Lecture notes for ECE 510/410 Integrated Circuit Physical Design, Spring 2008
Please do the course evaluations here.
May 7 – lec26_ece5410.pdf and lec26_ece5410_video – review for the final exam on Monday, May 12 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
May 5 – lec25_ece5410.pdf and lec25_ece5410_video – answer project questions, more clocked circuits, dynamic circuits
April 30 – lec24_ece5410.pdf and lec24_ece5410_video – metastability, clocked circuits, setup and hold times
April 28 – lec23_ece5410.pdf and lec23_ece5410_video – charge pumps (for projects)
April 23 – lec22_ece5410.pdf and lec22_ece5410_video – discuss projects, static logic gates, complex logic
April 21 – Midterm 2
April 16 – lec21_ece5410.pdf and lec21_ece5410_video – review for the exam
April 14 – lec20_ece5410.pdf and lec20_ece5410_video – buffer design, wrap up inverter discussion
April 9 – lec19_ece5410.pdf and lec19_ece5410_video – switching behavior of the inverter, ring oscillator
April 7 – lec18_ece5410.pdf and lec18_ece5410_video – start on the inverter, DC characteristics, noise margins
April 2 – lec17_ece5410.pdf and lec17_ece5410_video – finish the digital model
March 31 – lec16_ece5410.pdf and lec16_ece5410_video – digital models for the MOSFET, assign course projects
March 24 and 26 – spring break from instruction
March 19 – lec15_ece5410.pdf and lec15_ece5410_video – even more MOSFET operation (short-channel devices)
March 17 – lec14_ece5410.pdf and lec14_ece5410_video – more MOSFET operation
March 12 – lec13_ece5410.pdf and lec13_ece5410_video – Start on Ch. 6, MOSFET operation
March 10 – Midterm1
March 8 – Saturday study session notes1
March 5 – lec12_ece5410.pdf and lec12_ece5410_video – finish up Ch. 5, review for the exam
March 3 – lec11_ece5410.pdf and lec11_ece5410_video – more MOSFET layout, MOSFET capacitances
February 27 – lec10_ece5410.pdf and lec10_ece5410_video – temperature behavior of resistors, layout using unit elements, poly-poly capacitors
February 25 – lec9_ece5410.pdf and lec9_ece5410_video – MOSFET formation, layout of MOSFETs
February 20 – lec8_ece5410.pdf and lec8_ece5410_video – continue with active layers, depletion capacitance, polysilicon resistors
February 13 – lec7_ece5410.pdf and lec7_ece5410_video – finish up metal layers, introduce the active
February 11 – lec6_ece5410.pdf and lec6_ece5410_video – continue discussing metal layers, delay, parasitics, sizing
February 6 – lec5_ece5410.pdf and lec5_ece5410_video – finish reverse-recovery time, start metal layers
February 4 – lec4_ece5410.pdf and lec4_ece5410_video – RC delay, storage capacitance, reverse-recovery time
January 30 – lec3_ece5410.pdf and lec3_ece5410_video – depletion capacitance, pn junctions, RC delay
January 28 – lec2_ece5410.pdf and lec2_ece5410_video – n-well layout, parasitics, and sheet resistance, design rules
January 23 – lec1_ece5410.pdf and lec1_ece5410_video – course introduction and setting up the CAD tools, Electric and LTspice