# Low Voltage CMOS Circuit Operation

- Institution: IIT Roorkee
- Department: Electrical Engineering
- Teacher: Prof. Anand Bulusu
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/117107485)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/117107485)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This course would deal with the circuit design techniques in low voltage regime, where the PVT variations are malfunctioning the circuit performance. The understanding of MOSFET or/and FinFET operation in weak inversion region, followed by development of robust circuit designing techniques in Digital, Analog and Mixed-signal designs. Objective: To understand essential aspects of low voltage operation of MOSFETs and CMOS circuits comprehensively and to learn to design such circuits.

Intended audience: Student interested in VLSI circuit design and device-circuit interaction.

Prerequisites: Courses on digital logic design, digital VLSI and analog circuit design and basic MOS device physicsax

## Lectures

1. [Introduction and motivation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/20c86a910413) (YouTube)
2. [Review of MOSFET operation - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/2983e938e9ed) (YouTube)
3. [Review of MOSFET operation - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/110cca25ec0e) (YouTube)
4. [Basic charge model - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/9f31b2bf6cfc) (YouTube)
5. [Basic charge model - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/21e46830c058) (YouTube)
6. [Basic charge model - III](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/6c29374a0a71) (YouTube)
7. [Basic charge model - IV](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/5dc818cccd97) (YouTube)
8. [Basic charge model - V](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/63fdf7cb275e) (YouTube)
9. [Basic charge model - VI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/dd92dad80248) (YouTube)
10. [Basic charge model - VII](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/e4d5c9c4be79) (YouTube)
11. [Basic charge model - VIII](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/6ccc49f44fef) (YouTube)
12. [Basic charge model - IX](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/3c0e28c03a57) (YouTube)
13. [Basic charge model - X](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/3998c5aaf393) (YouTube)
14. [Minimum energy point -I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/01556358b762) (YouTube)
15. [Minimum energy point - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/e132e1a7edf1) (YouTube)
16. [Minimum energy point - III](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/d500e134109f) (YouTube)
17. [Transistor sizing for combinational circuit - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/f4bf25e43454) (YouTube)
18. [Transistor sizing for combinational circuit - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/9b930ddb7c76) (YouTube)
19. [Transistor sizing for asymmetric combinational circuits](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/d61426ca2a00) (YouTube)
20. [Charging and discharging mechanism in NTV combinational gates](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/2b6e56c2cb66) (YouTube)
21. [Effective current for NTV inverter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/3a0e2a04680b) (YouTube)
22. [Effective current for NTV combinational gates - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/e7eb52a95911) (YouTube)
23. [Effective current for NTV combinational gates - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/abf25b96c20d) (YouTube)
24. [Effective current for NTV combinational gates - III](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/77afd5a004a5) (YouTube)
25. [Combinational circuit design considering variations - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/9903912f0574) (YouTube)
26. [Combinational circuit design considering variations - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/694f24bacd53) (YouTube)
27. [Buffer design considering INWE](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/90ac47957ecf) (YouTube)
28. [Decoder design considering INWE](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/6d459005e461) (YouTube)
29. [Flip - flop operation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/d5f9b599f1c7) (YouTube)
30. [Warning flip-flops design and operation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/6ad74ddc90e2) (YouTube)
31. [Single phase flip-flops design and operation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/b1ce3688a879) (YouTube)
32. [Consideration of radiation effects in NTV](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/2c26a082ea66) (YouTube)
33. [Radiation – hardened NTV sequential circuit elements](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/269390a6e485) (YouTube)
34. [Level shifters for multi - Vdd domains](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/a7fdd73b1609) (YouTube)
35. [Introduction to 6T SRAM](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/853a6a4d67b5) (YouTube)
36. [Stability and Reliability Issues in 6T SRAM](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/f2669f772900) (YouTube)
37. [Read and Write-Assist Circuits in 6T SRAM](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/c5fe92e1f90e) (YouTube)
38. [Physical Insights into Channel Charge Distribution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/81e877c3d163) (YouTube)
39. [FinFET based Standard Cell Design](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/495ac2959cf3) (YouTube)
40. [Example problems](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/117107485/f5df86e94d8b) (YouTube)
