Know Your Basics

Interview Questions (Grab & Go)

• What is VLSI?
• What is an IC?
  
• Why Silicon is used for chips?
  
• Why Semiconductor material is used for electronic devices?
  
• What is a Wafer?
  
• What is a Die?
  
• What is an IP?
  
• Wafer vs Die vs Core vs IO Area (Pictorial View)
  
• What is an FPGA?
  
• What are the basic elements of FPGA?
• What is an ASIC?
  
• What is an ASSP?
  
• What are Standard Cells?
  
• What is the history of layout design?
  
• What are Parameterized Cells?
  
• What is Analog-On-Top (AOT) and Digital-On-Top (DOT) design flow?
  
• What are the different typical CMOS layers?
  
• Typical CMOS Layers (Pictorial View)
  
• MOSFET circuit symbol convention (Pictorial View)
  
• What are design rules and why we need them?
  
• What are Static and Scalable Design rules?
  
• Typical Design Rules (Pictorial View)
  
• What are enhancement and depletion type MOSFET?
  
• Custom IC Design Process Flow (Pictorial View)
  
• Evolution of CMOS technology in brief?
  
• What is a MOSFET?
  
• Why Polysilicon is used as Gate Material?
  
• What is a substrate in CMOS process?
  
• State Moore's Law? (One-liner)
  
• What does SPICE mean in VLSI? (One-liner)
  
• Why we are moving towards lower-nodes?
  
• What are Bond Wires?
  
• What is a Short-channel Effect?
  
• What is FSM and what are its types?
  
• Analog IC Design Process?
  
• Principle, Concept, Technique, Assumption