Lecture notes for ECE 510/410 Integrated Circuit Physical Design, Spring 2010
Please do the course evaluations here.
May 10 – final exam from 6 to 8 PM
May 5 – lec26_ece5410.pdf and lec26_ece5410_video – review for the final
May 3 – lec25_ece5410.pdf and lec25_ece5410_video – charge pump circuits
April 28 – lec24_ece5410.pdf and lec24_ece5410_video – clocked circuits, arbiters, edge-triggered DFFs
April 26 – lec23_ece5410.pdf and lec23_ece5410_video – project help, continue with complex CMOS logic
April 21 – lec22_ece5410.pdf and lec22_ece5410_video – static logic gates, complex CMOS logic
April 19 – Midterm2
April 14 – lec21_ece5410.pdf and lec21_ece5410_video – discuss thermometer decoder, review for the exam
April 12 – lec20_ece5410.pdf and lec20_ece5410_video – wrap-up Ch. 11, discuss projects
April 7 – lec19_ece5410.pdf and lec19_ece5410_video – buffer design, other inverter configurations
April 5 – lec18_ece5410.pdf and lec18_ece5410_video – inverter delay calculations, ring oscillator
March 29 and 31 – Spring break from instruction
March 24 – lec17_ece5410.pdf and lec17_ece5410_video – the inverter, switching point and operation
March 22 – lec16_ece5410.pdf and lec16_ece5410_video – delay calculations, the MOSFET as a pass gate
March 17 – lec15_ece5410.pdf and lec15_ece5410_video – models for digital design, Miller capacitance
March 15 – lec14_ece5410.pdf and lec14_ece5410_video – subthreshold slope, short channel MOSFETs
March 10 – lec13_ece5410.pdf and lec13_ece5410_video – IV characteristics of MOSFETs
March 8 – lec12_ece5410.pdf and lec12_ece5410_video – MOSFET threshold voltage derivation
March 1 – Midterm1
February 26 – lec11_ece5410.pdf and lec11_ece5410_video – Review for the exam
February 24 – lec10_ece5410.pdf and lec10_ece5410_video – NRD and NRS, MOSFET capacitances
February 22 – lec9_ece5410.pdf and lec9_ece5410_video – resistor temp and voltage coefficient, common-centroid techniques
February 17 – lec8_ece5410.pdf and lec8_ece5410_video – layout review, various resistors and MOSFETs
February 10 – lec7_ece5410.pdf and lec7_ece5410_video – polysilicon, MOSFET formation, lateral diffusion, oxide encroachment
February 8 – lec6_ece5410.pdf and lec6_ece5410_video – active and select layers, n+ and p+ resistors
February 3 – lec5_ece5410.pdf and lec5_ece5410_video – metal layer parasitic resistance and capacitance, electromigration, and sizing metal layers
February 1 – lec4_ece5410.pdf and lec4_ece5410_video – diode small-signal resistance, transit time, start the metal layers
January 27 – lec3_ece5410.pdf and lec3_ece5410_video – depletion and diffusion capacitance, reverse-recovery time, RC delay through n-well resistor
January 25 – lec2_ece5410.pdf and lec2_ece5410_video – the n-well, sheet resistance, laying out an n-well resistor, pn-junction
January 20 – lec1_ece5410.pdf and lec1_ece5410_video – course introduction, CMOS chip fabrication, using the tools