This third course in our VLSI series is concerned with full-custom digital integrated circuits. The goals include learning the design of digital circuits on the schematic, layout, gate, and register-transfer levels. The use of state-of-the-art CAD software (Cadence Virtuoso) in order to simulate, optimize, and characterize digital circuits is another important topic of this course.

This fifth course in our VLSI lecture series consolidates the theoretical and practical knowledge from the courses VLSI 1, VLSI 2, and VLSI 3, offering hands-on experience in designing and characterizing a standard-cell library for integration into a standard digital integrated circuit design flow.