VLSI Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What are the Factors affecting Power Consumption on a chip?

Intel,

783

Explain various adders and difference between them?

Intel,

690

For f = AB+CD if B is S-a-1, what are the test vectors needed to detect the fault?

Intel,

753

Implement a function with both ratioes and domino logic and merits and demerits of each logic?

Intel,

740

Explain the working of Insights of a pass gate ?

Intel,

686

Explain the Working of a 2-stage OPAMP?

Intel,

722

Give a big picture of the entire SRAM Layout showing your placements of SRAM Cells, Row Decoders, Column Decoders, Read Circuit, Write Circuit and Buffers

Infosys,

652

Draw the Differential Sense Amplifier and explain its working. Any idea how to size this circuit? (Consider Channel Length Modulation)

Infosys,

912

In the design of a large inverter, why do we prefer to connect small transistors in parallel (thus increasing effective width) rather than lay out one transistor with large width?

Infosys,

700

Draw Vds-Ids curve for a MOSFET. Now, show how this curve changes considering Channel Length Modulation.

Infosys,

710

Draw the stick diagram of a NOR gate. Optimize it

Infosys,

772

Given a layout, draw its transistor level circuit. (I was given a 3 input AND gate and a 2 input Multiplexer. You can expect any simple 2 or 3 input gates)

Infosys,

737

Draw the timing diagram for a SRAM Read. What happens if we delay the enabling of Clock signal?

Infosys,

688

Draw Vds-Ids curve for a MOSFET. Now, show how this curve changes with increasing Vgs.

Infosys,

699

Approximately, what were the sizes of your transistors in the SRAM cell? How did you arrive at those sizes?

Infosys,

705


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Un-Answered Questions { VLSI }

why is the number of gate inputs to CMOS gates usually limited to four?

811


If not into production, how far did you follow the design and why did not you see it into production?

1695


How can you model a SRAM at RTL Level?

5271


What are the Advantages and disadvantages of Mealy and Moore?

717


In a SRAM layout, which metal layers would you prefer for Word Lines and Bit Lines? Why?

3613






Draw the Differential Sense Amplifier and explain its working. Any idea how to size this circuit? (Consider Channel Length Modulation)

912


Are you familiar with the term snooping?

2936


What work have you done on full chip Clock and Power distribution? What process technology and budgets were used?

2756


Design an 8 is to 3 encoder using 4 is to encoder?

881


What transistor level design tools are you proficient with? What types of designs were they used on?

4582


What does it mean “the channel is pinched off”?

864


Draw Vds-Ids curve for a MOSFET. Now, show how this curve changes considering Channel Length Modulation.

710


Explain Basic Stuff related to Perl?

623


How does a Bandgap Voltage reference work?

3258


What is the difference between nmos and pmos technologies?

663