
• Why can’t your pc simply turn on like your television?
• MRAM uses magnetism rather than electrical power to store bits of data.
• No refresh is needed to retain the data.
• For users of laptops and other mobile devices, such as MP3 players and cell phones, MRAM is the holy grail of longer battery life.
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Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR)
Two thin films of
altering ferromagnetic
materials and a non-
magnetic layer-spacer.
(%)R RR
GMRR R
D 10-80% decrease in electrical
resistance
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Tunnel Magnetoresistance (TMR)
Two thin films of
altering ferromagnetic
materials and an
insulating spacer.
Fe/MgO/Fe junctions reach over 200% decrease in
electrical resistance at room temperature
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MRAM
One of the two plates is a permanent magnet set to a
particular polarity, the other's field will change to match that
of an external field.
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MRAM: Reading process
Transistor is “ON”
Measuring of electrical
resistance of a small
sense current from a
supply line through the
cell to the ground.
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MRAM: Writing process
Transistor is “OFF”
When current is
passed through the
write lines,
an induced magnetic
field is created at the
junction, which alters
the polarity of the free
layer.
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MRAM: Characteristics
• Non-volatility
• Infinite endurance
(Number of cycles till
failure)
• High speed
performance
• Low cost
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Memristor / RRAM
Memristor, HP labs Memristor symbol
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History
2008: HP has a working memristor prototype
End of 1990s: Research on resistance switching
1971: The theory of the Memristor
1960s: Resistance switching
t
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Applications
Memristor, HP labs
DRAM
Mass storage devices
RRAM, successor to: Memristor
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Physics
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Reading Material Not included in final examination
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0 0 0
0
1
0
0
0
0 1 0 1
0
0 …
Memory Cell Array Interface: Example
Memory parameters:
16-bit wide
1024-word deep
Accessing word 9
Address = 00000010012
16 bits
S0
S1
S2
S1022
S1023
...
Decoder
...
A0
A1
A9
Word 0
Word 1022
Word 1023
. . .
.
.
.
Word 9
Word 1
Word 2
SenseAmp /
Drivers
16 bits
S9 A2
A3
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Memory Cell Array Layout
Memory performance (speed)
Storage cell speed (read, write)
Data bus capacitance
Periphery: address decoders, sense amplifiers, buffers
Memory area
Cell array layout
How to layout the cells array?
Linear is bad:
- Long data busses
- A lot of cells connected to data bus
- Decoder will have a lot of logic levels N bits
S0
S1
S2
SM-2
SM-1
...
Decoder
...
A0
A1
Ak-1
Word 0
Word M-2
Word M-1
. . .
Word 1
Word 2
SenseAmp /
Drivers
N bits
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Memory Cell Array Layout (cont.)
Group the M words into M/L rows, each containing L words
Benefits?
N bits
S0..L-1
SL..2L-1 Row
Decoder
...
Alog L
Alog L+1
Ak-1
Word 0
SAmp/Drv
S2L..3L-1
Word 1 . . . Word L-1
Word L Word L+1 . . . Word 2L-1
Word 2L Word 2L+1 . . . Word 3L-1
Word M-L . . . . . . Word M-1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
SM-L..M-1
N bits N bits . . .
SAmp/Drv SAmp/Drv . . .
N bits N bits N bits . . .
Column Decoder + MUX
N bits
A0
Alog L-1
. . .
address:
L bits
k-L bits
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Memory Cell Array Access Example
word=16-bit wide(N), row=8 words(L), address=10 bits (k)
Accessing word 9= 00000010012
16 bits
S0..7
S8..15 Row
Decoder
...
A3
A4
A9
Word 0
SAmp/Drv
S16..23
Word 1 . . . Word 7
Word 8 Word 9 . . . Word 15
Word 16 Word 17 . . . Word 23
Word 1016 . . . . . . Word 1023
. . . . . . . . . . . .
S1016-1023
16 bits 16 bits . . .
SAmp/Drv SAmp/Drv . . .
16 bits 16 bits 16 bits . . .
Column Decoder + MUX
16 bits
A0
A2
L=8 words
M/L =
1024/8=
128 rows
A1
1
0 0
0
…
1
0 0
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Hierarchical Memory Structure
Taking the idea one step further
Shorter wires within each block
Enable only one block addr decoder power savings
Blk EN Blk EN
Blk EN Blk EN
Row
Address
Column
Address
Block
Address
Global Bus
SAmp/
Drv Global drivers/
sense amplifiers
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Row Decoder Implementation
WL3
WL2
WL1
WL0
GND GND
Precharge
devices
Vdd f A0 A0 A1 A1
Dynamic 2-to-4 NOR
Decoder
f A0 A0 A1 A1
WL3
WL1
WL0
WL2
2-to-4 MOS Dynamic
NAND Decoder
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Row Decoder Implementation (cont.)
WL1
WL0
A2A3 A2A3 A2A3 A2A3 A0A1 A0A1 A0A1 A0A1
A2 A3 A3 A2 A0 A1 A1 A0