EE141: Digital Integrated Circuits

Fall 2010

(12-14) IEEE will be serving breakfast on the day of the exam in the exam room from 7:40-8am.
The final exam will be held on Wed. Dec. 15th from 8am (sharp) to 11am in 3108 Etcheverry.
Elad will hold a review session for the final exam on Mon. Dec. 13th at 6pm in 550 Cory.

(12-7) Elad will hold a "bonus" lecture tomorrow (Wed., 12-8) at 4pm in 299 Cory in order to give a wrap-up of the project.
The GSI's office hours and discussion sessions for this week and next will be as follows:
- Mon. 12/6 4-5PM - Hanh-Phuc (OH)
- Tues. 12/7 10-11AM - Hanh-Phuc (OH)
- Thurs. 12/9 2-3PM - Chintan (OH)
- Fri. 12/10 9-10AM - Chintan (Final Review Discussion Session)
- Mon. 12/13 1-2PM - Chintan (OH)
- Tues. 12/14 2-3PM - Hanh-Phuc (OH)
Elad's regular office hours times (TuTh 2-3pm) will be cancelled this week.

(12-2) The project phase 3 due date has been extended by 24 hours to Tues. Dec. 7th at 5pm.
(12-2) Today's lecture will begin 5 minutes earlier than usual (11:05am).
Optional Homework 9 has been posted.
As a point of reference, we have posted an example project poster from Fall 2007 here.
(11-28) In order to accommodate the project and poster session, there will be no discussion sessions this week. Instead, the TA's will hold office hours as follows (all in 125 Cory):
- Mon. 2-3pm: Hanh-Phuc
- Mon. 3-4pm: Chintan
- Tues. 3-5pm: Hanh-Phuc
- Thurs. 4-5pm: Hanh-Phuc
- Fri. 9-10am: Chintan

(11-25) There was a minor typo in the originally posted Project Phase 3 report template - a corrected version has been posted.
(11-23) Hanh-Phuc's office hours have been shifted from Thurs. to today from 3-4pm.
The functionality and power measurement deck for the project is available on the instructional machines in the ~ee141/fall10/project/func_power_check/ directory.

Homework 8 is due on Tuesday, 11/23. Drop box in 240 Cory (Student Lounge).
(11-15) The project report template and layouts of the peripheral circuitry have been posted. Some updates have been made to the peripheral circuitry symbols, so please recopy those as well.

The final phase of the project has been posted.
(11-11) Because of the holiday Elad will not hold office hours today. Hanh-Phuc will be holding office hours from 4-5pm however.
Starting this week, all of the GSI's office hours will be held in the lab (125 Cory). There will also be the following additional office hours:
- Chintan: Mon. 3-4pm
- Hanh-Phuc: Thurs. 4-5pm

The second phase of the project has been posted.
(11-2) Elad will be out of the office this afternoon, so Chintan will hold office hours from 1-2pm. Hanh-Phuc will also hold extra office hours from 4-5pm today.
- Elad will hold extra office hours on Thurs. from 1-2pm.

(10-27) Please be sure to look at the newsgroup for some clarifications on the project phase 1 report.
For this week only, Chintan's office hours on Wed. will be held in the lab (125 Cory).

If you have not yet found a project partner, please email ee141@cory so that the teaching staff can help to pair you up with someone.
The first phase of the project has been posted.

Homework 7 is due on Thursday, 10/21. Drop box in 240 Cory (Student Lounge).

Homework 6 is due on Thursday, 10/14. Drop box in 240 Cory (Student Lounge).
The midterm will be held on Thurs. 10-7 from 6:30-8pm (sharp) in 126 Barrows.
- The midterm includes all of the material up to lecture notes #10 - i.e., using the MOS model for VTCs. MOS Capacitance (i.e., lecture notes #11) will not be included.
Elad will hold extended office hours on Thurs. from 1:30-3pm.
Elad will hold the midterm review session on Tues., 10-5 at 5pm in 550 Cory.

Elad's office hours on Thurs. 9-30 have been shifted to 2:30-3:30pm.
Since Elad is out of town, Chintan will hold office hours from 2-3pm on Tues. in 481 Cory.

(9-26) There were a couple of typos in the originally posted version of HW#5 - a corrected version has been posted.
Homework 5 is due on Thursday, 9/30. Drop box in 240 Cory (Student Lounge).
Elad's office hours on Thursday, 9/23 will be held from 1-2pm.

Homework 3 is due on Thursday, 9/16. Drop box in 240 Cory (Student Lounge).
(9-9) Our classroom has been moved to 241 Cory - all future lectures will be held there.
(9-7) There was a typo in the originally posted version of HW#2, Fig. 2(a). The delay should be measured across the first inverter in the chain (i.e., the one whose input is tied to the voltage source), not the second. A corrected version of the homework has been posted.

Homework 2 is due on Thursday, 9/9. Drop box in 240 Cory (Student Lounge).
Since next Monday is labor day, for this week only, Hanh-Phuc will hold his discussion session on Fri. (9-3) from 2-3pm in 241 Cory. Hanh-Phuc's office hours will be held on Tues. (9-7) from 4-5pm in 481 Cory.
The GSI's office hours will be held in 481 Cory.
Discussions start this Friday.
If you didn't attend lecture #1, please come to Elad's office hours on Tues. to pick up an instructional account form.