Digital Integrated Circuits

(3-0-0-3)

CMPE Degree: This course is Selected Elective for the CMPE degree.

EE Degree: This course is Selected Elective for the EE degree.

Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.

Technical Interest Groups / Course Categories: Threads / ECE Electives

Course Coordinator: Saibal Mukhopadhyay

Prerequisites: ECE 3040 [min C] or ECE 3030 [min C]

Catalog Description

Analysis and design of MOS digital integrated circuit families and their applications in modern electronic systems.

Textbook(s)

Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits

Course Outcomes

Analyze functionality of digital circuits including combinational, sequential, and memory.

Characterize speed, energy consumption, and robustness of combinational, sequential, and memory circuits.

Design combinational, sequential, and memory circuits to meet specified functionality, speed, energy, and robustness targets

Perform simulation of digital circuits, and write reports conforming to technical writing standards.

Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)

N/A

Topic List

  1. Integration Scales and Applications
  2. Device Modeling for Digital ICs
    1. MOSFETs
    2. Layout and fabrication related topics
  3. The Inverter
    1. CMOS: DC and transient characteristics
  4. Basic Logic Families
    1. CMOS Logic Circuits
    2. Combinational logic gates
    3. Dynamic circuits and clocking
  5. Digital Logic Units
    1. Sequential design and timing
    2. Arithmetic logic circuits
    3. Memories Cells and Arrays:  SRAMs, DRAMs,
  6. Applications to Practical Design Problems
    1. Examples from current literature including microprocessors, control systems, and signal processing.