BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE - PILANI, HYDERABAD CAMPUS

First Semester 2015-2016

Assignment 1
Analog and Digital VLSI Design
Assignment Due Date: 4nd October 2015
Max Marks: 10M
Tools and files you need:

Java (your system should have java installed)

Electric CAD tool jar file
LTSPICE scad.exe file
Technology model file (models.txt)

Perform the following:

1. Enter the circuit of CMOS inverter in Electric CAD tool. Specify the W/L ratios of MOS transistors as 1.
2. Now, run the spice file and plot the voltage transfer characteristics (VTC).
3. Mark the Switching threshold (VM) point of the circuit on the plot. Also find theoretical value of (VM) using the
expression derived in Tutorial.
4. Keeping L as constant, change Wp and Wn of MOS transistors with respect to the last two digits of your ID
number, which is explained as follows:
If ID number: 20XXXXXXX23H, then Wp = 2*L and Wn =3*L
If your ID number contains 0 in the last two digits then consider 0 as 10. For example, If ID number:
20XXXXXXX03H, then Wp = 10*L and Wn = 3*L. If ID number: 20XXXXXXX30H, then Wp = 3*L and Wn =
10*L
If the last two digits of your ID number are same, then consider Wp = 10*L and Wn as your last digit. For
example, If ID number: 20XXXXXXX55H, then Wp = 10*L and Wn = 5*L
If the last two digits of your ID number are zeroes, then consider Wp and Wn as 10*L.
5. Now, run the spice file and plot the voltage transfer characteristics (VTC).
6. Mark the VM point of the circuit on the plot.
7. Keeping L as constant, interchange Wp and Wn values used in question number 4.
8. Now, run the spice file and plot the voltage transfer characteristics (VTC).
9. Mark the VM point of the circuit on the plot.
10. Analyse the VM in all three cases and comment on the variations.
Submission Procedure:
Upload the PDF document in Assignment submission page in CMS. The PDF should contain images of schematic of
CMOS inverter and VTC plots showing the VM in all three cases. The PDF file name should be in the format
IDNO_NAME.pdf. Mail submissions of Assignment will not be considered for evaluation.
Note:

Please refer to the support material uploaded in CMS.

A demo submission for one of the cases is given in page 2.
Please visit http://cmosedu.com/cmos1/electric/electric.htm for Electric tool reference and Tutorials.

DEMO
CMOS Inverter Schematic for W/L = 1 for all transistors. (To get the image of schematic, go to file->Export->PNG of
Electric Tool)

VTC Plot (Take Screenshot of VTC curve)

VM = 2.12V