MU Electronics Engineering (Semester 8)
CMOS VLSI Design
May 2012
Total marks: --
Total time: --
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


1 (a) Explain metal migration in interconnect.
5 M
1 (b) Explain programming techniques of EEPROM using hot electron and Fowler-Northeim emission.
5 M
1 (c) If the width and length of the interconnect is reduced by 30% then the propagation delay of an interconnect will increase or decrease, by how much % ?
5 M
1 (d) Draw and explain Manchester carry out circuit using carry kill bit also draw 4-input dynamic Manchester carry chain circuits.
5 M

2 (a) What would be the conductor width of power and ground wires to a 50 MHz clock buffer that drives 100pF of on-chip load to satisfy the metal-migration consideration(JAL=0.5mA/μm)? What is the ground bounce with chosen conductor size? The module is 500 μm from both the power and ground pads and the supply voltage is 5 volts. The rise/fall time of clock is 1ns.(Assume sheet resistance of wire = 0.05 Ω/sq).
10 M
2 (b) Draw 1T DRAM cell and explain its write, read, hold and refresh operation.
10 M

3 (a) Give and explain the drawback with ripple carry adder. Explain 4-bit CLA adder with its carry equations, logical network and writes its verilog description.
10 M
3 (b) Explain how ESD (Electro-Static Discharge) effect the MOSFET. Give and explain input protection circuits.
10 M

4 (a) Give and explain the maximum and minimum frequency calculation of clock signal which determine the data transfer rate through cascade logic.
10 M
4 (b) Draw 4X4 pseudo-nMOS ROM array circuitry having stored following data.0011, 1010,1100, 0101. Also list the no of address pins, data pins and word lines.
10 M

5 (a) Explain the need of frequency compensation in CMOS operational amplifier.
10 M
5 (b) Give and explain single phase clock system and explain its drawback.
10 M

6 (a) Explain various technique of clock generation. Discuss 'H' tree clock distribution.
10 M
6 (b) What is cross talk ICs? Explain various methods to reduce it.
10 M

Write short notes on any three:-
7 (a) Low power design consideration.
7 M
7 (b) Reliability issues in CMOS circuits.
7 M
7 (c) Carry save adder.
7 M
7 (d) Switch capacitor amplifier.
7 M



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