
EE141: Digital Integrated
Circuits
Fall 2001
TuTh 9:30-11am, 203
McLaughlin
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Week 16 -FINAL!
- Final grades
are posted!
- A revised solution for exam2 is posted.
Changes involve problem 2. However, the problem was graded based on a
correct key.
- Final is Friday 12/14, 8-11am in 180 Tan
Kah Kee Hall (link shows location on map)
- Homework 8 solutions in Word.
- A review session will be held on Tuesday, December
11, 10-11:30 in 285 Cory.
Week 15
- Homework 9 solutions in PDF
and Word
- Exam 2 solutions (revised) up, including
problem 3
- Poster session for Phase 3 of the project : Tuesday 9:30-11:00 at BWRC
- You can use this poster template.
Here are the directions on how
to use the template. It is NOT mandatory to use the template. This template
is useful if you plan to use a plotter to print your poster on a single
piece of paper.
- Lab reports: If you are in Josh's section (Wed 11-2pm), please bring the
reports for the hardware lab at the poster session and give them to Josh.
Write the name of your lab TA on the report.
- Lab reports: If you are in Radu's section (Wed 5-8 pm), please bring the
reports for the hardware lab at the poster session and give them to Josh.
Write the name of your lab TA on the report.
- Lab reports: If you are in Hanching's section, please bring your hardware
lab reports to BWRC on Tuesday!
Week 14
Week 13
- Phase 2 of the project is due on Wednesday 3pm.
- The template for the phase 2 report has been posted.
- Last (hardware) lab will be next week.
- Discussion section will be held this Wednesday (Hanching will teach
in place of Josh)
- No office hour (3-4PM) for Hanching this week
- Happy Thanksgiving!
Week 12
- Radu's office hour this week (only) will be Friday 9-10 @ BWRC
- Homework #8 deadline has been extended! Now due Monday, November 26 @ 5:00
PM (Word).
- Lab section switch: Kevin will conduct Radu's section and vice-versa (this
week only).
Week 11
Homework #8 (due Friday, Nov. 16 @ 5:00 PM) available in Word
format only.
- Phase 2 of the project is posted!
- Exam #2 - Thursday, November 8, 6:30 PM in 277 Cory
Hall - Exam is open book and open notes with calculators allowed
- Review session - Weds. Nov 7, 6-7:30pm, 9
Lewis Hall (link shows location on a map).
- Other help this week: Josh's discussion, W 2-3PM; Hanching's office hour,
W 3-4PM; Prof. Nikolic's Office Hour, Th 11AM-12:30PM
- NO Labs this week and NO Friday discussion
- Exam #1 solutions available in Word
format
- Homework #7 solutions up in Word
and PDF formats
- Homework #6 solutions up in Word
format.
- Project phase 1 grades -> range = 78 - 98; mean = 87
Week 10
- Professor Nikolic's office hour this Monday only (10/29) will be held
1-2pm, instead of its regular slot 10:30-12pm.
- No new homework this week.
Week 9
- Complete your labs BEFORE your lab session this week! You will be
expected to show project progress to your TA in lab this week!
- Homework #5 solutions up in PDF
and Word formats
- Homework #7 (due Wednesday, Oct. 31
[Halloween!] @ 5:00
PM) available in PDF and Word
formats. This is an easy one, so enjoy!
Week 8
Week 7
Friday section is cancelled.
Radu will conduct Wed 5-8 section. Other sections do not change.
Week 6
Following
Muhamad's withdrawal, the class has a new TA: Radu
Zlatanovici (zradu@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Radu's
schedule is not clear yet. He will take one of the lab sections (probably not
the one on Friday).
Office hours - TBA, probably Monday morning.
Watch the
web page for updates.
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Homework #4 solutions available in Word
format only
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Exam #1 - Thursday, October 4, 6:30 PM in 277 Cory Hall -
Exam is open book and open notes with calculators allowed
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Review Session, Wednesday Night - 7:30 - 9 PM in
22 Warren Hall
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Josh and Hanching will have a "tag team" discussion section (285 Cory) and
office hour (297 Cory) on Wednesday from 2-3 PM and 3-4 PM, respectively
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No Lab sections this week! No new homework! No Discussion
section on Friday!
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Hanching's Discussion 4 notes available
here.
Week 5
-
Lab #4 report due two weeks from lab session (no labs next week!).
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Homework #2 solutions available in Word
format only.
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Homework #3 solutions available in
Word format only.
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Homework
#4 (due Tuesday, Oct. 2 @ 5:00 PM) is available in Word
and PDF
formats.
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Prof. Nikolic's office hour this Monday is cancelled. An extra office
hour will be held next week.
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Lab #4 will be available now in Word
and PDF formats.
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Hanching's Discussion 3 notes available
here.
Week 4
Week 3
- Correction to Homework#2 -- include path for spice should read '/home/dd/ee141/MODELS/g25b.mod'
(added an initial "/").
- LABS START THIS WEEK! We are exploring the layout editor,
MAX, in software lab 2. It
has already been posted, and for those of you with access at home, you might
save yourself some time in lab if you get ahead by looking through it!
- For Micromagic (max and sue), make sure to ssh to quasar.cs.berkeley.edu, as this is the only
machine with the correct licenses.
- Make sure your .cshrc file is edited to allow Micromagic to
run! Check http://bwrc.eecs.berkeley.edu/classes/ICDesign/EE141_f00/SoftwareLabs/lab_setup.html
for more info.
- Ignore the line in the tutorial that says cp -r $MMI_TOOLS/tutorials/max
.
- Homework#2 (due Tuesday, Sept 18 @ 5:00pm) is posted on the assignments
page.
- Find out how to setup your home machine to run the EE141 tools! EE141@Home
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As
promised, Hanching's handwritten Friday discussion notes are available at http://www.hanching.com/ee141.html.
These will be mirrored on an EECS page soon.
Week 2
-
Labs
will start in Week 3
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Discussions
start in Week 2
Schedule
changes:
Labs:
Tuesday lab moved to 3:30-6:30pm
Thursday lab moved to 3:30-6:30pm
Discussions:
Friday discussion moved to 4-5pm (293 Cory)
Tuesday
discussion canceled
First
homework posted on Tuesday 9/4, due Monday 9/10
Week 1
CLASS IS OVER-ENROLLED.
- We can accommodate at most 75 students.
- Admission into class will be determined on the following priority
base:
- Graduating Seniors
- Incoming graduate students needing the class for prelims
- Other seniors and graduate students
- Juniors
-
Only 2 discussion sessions will be offered
(instead of 3)
- No need to pick any of the two. Feel free to attend whichever you like
(you can even go to both!)
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Assignment to Lab Sessions finalized in 2nd week
of classes.

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