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Total No. of Questions : 12] SEAT No.

P734 [Total No. of Pages : 3


[4458] - 542
B.E. (Electronics) (Semester - I)
VLSI DESIGN
(2008 Course)
Time : 3 Hours] [Max. Marks :100
Instructions to the candidates:
1) Answer Q.1 or Q.2, Q.3 or Q.4, Q.5 or Q.6 from Section - I & Q.7 or Q.8,
Q.9 or Q.10, Q.11 or Q.12 from Section - II.
2) Answers to the two sections should be written in separate answer-books.
3) Neat diagrams must be drawn wherever necessary.
4) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
5) Use of non programmable electronic pocket calculator is allowed.
6) Assume suitable data, if necessary.

SECTION - I

Q1) a) Explain the transmission gate. Design Y = ABC + AD using Transmission


gates. State the advantages of Transmission gate. [8]
b) Explain Technology scaling. Describe the various effect of scaling on
wires, memory, time and architecture. [8]

OR

Q2) a) Explain the followings : [8]


i) Body effect
ii) Hot electron effect
b) Explain static and dynamic power dissipation. Derive an expression for
power delay product. [8]

Q3) a) Draw and explain SRAM in detail. [8]


b) Draw and explain 6T RAM cell working. [8]

OR

Q4) a) Explain role of memories in PLDs. [8]


b) Draw and explain DRAM in detail. [8]

P.T.O.
Q5) a) Write a VHDL code and Test bench for Full Adder in structural modeling
style. [9]
b) Draw FSM state diagram for Mealy sequence detector to detect 11001
and write aVHDL code for it. [9]

OR

Q6) a) What do you meant by metastability? List the solutions and explain any
one in detail. [8]
b) Draw FSM and write a VHDL code for a system which has a single bit
input ‘M’ and two single bit outputs ‘Y’ and ‘Z’. The output of system
asserted to logic’ l’ to ‘Y’ and logic ‘0’ to ‘Z’ when system detect input
stream of serial bits . . ..1001 ... or ... 1010. . . respectively. [10]

SECTION - II

Q7) a) Differentiate FPGA and CPLD between logic implementation. [8]


b) With neat schematic, explain the architectural building blocks of FPGA.
Give limitations of FPGA over CPLD. [8]

OR

Q8) a) With suitable schematic, explain Anti-fuse and Flash technologies for
PLD. [8]
b) Draw and Explain CMOS architecture of SRAM. [8]

Q9) a) What are types of Faults? Explain with schematic. What is meant by
Fault Coverage? [8]
b) Write a short note on: BIST, JTAG and TAP Controller. [8]

OR

Q10)a) What is need of design for testability? What do you meant by Observability
and Controllability? Explain. [8]
b) What are objectives of boundary scan techniques? Explain Boundary
scan in details. [8]

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Q11)a) What is clock skew and clock jitter? Explain different techniques of
clock distribution. [9]
b) Explain: [9]
i) EMI immune design.
ii) Off-chip connections.
iii) Supply and Ground Bounce.

OR

Q12)a) Explain the terms: [9]


i) Switch Box Routing.
ii) Design Validation.
iii) Global Routing.
b) Explain input pad, output pad and 3 stage pad design in a Chip. [9]

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