VLSI 1 CHAPTER 1 TEST LATEST UPDATED

VLSI 1 CHAPTER 1 TEST LATEST UPDATED


IC - ANSWER Integrated Circuit
integrates and interconnects a multitude of miniature electronic devices
(transistors) on a single piece of SD material (silicon)


pad - ANSWER connector on a die that is intended to be wired or otherwise
electrically connected to a package pin.


PCB - ANSWER printed circuit board


Die size - ANSWER poor metric -> use "GE" or "Transistor count" instead


GE - ANSWER Gate equivalents-> two input NAND gate. corresponds to four
MOSFETs in static CMOS


MOSFET - ANSWER metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor


GE of a Flip-Flop - ANSWER ~7 GE


Silicon vs Silicone - ANSWER Silicon: Si, chemical element with atomic
number 14
Silicone: broad family of polymers of Si.


SSI (incl. GEs of logic + bits of memory) - ANSWER small-scale integration.

, 1.10


MSI (incl. GEs of logic + bits of memory) - ANSWER medium-scale
integration.
10.100


LSI (incl. GEs of logic + bits of memory) - ANSWER large-scale integration.
100.10'000


VLSI (incl. GEs of logic + bits of memory) - ANSWER very-large-scale
integration.
10'000.1'000'000


ULSI (incl. GEs of logic + bits of memory) - ANSWER ultra-large-scale
integration.
1'000'000.


Circuit complexity - ANSWER expressed by GE of logic and storage capacity
in bits


General-purpose IC - ANSWER simple or generic purpose of an IC, such that
it's been widly used (adder, FF, RAM, ROM, DSP). typically sold in huge
quantities.


DSP - ANSWER digital signal processor