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Course Notes

Most of the class material can be found in the text book (Digital Integrated Circuits, 1st edition).
Drafts of the 2nd edition will be used whenever available. The draft chapters used are posted below.
Note: This material is copyrighted and only for personal use in the class. Do NOT redistribute!
A printed version is available from Copy Central.

• Chapter 1:  Introduction (pdf)
• Chapter 2: The Manufacturing Process (pdf)
  • Colorplate1, Colorplate2, Colorplate3
• Design Methodology Insert A: IC Layout (pdf)
• Chapter 3: The MOS transistor (pdf)
• Chapter 4: The Wire (pdf)
• Chapter 5: The CMOS inverter (pdf)
• Chapter 6: Combinational Logic Gates in CMOS (pdf)  
• Chapter 7: Sequential Logic Circuits (pdf) 
• Design Methodology Insert E: Characterization of Logic and Sequential Cells (pdf)
• Chapter 10: Timing (pdf) 

Additional texts will be posted over the course of the semester.

These animated graphics can help you to better understand transmission lines and their behavior.

• Simulation of simple transmission line
• Simulation of simple transmission line with varying resistive load

Most of the slides used in the class are taken directly from the text book and can be found on
the book's web-page. The slides used in a particular lecture are annotated on the class schedule.