VLSI Engineering

(including Lecture-Tutorial-Laboratory Modules)Dept. of Electronics & ECE

Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur First R & D Centre in

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Development among IITs

and Universities in IndiaPI: Prof. C. K Maiti, Co-PI: Prof A. S Dhar, and Prof

A. Halder

Research & Development focus

1. To develop e-learning materials for VLSI Engineering Course (including tutorial and laboratory modules) for undergraduate students and implement VLSI Engineering online laboratory — real time laboratory accessed through the Internet which can expand the range of experiments in VLSI engineering, transmit online instructions and study materials for anyone, anywhere and anytime.

2. The development of an integrated teaching environment which allows for the provision of online live lecture (a 50-lecture module with tutorials) and laboratory (10-12 experiments) sessions for geographically dispersed students.

Steps for Development of RealTIME

Measurement-based Internet Laboratory

Design of ExperimentRemote Operation of the

Instruments(via LabVIEW, IC/CV lite, Easy Expert, VEE etc)

Conversion to Web Application

Launching on the Internet

Total Budget Outlay (Rs. in lakhs)

Years Head 1st 2nd 3rd Total

Capital Equipment Rs. 800.00 - -800.00

FE Comp.

Consumable stores Rs. 40.00 40.00 40.00 120.00Software/License Fee

Duty on import (if any) Rs. nil nil nil nil

Manpower (JPA/RS/Eqv.) Rs. 7.00 8.00 9.00 24.00Travel & Training Rs. 3.00 4.00 5.00

12.00

Contingencies/Accessories Rs. 10.00 15.00 19.0044.00

Grand Total (FE Comp.) 860.00 67.00 73.00 1000.00

Grand Total : Rs. 1000.00 lakhs

Course Description

•Introduction: Design hierarchy, layers of abstraction, integration density and Moore’s law, VLSI design styles, packaging styles, design automation principles •Fabrication Technology: Basic steps of fabrication, bipolar, CMOS and BiCMOS fabrication processes, layout design rules

40-50 lectures including tutorial based on the following contents:

•MOS and BiCMOS characteristics and circuits: MOS transistor characteristics, MOS switch and inverter, BiCMOS inverter, latch-up in CMOS inverter, super-buffers, propagation delay models, switching delay in logic circuits, CMOS analog amplifier•Logic Design: switch logic, gate restoring logic, various logic families and logic gates, PLA •Dynamic Circuits: Basic concept, noise considerations, charge sharing, cascading dynamic gates, domino logic, np-CMOS logic, clocking schemes •Sequential Circuits: Basic regenerative circuits, bistable circuit elements, CMOS SR latch, clocked latch and flip-flops

•Low-power Circuits:low-power design through voltage scaling, estimation and optimization of switching activity, reduction of switched capacitance, adiabatic logic circuits •Subsystem Design: design of arithmetic building blocks like adders, multipliers, shifters, area-speed-power tradeoff•Semiconductor Memories: SRAM, DRAM, non-volatile memories•Bipolar ECL Inverter: Features of ECL gate, robustness and noise immunity, logic design in ECL, single-ended and differential ECL gates •Testability of VLSI: Fault models, scan-based techniques, BIST, test vector generation•Physical Design: Brief ideas on partitioning, placement, routing and compaction

VLSI Engineering Laboratory Module will consist of the

following experiments1. Doping Profile Determination 2. Bipolar Device Characterization3. MOS Capacitor Characterization4. MOSFET Characterization5. High Frequency Characteristics of BJT6. MOSFET SPICE Parameter Extraction7. Bipolar Transistor SPICE Parameter

Extraction8. 1/f Noise Characterization in Transistors9. Low Temperature Characterization of

Transistors10.LNA Characterization11.Noise Modeling in MOSFETs12.Cutoff Frequency Determination

Some available facilities

Hardware facilities

ELVIS SetupNetLAB Server

Noise Figure AnalyzerNetwork Analyzer

Spectrum Analyzer DC Probe station

AFM Setup

Agilent Semiconductor Test Analyzer

Software facilities• Instrument Control software

LabVIEW, VEE, VSA, IC-CAP, IC/C-V light, EasyExpert, Microsoft Inst., etc.

• TCAD softwareSILVACO, Sentaurus, MEDICI, TSupreme, Taurus, Monte Carlo, HSPICE, Nanosim, PCM studio, PARAMOS, etc.

Requirements: List of Equipment

1. Four Probe Resistivity Meter (25 lakhs) 2. Mask Aligner (75 lakhs) 3. Clean Air station (20 lakhs) 4. Rapid Thermal Annealing System (45 lakhs) 5. Semiconductor Test System (35 lakhs) 6. Microwave/ECR Plasma System (55 lakhs) 7. DC/RF Sputtering System (45 lakhs) 8. Probe station (50 lakhs) 9. Programmable power supply (20 Lakhs) 10. Thickness Measurement system (30 lakhs) 11. AFM/STM (30 lakhs) 12. Spectrum analyzer (10 Lakhs) 13. LCR Meter (10 lakhs) 14. Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer (50 lakhs) 15. Noise Figure Analyzer (55 lakhs) 16. Network Analyzer up to 26 GHz with calibration kits (200

lakhs) 17. Parameter extraction and device/process modeling

software tools (45 lakhs)

Achievement in ICT Area

1. NetLAB based Measurement and Analysis2. First On Line Laboratory Demonstration at

Andhra University (AU)3. First short term course on Information

Communication Technology (ICT) on Hardware Laboratory at IIT-Kharagpur

4. Arranged several short term courses on Technology CAD (TCAD) at IIT-Kharagpur

5. Arranged several short term courses on Technology CAD (TCAD) outside IIT-Kharagpur

Book Published1. Applications of Silicon-Germanium

Heterostructure Devices, Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP), UK, 2001.

