Advanced Digital Design

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Digital Design

Course Contents

Introduction to VLSI Systems Design, Features and architectures of latest FPGAs of leading vendors, Detailed review of Digital Systems Design, Introduction to Verilog Design, Verilog coding of Combinational and Sequential Circuits, Writing a Test Bench, RTL Coding Guidelines, Design Flow for VLSI Systems and Design Methodology, Simulation, Synthesis, Place and Route and Back Annotation, Verilog Coding of Memories and Arithmetic Circuits, Development of Algorithms and Verification using High Level Languages, Architectural Design, VLSI Systems Design for a couple of projects.

Weekly Schedule

1) Introduction
2) Structural Modelling
3) Switch level Modeling
4) Data flow modeling. Behavioral modeling
5) Behavioral modelling.
6) Task/Function/UDPs
7) Hierarchical structural modeling. Advanced modelling.
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Combinational & Sequential Logic Modules
10) System Design Methodology
11) Design options and system design methodology
12) Design Example-Bus & IO device
13) Design Examples: Microprocessor
14) Arithmetic modules
15) Synthesis. Verification. Design for testability
16) Final examination

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Digital System Designs and Practices: Using Verilog HDL and FPGAs Ming Bo Lin Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-82323-1, 2008
2- Advanced Digital Design with Verilog HDL Michael D. Ciletti Prentice Hall,ISBN: 0-13-167844-2,2003
3- Digital VLSI Systems Design, S. Ramachandran, Springer, 2007
4- Design Through Vrilog HDL, T. R. Padmanabhan, B. Bala Tripura Sundari, Wiley-IEEE, 2003
5- Embedded Media Processing, David J. Katz and Rick Gentile, Newnes, 2006
6- Verilog Coding for Logic Synthesis, WENG FOOK LEE, Wiley, 2003
7- Verilog Digital System Design, Zainalabedin Navabi, McGraw-Hill, 2006
8- Digital VLSI Systems Design, S. Ramachandran, Springer, 2007
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Discussion
3) Demonstration
4) Group Study
5) Problem Solving

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade	70%
Number Percentage Semester Studies Laboratory 1 30% Project 1 50% Presentation/Seminar 1 20%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	30%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required