I have posted the lecture notes for each week in both 2-page and 3-page-with-notespace PDF formats. You can print whichever suits you. The 3-page per sheet is the PowerPoint format that gives you space to write notes beside each slide.
Chapters 2 & 3 (start). Basic CMOS device topology and fabrication (Rabaey et al., 2002). Construction of digital logic gates in CMOS (Weste et al., 1994).
Weste et al., Chapter 5. Discussion of transistor layout rules and examples of Boolean logic device layout using full-custom and semi-custom layout topologies.
HW #8Mentor Tutorial: Assignment is to work through the Mentor tutorial (PDF), and turn in the output of this work process--screen dumps or printouts of created design artifacts and any other relevant output created as a result of the tutorials.
For more practice with the tools, see the Mentor tutorial links at the bottom of this web page.
Week #13 (11/8, 11/10)
Projects
The project assignments come from a selection provided by the text authors, plus some that I have pulled from Rabaey et al., Chapter 11 on Computer Arithmetic combinational logic circuits. The best way to get into understanding the direct application of the material is to start on the projects.
Here's a document discussing the project deliverables. Project Deliverables (PDF) document.
Get the set of Project Guidelines (PDF) here, as they have the information about the project teams, assignment, reference materials, timeline, due dates, etc. that you will need to know.
Here is the template for your project report, due at the end of the semester: Project Report Template (Word).
Projects will be done in teams of two. Select a team partner.
Week #14 (11/15, 11/17)
Projects.
Thursday: meet in lab 1D39.
Supplemental reading handout materials from Hodges et al.
See the Project Deliverables document for more information.
Week #16 (11/29, 12/2)
Tuesday: Project work in the lab 1D39 Thursday: Discussion of Take-home exam component of the project. Discussion of the modeling and analysis of the ADDER circuits.
Project Deliverables #6 & 7.
See the Project Deliverables document for more information.
Final Exam: Friday 12/9, 2:00 PM
We'll present the projects and turn in the Take Home portion of the project analysis.