Intended for use in an undergraduate senior-level digital circuit design class. Advanced material appropriate for graduate in content and form, this practical text successfully bridges the gap between the circuit perspective and system perspective of digital integrated circuit design. | Digital Integrated Circuits A Design Perspective Introduction Jan M. Rabaey Anantha Chandrakasan Borivoje Nikolic July 30, 2002 What is this book all about? Introduction to digital integrated circuits. CMOS devices and manufacturing technology. CMOS inverters and gates. Propagation delay, noise margins, and power dissipation. Sequential circuits. Arithmetic, interconnect, and memories. Programmable logic arrays. Design methodologies. What will you learn? Understanding, designing, and optimizing digital circuits with respect to different quality metrics: cost, speed, power dissipation, and reliability Digital Integrated Circuits Introduction: Issues in digital design The CMOS inverter Combinational logic structures Sequential logic gates Design methodologies Interconnect: R, L and C Timing Arithmetic building blocks Memories and array structures Introduction Why is designing digital ICs different today than it was before? Will it change in future? The First Computer | Digital Integrated Circuits A Design Perspective Introduction Jan M. Rabaey Anantha Chandrakasan Borivoje Nikolic July 30, 2002 What is this book all about? Introduction to digital integrated circuits. CMOS devices and manufacturing technology. CMOS inverters and gates. Propagation delay, noise margins, and power dissipation. Sequential circuits. Arithmetic, interconnect, and memories. Programmable logic arrays. Design methodologies. What will you learn? Understanding, designing, and optimizing digital circuits with respect to different quality metrics: cost, speed, power dissipation, and reliability Digital Integrated Circuits Introduction: Issues in digital design The CMOS inverter Combinational logic structures Sequential logic gates Design methodologies Interconnect: R, L and C Timing Arithmetic building blocks Memories and array structures Introduction Why is designing digital ICs different today than it was before? Will it change in future? The First Computer ENIAC - The first electronic computer (1946) The Transistor Revolution First transistor Bell Labs, 1948 The First Integrated Circuits Bipolar logic 1960’s ECL 3-input Gate Motorola 1966 Intel 4004 Micro-Processor 1971 1000 transistors 1 MHz operation Intel Pentium (IV) microprocessor Moore’s Law In 1965, Gordon Moore noted that the number of transistors on a chip doubled every 18 to 24 months. He made a prediction that semiconductor technology will double its effectiveness every 18 months Moore’s Law Electronics, April 19, 1965. Evolution in Complexity Transistor Counts 1,000,000 100,000 10,000 1,000 10 100 1 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 8086 80286 i386 i486 Pentium® Pentium® Pro K 1 Billion Transistors Source: Intel Projected Pentium® II Pentium® III Courtesy, Intel Moore’s law in Microprocessors 4004 8008 8080 8085 8086 286 386 486 Pentium® proc P6 1 10 100 1000 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Year Transistors (MT) 2X growth in
