EE141: Digital Integrated Circuits

Spring 2009

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

Week	Lecture	Date	Day	Lecture	Notes	Due	Reading
1	1	Jan. 21	We	Introduction	Lec 1		Chapter 1
1	2	Jan. 23	Fr	Design metrics	Lec 2		Chapter 1
2	3	Jan. 28	We	IC Manufacturing and Design Rules	Lec 3		Chapter 1,2
2	4	Jan. 30	Fr	Switch Logic	Lec 4	hw1	Chapter 2,5
3	5	Febr. 4	We	Inverter Delay Optimization	Lec 5		Chapter 5
3	6	Febr. 6	Fr	Complex Logic and Logical Effort	Lec 6	hw2	Chapter 6
4	7	Febr. 11	We	Logical Effort / Memory	Lec 7		Chapter 6,12
4	8	Febr. 13	Fr	Wires	Lec 8	hw3	Chapter 4
5
	9	Febr. 18	We	MIDTERM 1
	10	Febr. 20	Fr	MOS transistor model	Lec 10		Chapter 4+3
6
	11	Febr. 25	We	MOS transistor + capacitance	Lec 11		Chapter 3
	12	Febr. 27	Fr	Mos cap + VTC revisited	Lec 12		Chapter 3,5
7	13	March 4	We	CMOS Delay model, power	Lec 13		Chapter 5
7	14	March 6	Fr	CMOS power	Lec 14	hw 5	Chapter 5
8	15	March 11	We	Technology Scaling	Lec 15		Chapter 5,8
8	16	March 13	Fr	Complex Logic	Lec 16		Chapter 6
9
	17	March 18	We	Pass Transistor Logic	Lec 17	hw 6	Chapter 6
	18	March 20	Fr	Dynamic Logic	Lec 18		Chapter 6
10	SPRING BREAK
	19	April 1	We	Energy/Power	Lec 19	hw 7	Chapter 6
	20	April 3	Fr	Memory	Lec 20		Chapter 12
11
	21	April 8	We	Memory	Lec 21		Chapter 12
	22	April 10	Fr	Latches/Registers	Lec 22		Chapter 7
12	23	April 15	We	Sequential / Timing	Lec 23		Chapter 7,10
12	24	April 17	Fr	Timing	Lec 24		Chapter 10
13	25	April 22	We	MIDTERM 2		hw 8
13	26	April 24	Fr	Clocks and Power	Lec 26		Chapter 10,9
14	27	April 29	We	Arithmetic	Lec 27		Chapter 11
14	28	May 1	Fr	Arithmetic	Lec 28		Chapter 11
15	29	May 6	We	Project Posters (BWRC)
15	30	May 8	Fr	Perspectives	Lec 30	hw 9
17		May 15	Fr	Final, 5-8pm