EE380 Integrated Electronics

Event: Quiz 1 Student Name: ________ Date: August 24, 2010 Student Roll No: ______
Instructions: 1. Attempt all questions. 2. Cheating is strictly forbidden. 20 Minutes

1. An _____________________ is a combination of interconnected circuit elements fabricated on a continuous substrate. 2. The scientist who successfully demonstrated the first working integrated circuit on September 12, 1958 is one of the following, (a) Robert Noyce (b) Jack Kilby (c) Nicola Tesla 3. Complete the following table. Nomenclature SSI VLSI 4. In digital IC design the logic synthesis tool converts the RTL description to one of the following, (a) Circuit schematic (b) Gate Level netlist (c) Layout 5. Place the correct element in the crystals below from the given options, Options: C Carbon P Phosphorus Si Silicon B Boron Active device count Typical function

p-type

n-type

6. Calculate the number of transistors that can be fabricated on a wafer when an 8 inch wafer is used in a 2 process. Let W = 4 . Assume gate area is equal to the total transistor area. Wafer Conversions Symbols d = 8 in = micron 1 = 10 - 6 m m = meter 1 in = 2.54 x 10 4 in = inch Transistor