COURSE SYLLABUS – NEEI 6341
SPRING 2006
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205 McLaughlin
College of Engineering
University of California
Phone: (510) 642-5776
Fax: (510) 643-5877
Consultant: Mike Sheets
Office Hours: Tues, 1-3pm;
Thurs, 11am-noon;
or by appointment
E-mail:
Phone: (510) 642-5776
Fax: (510) 643-5877
Updated 10/25/20181
COURSE SYLLABUS – NEEI 6341
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
NEEI 6341 –Spring 2006 - 4 Units
Digital Integrated Circuits
Professor Jan Rabaey
(UC Berkeley EECS 141)
Textbook
Rabaey, J. Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective. 2nd Edition. Prentice Hall, Inc., 2002
Course web site
Lecture Schedule
Special Note: This syllabus reflects the sequence of lectures as videotaped in the Spring of 2004.
TBAConference Call: Prof. Rabaey will host a conference call at some point during the semester. Details will be provided when available.
Tues, January 3Lecture #1 – Course Introduction
Conference Call Sign-Up: Contact the CalVIEW office (e-mail or phone) to sign up for the introductory conf. call on Jan 4.
Wed, January 4Lecture #2 – IC Manufacturing and Design RulesMANDATORYIntroductory Conference Call: with Mike at time 1pm PST (Berkeley time)
Thurs, January 5Lecture #3 – Design Metrics
Discussion Section #1
Tues, January 10Lecture #4 – CMOS Inverter; MOS Transistor Basics
NO OFFICE HOURS TODAY
Thurs, January 12Lecture #5- MOS Transistor Model - VTC
Discussion Section #2
Fri, January 13HOMEWORK #1 DUE: must be postmarked by 1/13.
Mon, January 16HOLIDAY – Martin Luther King Day
Tue, January 17Lecture #6MOS Capacitances & Prop Delay
Wed, January 18Lecture #7- Performance/Power Consumption
Discussion Section #3
Fri, January 20 HOMEWORK #2 DUE: must be postmarked by 1/20.
Conference Call Sign-Up: Contact the CalVIEW office (e-mail or phone) to sign up for the conference call on Tues, Jan 24.
Tues, January 24 Lecture #8 – Buffer sizing/Logical effort
Conference Call: with Mike at time 1pm PST (Berkeley time) for Exam 1 review/questions and Project Phase 1 kickoff.
Thurs, January 26 Lecture #9 – CMOS scaling
Discussion Section #4
Fri, January 27HOMEWORK #3 DUE: must be postmarked by 1/27.
Tues, January 31 Lecture #10 –Wires
Discussion Section #5
Thurs, Februrary 2Lecture #11 – Wire Models
Fri, February 3MIDTERM EXAM #1: You can take between Jan 30-Feb 3. Must be faxed/postmarked by Feb 3.
Tues, February 7Lecture #12 – CMOS Logic
Discussion Section #6
Thurs, February 9Lecture #13 – Designing for Speed & Power
Fri, February 10HOMEWORK #4 DUE: must be postmarked by 2/3.
Tues, February 14Lecture #14 – Pass Transistor Logic
Discussion Section #7
Thurs, February 16Lecture #15 – Dynamic Logic
Fri, February 17HOMEWORK #5 DUE: must be postmarked by 2/17.
Tues, February 21Lecture #16 –Adders
Discussion Section #8
Thurs, February 23Lecture #17 – Adders & Multipliers
Fri, February 24HOMEWORK #6 DUE: must be postmarked by 2/24.
Mon, February 27Conference Call Sign-Up: Contact the CalVIEW office (e-mail or phone) to sign up for the conference call on date 2/28.
Tues, February 28Lecture #18 – Power in CMOS
Discussion Section #9
Conference Call: with Mike at time 1pm PST (Berkeley time) for Exam 2 review and Project Phase 2 kickoff.
Fri, March 3PROJECT PHASE #1 DUE: must be postmarked
by 3/3.
Tues, March 7Lecture #19 – Power in CMOS
Thurs, March 8Lecture #20 – Sequential Circuits
Discussion Section #10
Fri, March 10MIDTERM EXAM #2: You can take between Mar 6-Mar 10. Must be faxed/postmarked by Mar 10.
Tues, March 14Lecture #21 – Latches, Registers
Discussion Section #11
Thurs, March 16Lecture #22 – Timing, Clock Distribution
Fri, March 17HOMEWORK #7 DUE: must be postmarked by 3/17.
Tues, March 21Lecture #23 –Interconnect Issues
Discussion Section #12
Thurs, March 23Lecture #24 – Power distribution
Fri, March 24HOMEWORK #8 DUE: must be postmarked by 3/24.
Tues, March 28Lecture #25 – Memory
Discussion Section #13
Thurs, March 30Lecture #26– Memory
Fri, March 31PROJECT PHASE #2 DUE: must be postmarked by 3/31.
Mon, April 3Conference Call Sign-Up: Contact the CalVIEW office (e-mail or phone) to sign up for the conference call on April 4.
Tues, April 4Lecture #27 – Perspectives
Conference Call: with Mike at time 1pm PDT (Berkeley time) for final exam review (account for time zone change).
Fri, April 7HOMEWORK #9 DUE: must be postmarked by 4/7.
April 10 - 12FINAL EXAM DUE: must be postmarked by 4/12.
Updated 10/25/20181