1. Introduction. - 1. 1. From nMOS to CMOS. - 1. 2. CMOS Basic Gates. - 2. MOS Transistor Characteristics. - 2. 1. The MOS Transistor. - 2. 2. Parasitic Parameters. - 2. 3. Small Geometry MOS Transistor. - 2. 4. CMOS Transmission Gate. - 2. 5. CMOS Inverter. - 2. 6. A More Accurate Model for the CMOS Inverter. - 2. 7. CMOS Power Dissipation. - 3. Fabrication Processes. - 3. 1. The p-well Fabrication Process. - 3. 2. The n-well Fabrication Process. - 3. 3. LOCMOS Technology. - 3. 4. Latchup. - 3. 5. The Twin-tub Fabrication Process. - 3. 6. The SOS Fabrication Process. - 3. 7. Bulk vs. SOI. - 3. 8. Design Rules. - 4. Logic Design. - 4. 1. Static Logic. - 4. 2. Dynamic Logic. - 4. 3. Charge Sharing. - 4. 4. Bootstrap Logic. - 4. 5. Logic Design at the System Level. - 5. Circuit Design. - 5. 1. Resistance Capacitance and Inductance. - 5. 2. Modeling Long Interconnects. - 5. 3. The Concept of Equivalent Gate Load. - 5. 4. Delay Minimization. - 5. 5. Transistor Sizing in Static Logic. - 5. 6. Transistor Sizing in Dynamic Logic. - 6. Design of Basic Circuits. - 6. 1. Storage Elements. - 6. 2. Full-adder. - 6. 3. Programmable Logic Array. - 6. 4. Random-access Memory. - 6. 5. Parallel Adder. - 6. 6. Parallel Multiplier. - 7. Driver and I/O Buffer Design. - 7. 1. CMOS Inverter Delay Estimation. - 7. 2. Input Buffer. - 7. 3. Output Buffer. - 7. 4. Tri-state Output Buffer and I/O Buffer. - 7. 5. Output Buffer and Bus Driver Design Optimization. - 7. 6. Input Protection. - 7. 7. Output Protection. - 7. 8. Driving Large On-chip Loads. - Appendix A. Layout. - A. 1. General Considerations on Layout. - A. 2. Layout Methodologies for Latchup Avoidance. - A. 3. Layout with Structured Methodologies. - A. 4. Power and Ground Routing. - Appendix B. Interconnect Capacitance Computation. - B. 1. Case 1: Coupled Microstrip Structure. - B. 2. Case 2: Coupled Stripline Structure. - Appendix C. Figures from Section 5. 4. 2. - Appendix D. Delay Minimization Based on Eq. (7-3). - Appendix E. Equations Related to Fig. 7-10. - Appendix F. Symbols and Physical Constants. Language: English