Syllabus Application
Very Large Scale Integrated System Design I
EE 401
Faculty:
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Semester:
Fall 2025-2026
Course:
Very Large Scale Integrated System Design I - EE 401
Classroom:
FENS-L065
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Credits:
SU Credit:3.000, ECTS:6, Engineering:6
Prerequisites:
CS 303 and ( EL 302 or EE 302)
Corequisites:
EE 401L
Course Type:
Lecture
Instructor(s) Information
Ömer Ceylan
- Email: ceylanomer@sabanciuniv.edu
Course Information
Catalog Course Description
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology and limitations; CMOS circuit and logic design; layout rules and techniques; circuit characterization and performance estimation; CMOS subsystem design, basic building blocks; structured design principles; Very-Large-Scale Integrated (VLSI) system design methods; DRC, logic and circuit simulation.
Course Learning Outcomes:
| 1. | Describe digital VLSI circuit design styles; |
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| 2. | Analyze and reduce delay of full custom digital VLSI circuits; |
| 3. | Design and analyze full custom arithmetic circuits (e.g. adder, multiplier); |
| 4. | Describe basic techniques for reducing power consumption of digital VLSI circuits; |
| 5. | Describe clock generation and distribution in synchronous digital VLSI circuits; |
| 6. | Describe standard cell libraries; |
| 7. | Design and implement standard cell based digital VLSI circuits using logic synthesis and physical synthesis tools; |
| 8. | Verify functionality and timing of standard cell based digital VLSI circuits using a logic simulation tool. |
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