VLSI Interview Questions
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What are the Factors affecting Power Consumption on a chip?

Intel,

1020

Explain various adders and difference between them?

Intel,

926

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

Intel,

1013

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

Intel,

975

Explain the working of Insights of a pass gate ?

Intel,

897

Explain the Working of a 2-stage OPAMP?

Intel,

946

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,

891

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

Infosys,

1127

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,

932

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

Infosys,

953

Draw the stick diagram of a NOR gate. Optimize it

Infosys,

991

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,

967

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

Infosys,

907

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

Infosys,

893

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

Infosys,

901


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Un-Answered Questions { VLSI }

What products have you designed which have entered high volume production?

2202


Why do we gradually increase the size of inverters in buffer design? Why not give the output of a circuit to one large inverter?

1074


Why does the present vlsi circuits use mosfets instead of bjts?

980


Working of a 2-stage OPAMP?

2863


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

1013


How does the size of PMOS Pull Up transistors (for bit & bit- lines) affect SRAM's performance?

983


What is the main function of metastability in vsdl?

824


Explain how logical gates are controlled by Boolean logic?

883


Explain the Working of a 2-stage OPAMP?

946


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

1033


You have a driver that drives a long signal & connects to an input device. At the input device there is either overshoot, undershoot or signal threshold violations, what can be done to correct this problem?

2438


what are three regions of operation of MOSFET and how are they used?

947


Differences between IRSIM and SPICE?

5173


Write a VLSI program that implements a toll booth controller?

3738


Differences between Array and Booth Multipliers?

3765