EE141: Digital Integrated Circuits

Spring 2006

TuTh 3:30-5 pm, 247 Cory

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.

Week Lecture Date Day Lecture Notes Video Due Reading
1 1 Jan. 17 Tu Introduction (2up) (6up)     Chapter 1
2 Jan. 19 Th Design metrics (2up) (6up) (Annotated) Lec 2   Chapter 1
2 3 Jan. 24 Tu CMOS Inverter
MOS Transistor Basics		 (2up) (6up)(Annotated) Lec 3   Chapter 3
4 Jan. 26 Th IC Manufacturing and Design Rules (2up) (6up)
 		 Lec 4 Part 2 Hwk 1 Chapter 2
3 5 Jan. 31 Tu MOS Transistor Model (2up) (6up)(Annotated)     Chapter 5
6 Feb. 2 Th MOS  Inverter - VTC, Delay (2up) (6up)
(Annotated)		   Hwk 2 Chapter 5
4 7 Feb. 7 Tu MOS Capacitances (2up) (6up)(Annotated)     Chapter 5
8 Feb. 9 Th CMOS Delay, Power (2up)(6up)   Hwk 3 Chapter 5
5 9 Feb. 14 Tu Buffer sizing (2up)(6up)(Annotated)     Chapter 5
10 Feb. 16 Th CMOS Scaling (2up)(6up)
(Annotated)		   Hwk 4 Chapter 4
6 11 Feb. 21 Tu Wire models (2up)(6up)(Annotated)     Chapter 6
12 Feb. 23 Th CMOS Logic (2up)(6up)(Annotated)   Hwk 5 Chapter 6
7 13 Feb. 28 Tu CMOS Logic, (2up)(6up)(Annotated)     Chapter 6
14 Mar. 2 Th Optimization for speed (2up)(6up)
(LE Notes)		   Hwk 6 Chapter 6
8 15 Mar. 7 Tu Midterm 1,  6:30-8pm 10 Evans      
16 Mar. 9 Th SRAM design, Project Launch (2up)(6up)(Annotated)     Chapter 11
9 17 Mar. 14 Tu Ratioed, pass-transistor Logic (2up)(6up)(Annotated)     Chapter 6
18 Mar. 16 Th Pass-transistor logic (2up)(6up)(Annotated)   Hwk 7 Chapter 6
10 19 Mar. 21 Tu Pass-transistor, dynamic logic (2up)(6up)(Annotated)   Proj 1 Chapter 6
20 Mar. 23 Th Domino logic (2up)(6up)(Annotated)     Chapter 6
- - Mar. 28 Tu

Spring Break

        
- Mar. 30 Th

Spring Break

        
11 - Apr. 4 Tu No lecture     Proj 2  
21 Apr. 4 Tu

Power, Sequential logic

 (2up)(6up)(Annotated)   Hwk 8 Chapter 7
22 Apr. 6 Th Midterm 2, 6:30-8pm 277 Cory      
12 23 Apr. 11 Tu Sequential logic (2up)(6up)(Annotated)     Chapter 7
24 Apr. 13 Th

Timing

 (2up)(6up)(Annotated)     Chapter 10
13 25 Apr. 18 Tu Clock and power distribution (2up)(6up)(Annotated)   Proj 3 Chapter 9
26 Apr. 20 Th Adders (2up)(6up)   Hwk 9  
- Apr. 21 Fr Visit to Intel, Santa Clara        
14 27 Apr. 25 Tu  Datapath design (2up)(6up)      
28 Apr. 27 Th Flash memory (2up)(6up)(Annotated)      
15 29 May 2 Tu

Project Posters (BWRC)

     Proj 4  
30 May 4 Th

Perspectives

 (2up)(6up)   Hwk 10  
16   May 19 Fr 12:30-3:30 pm Final 277 Cory