2. Silicon Heterostructures: Materials and Devices, Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE), UK, 2001.

3. Selected Works of Professor Herbert Kroemer, Edited, World Scientific, Singapore 2008.

4. Strained-Si Heterostructure Field-Effect Devices, CRC Press, London, 2007.

5. TCAD for Si, SiGe and GaAs Integrated Circuits, IET, UK, 2008.

OUR Publications on INTERNET LABORATORY on

MICROELECTRONICS• A. Maiti and S. S. Mahato, Online Semiconductor Device

Characterization and Parameter Extraction Using World Wide Web, Proc. NCNTE, Feb. 29 – Mar. 01, pp.160-163, 2008.

• A. Maiti and S. S. Mahato, Web-based Semiconductor Technology CAD (TCAD) Laboratory, 50th Intl. Symp. ELMAR-2008, Zadar, CROATIA, 10-12 September 2008.

• A. Maiti and S. S. Mahato, Web-based Semiconductor Process and Device Simulation Laboratory, Proc. of ICEE2008, Intl. Conf. on Engineering Education, "New Challenges in Engineering Education and Research in the 21st Century", PÉCS-BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, JULY 27-31, 2008.

• S. C. Pandey, A. Maiti, T. K. Maiti and C. K. Maiti, Online MOS Capacitor Characterization in LabVIEW Environment, International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE), vol.5, pp.57-60, 2009.

• A. Maiti, M. K. Hota, T. K. Maiti and C. K. Maiti, Online Microelectronics and VLSI Engineering Laboratory, International Workshop on Technology for Education, Bangalore, Aug 04-06, 2009.

Currently Available Experiments via INTERNET

from IIT-KHARAGPUR(RealTIME Online Measurement-based)

1. Gummel Plot of a BJT2. Output Characteristics of a BJT3. Threshold Voltage of a MOSFET4. Output Characteristics of a MOSFET5. MOSFET Parameter Extraction6. BJT SPICE Parameter Extraction7. Low Noise Amplifier

Characterization8. Surface Analysis using AFM/STM9. Circuit Analysis Using NI-Elvis

NetLAB Webpage

Partner/USER Institutions

Our Current Partners areVIT, Vellore

NIST, Berhampur

OUR ONLINE LABORATORY HAS BEEN USED and TESTED BY

More Than 50 ENGINEERING COLLEGES

and10 UNIVERSITIES

Short Term Course/Workshop

AICTE/MHRD sponsored SUMMER SCHOOL at IIT KHARAGPUR

May 17-23, 2009

Applications of ICT for

Hardware Laboratory

52 participants from 40 Engineering Colleges

List of Participating Institutions

VIT University, VelloreNIST, BerhampurWest Bengal University of Technology,

KolkataUniversity of Calcutta Inst. of Radiophysics and ElectronicsNorth Bengal University, SiliguriNIT, DurgapurBengal Engg. and Science University, ShibpurTezpur (Central) University, Tezpur

IMPS College of Engg. and Technology, MaldaGurgaon College of Engg., HaryanaHi-Tech Institute of Technology, KhurdaNational Institute of Technology, WarangalSSN College of Engg., TamilnaduSynergy Institute of Engg. and Technology, DhenkanalMedi-caps Institute of Technology Management, IndoreDr. BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, PunjabJaypee Univ. Of Information Tech., Solan, H.P.Dronacharya College of Engg., Gurgaon, HaryanaCVR College of Engg., Hyderabad, A.P.Sai Spurthi Institute of Technology, A.P.Lingaya's Institute of Mgt and Technology, Faridabad

Purushottam Institute of Engg. Tech., Rourkela, OrissaNational Institute of Science & Technology, OrissaHi-Tech Institute of Tech., OrissaGLAITM, Mathura, U.P.Dr. B. C. Roy Engg. College, DurgapurTradient Academy of Tech., OrissaModern Engg. & Management Studies, OrissaGLA Institute of Tech. & Management, MathuraSynergy Institute of Engg. & Tech., OrissaITER, BhubaneswarSynergy Institute of Engg. & Tech., OrissaDRIEMS, CuttackLingaya’s University, FaridabadBirla Institute of Technology, PatnaDr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engg., Tamilnadu

PSN Group of Institutions, TamilnaduOrissa Engg. College, BhubaneswarJIET, CuttackRaajdhani Eng. College, BhubaneswarWorld Institute of Technology, GurgaonDept. of Bio-Medical Engg., Andhra UniversityAndhra University College of Engg., VisakhapatnamGITAM University, VisakhapatnamChaitanya college of Engg., VisakhapatnamSRKR Engg. College, VisakhapatnamGovt. Polytechnic, BheemiliSanketika Vidya Parishad Engg. College, VisakhapatnamJNTU College of Engg., HyderabadNational Engg. College, TamilnaduInstitute of Technology and Management, Gurgaon

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