This schedule is flexible and subject to change. I will try to update it as the semester progresses.
| 1 | Tue | Jan 14 | introduction, history of transistor: Transistorized (PBS video) | |
| 2 | Thu | Jan 16 | LTSpice demo, history of integrated circuit: Integrated Circuits: The Foundation of Modern Society Read textbook 1.3 Introduction to SPICE | |
| 3 | Tue | Jan 21 | Download spice01.zip
and micro1.zip LTSpice calculate rise/fall times, layers used for VLSI fabrication, resistors and capacitors Read textbook 2.3 Resistance Calculation, 5.2 Capacitors | 1 |
| 4 | Thu | Jan 23 | diodes, Download micro2.zip
Read textbook 2.4 (diodes) and 2.5 (delays) | 2 |
| 5 | Tue | Jan 28 | UD closed due to bad weather | |
| 6 | Thu | Jan 30 | NMOS transistors, SPICE models Read textbook 5.3 (MOSFETS) and chapter 6. | |
| 7 | Tue | Feb 4 | properties of NMOS/PMOS transistors | 3 |
| 8 | Thu | Feb 6 | NMOS/PMOS transistors,
introduction to inverters | |
| 9 | Tue | Feb 11 | inverters
(see spice04.zip)
read Chapter 11 (Inverters), transistor parastic parameters(AD, AS, PD, PS) | 4 |
| 10 | Thu | Feb 13 | inverter input capacitance, output
resistance and capacitance,
delay time, rise/fall, logic levels and noise margin | |
| 11 | Tue | Feb 18 | inverter chains, power consumption,
latch-up, handling large capacacitive loads | 5 |
| 12 | Thu | Feb 20 | CMOS gates, read chapter 12 (Static Logic Gates) | |
| 13 | Tue | Feb 25 | NAND gate parasitics, delays, practice exercises | |
| 14 | Thu | Feb 27 | review | |
| 15 | Tue | Mar 4 | test 1 | |
| Thu | Mar 6 | Midterm break | ||
| 16 | Tue | Mar 11 | return test, instructor illness | 6 |
| 17 | Thu | Mar 13 | transmission gates, clocked inverter
read textbook 13.1 CMOS TG, 13.2 Applications of TG | |
| 18 | Tue | Mar 18 | Verilog primitives, ModSim examples,
introduction to memory | |
| 19 | Thu | Mar 20 | Latches | |
| 20 | Tue | Mar 25 | flip-flops, read chapter 13.3 Latches and Flip-Flops | 7 |
| 21 | Thu | Mar 27 | Schmitt trigger, read chapter 18.1 Schmitt | |
| 22 | Tue | Apr 1 | video: Silicon Run I | 8 |
| 23 | Thu | Apr 3 | lithography video latch/mux layout, xor gates | |
| 24 | Tue | Apr 8 | ion implantation video | |
| 25 | Thu | Apr 10 | VCO, memory | |
| 26 | Tue | Apr 15 | etch video | 9 |
| Thu | Apr 17 | Easter recess | ||
| 27 | Tue | Apr 22 | deposition video, LTSpice representation of binary numbers | |
| 28 | Thu | Apr 24 | Silicon Run II video, test review | |
| | Tue | Apr 29 | Final Exam |