02205 Examination Syllabus, 20 May 2025

We reserve the right to change the examination syllabus below until the latest time required by DTU rules and regulations.

The list of topics covered in the course DTU 02205 VLSI DESIGN follows.
If you have an alternative version of the textbook, please refer to this list.

Neil Weste - CMOS VLSI Design Neil H.E. Weste and David M. Harris
CMOS VLSI Design
Addison-Wesley, 4th. edition, 2011
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 - 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10
Chapter 2: MOS transistor theory 2.1 - 2.6
Chapter 3: CMOS processing technology 3.1 - 3.8
Chapter 4: Delay 4.1 - 4.8
Chapter 5: Power 5.1 - 5.7
Chapter 6: Interconnect 6.1 - 6.6
Chapter 7: Robustness 7.1 - 7.4
Chapter 9: Combinational Circuit Design 9.1 - 9.3
Chapter 10: Sequential Circuit Design 10.1 - 10.4 (including 10.3.11)
Chapter 12: Array Subsystems 12.1-12.4, 12.6
Chapter 13: Special-Purpose Subsystems 13.1-13.4
Chapter 14: Design Methodology and Tools 14.1, 14.3-14.5
Additional required readings (available on DTU Learn)
1) Lecture Note Design for low-power, Alberto Nannarelli, DTU.
2) Design Rules and Electrical Parameters for a 90 nm CMOS Process , Flemming Stassen, DTU.
Other required readings (available on DTU Learn)
1) Course lecture slides
2) Knowledge of Problems and Solutions used during the course
3) Knowledge of the Lab Exercises used during the course
4) Knowledge of Chapter 9 Synthesis, in Douglas Perry, VHDL Programming by Example (4th Ed., McGraw-Hill 2002)
5) Examples of previous exam sets:
    E02205_F22, E02205_F23, E02205_F24, E02205_S24, E02205_F15_P2, E02205_F16_P1

Modified by Flemming Stassen on 22 April 2025                                     flst@dtu.dk