EE141: Digital Integrated Circuits

 Fall 2004

 TuTh 9:30-11am, 88 Dwinelle

Professor Borivoje Nikolic



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Class Schedule

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Lecture notes will be posted at least 1 hour before the lecture.

A copy of lecture notes will be handed out in class, starting with lecture 11.

Week Lecture Date Day Lecture Notes Due Reading
1 1 Aug. 31 Tu Introduction Lecture 1   Chapter 1
2 Sept. 2 Th Design metrics Lecture 2   Chapter 1
2 3 Sept. 7 Tu CMOS Inverter
MOS Transistor Basics		 Lecture 3   Chapter 3
4 Sept. 9 Th IC Manufacturing and Design Rules Lecture 4 Hwk 1 Chapter 2
3 5 Sept. 14 Tu MOS Transistor Model, VTC Lecture 5   Chapter 5
6 Sept. 16 Th MOS  Inverter - delay Lecture 6 Hwk 2 Chapter 5
4 7 Sept. 21 Tu MOS Capacitances Lecture 7   Chapter 5
8 Sept. 23 Th Buffer sizing Lecture 8 Hwk 3 Chapter 4
5 9 Sept. 28 Tu CMOS scaling
Introduction to wires		 Lecture 9   Chapter 4
10 Sept. 30 Th Wire Models Lecture 10 (2up) (6up) Hwk 4 Chapter 6
6 11 Oct. 5 Tu CMOS Logic Lecture 11 (2up) (6up)   Chapter 6
12 Oct. 7 Th CMOS Logic Lecture 12 (2up) (6up) Hwk 5 Chapter 6
7 13 Oct. 12 Tu CMOS Logic, Logical Effort Lecture 13
(2up) (6up)		    
14 Oct. 14 Th Pass-Transistor Logic Lecture 14 (2up) (6up) Hwk 6  
8 15 Oct. 19. Tu Midterm 1, in class      
16 Oct. 21 Th Pass-Transistor Logic, Project Launch Lecture 16
(2up) (6up)		    
9 17 Oct. 26 Tu Memory, Dynamic Logic Lecture 17 (2up) (6up)    
18 Oct. 28 Th Domino logic Lecture 18 (2up) (6up) Hwk 7  
10 19 Nov. 2 Tu Sequential Circuits Lecture 19 (2up) (6up) Project 1  
20 Nov. 4 Th Registers, Timing Lecture 20 (2up) (6up)    
11 21 Nov. 9 Tu Timing, Clock distribution Lecture 21 (2up) (6up) Project 2  
22 Nov. 11 Th

Veterans' Day

   Hwk 8  
12 23 Nov. 16 Tu

Midterm 2, in-class

      
24 Nov. 18 Th Multivibrators Lecture 23
 (no handouts)		   Chapter 11
13 25 Nov. 23 Tu Adders Lecture 24 (2up) (6up) Project 3 Chapter 11
26 Nov. 25 Th Thanksgiving      
14 27 Nov. 30 Tu Flash Memory Lecture 25 (2up) (6up) Hwk 9  
28 Dec. 2 Th Project Posters (BWRC)      
15 29 Dec. 7 Tu  Visit to AMD, bus departs at 8am      
30 Dec. 9 Th Perspectives Lecture 28 (2up) (6up) Hwk 10  
16   Dec 16 Th 8-11 am Final, 102 Moffitt