EC811

Advanced Digital Design 3 - 0 - 0 - 3

COURSE OBJECTIVES

  • To make the students learn about graphical models and state diagram in designing optimized digital circuits.
  • To provide the students a detailed knowledge of scheduling algorithm, synthesis of pipelined circuits and scheduling pipelined circuits
  • To enable the students to design digital design with advanced technique  like Sequential logic optimization and test the designed circuit Testability considerations.

 

COURSE CONTENT

Different types of graphs.   Combinational optimization- Graph optimization problems and algorithms.

Boolean functions, statisfiability and cover. Abstract models, state diagrams. Data flow and sequencing graphs , compilation and behavioural optimization.

Architectural synthesis - Circuit specifications for architectural synthesis .   Temporal domain,   spatial domain , hierarchical models. Synchronization problems Area and performance estimation. Strategies for architectural optimization, Data path synthesis of pipelined circuits.

Scheduling  algorithms-Scheduling  with  and  without  constraints.  Scheduling  algorithms  for  extended sequencing models. Scheduling pipelined circuits.

Resource  sharing and binding. Sharing and binding for resource dominated circuits and general circuits. Concurrent binding and scheduling. Resource sharing and binding for non-scheduled sequencing graphs.

Sequential logic optimization-sequential circuit optimization using state based models and  network models. Implicit finite state machine. Traversal methods. Testability considerations for synchronous circuits.

 

Text Books

1.   G.De Micheli, “Synthesis and optimization of Digital circuits”, McGraw Hill,1994 .

2.   C. Roth, “Fundamentals of Digital Logic Design”, Jaico Publishers, V ed., 2009.

3.   Balabanian, “Digital Logic Design Principles”, Wiley publication, 2000.

 

Reference Books

1.   J. F. Wakerly,”Digital Design principles and practices”, 3rd edition, PHI publication, 1999.

2.   S.Brown, “Fundamentals of digital logic”, Tata McGraw Hill publication, 2007.

3.   N. N. Biswas, “Logic Design Theory”, Prentice Hall of India, 2001.

4.   John M Yarbrough, “Digital Logic applications and Design”, Thomson Learning, 2001.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES

Students are able to

CO1: understand advanced state of art techniques of digital design.

CO2: synthesis the circuits and evaluate its performance in terms of area, power and speed.

CO3: understand the use of scheduling algorithm.

CO4: gain in-depth knowledge of sequential digital circuits designed using resource sharing.

        CO5: understand synchronization across clock domains, timing analysis, and Testability considerations