Lecture notes for ECE 518/418 Memory Circuit Design, Fall 2008
Please do the course evaluations here.
December 10 – Final exam, starts at 6 PM
December 8 – lec28_ece5418.pdf and lec28_ece5418_video – review for the final, Schmitt triggers and input buffers
December 3 – lec27_ece5418.pdf and lec27_ece5418_video – clock and data recovery circuits
December 1 – lec26_ece5418.pdf and lec26_ece5418_video – answer project questions, charge-pump PLL design in CMOS
November 26 – Thanksgiving break
November 24 – Thanksgiving break
November 19 – lec25_ece5418.pdf and lec25_ece5418_video – VCOs and loop dynamics
November 17 – lec24_ece5418.pdf and lec24_ece5418_video – project questions, start digital phase-locked loops
November 12 – Midterm test
November 10 – lec23_ece5418.pdf and lec23_ece5418_video – finish up sensing using DS modulation, review for the Midterm test
November 5 – lec22_ece5418.pdf and lec22_ece5418_video – project discussions, more sensing using DS modulation
November 3 – lec21_ece5418.pdf and lec21_ece5418_video – introduction to CMOS imagers
October 29 – lec20_ece5418.pdf and lec20_ece5418_video – more resistive memory sensing
October 27 – lec19_ece5418.pdf and lec19_ece5418_video – sensing resistive memory, resistive memory operation
October 22 – lec18_ece5418.pdf and lec18_ece5418_video – more sensing using DS modulation, sensing Flash and resistive memory
October 20 – lec17_ece5418.pdf and lec17_ece5418_video – Introduction to sensing using DS modulation
October 15 – lec16_ece5418.pdf and lec16_ece5418_video – Flash array sensing and programming
October 13 – lec15_ece5418.pdf and lec15_ece5418_video – more Flash memory cell operation
October 8 – lec14_ece5418.pdf and lec14_ece5418_video – SRAMs, introduction to Flash memory
October 6 – lec13_ece5418.pdf and lec13_ece5418_video – charge pumps
October 1 – lec12_ece5418.pdf and lec12_ece5418_video – finish DLLs
September 29 – lec11_ece5418.pdf and lec11_ece5418_video – even more DLLs
September 24 – lec10_ece5418.pdf and lec10_ece5418_video – continue with DLLs
September 22 – lec9_ece5418.pdf and lec9_ece5418_video – synchronous DRAMs, introduction to delay-locked loops (DLLs)
September 17 – lec8_ece5418.pdf and lec8_ece5418_video – review quiz, DRAM timing signals and operation
September 15 – lec7_ece5418.pdf and lec7_ece5418_video – row and column decoders, array I/O
September 10 – lec6_ece5418.pdf and lec6_ece5418_video – design of sense amplifiers
September 8 – lec5_ece5418.pdf and lec5_ece5418_video – simulations, layout, and running the tools
September 5 – lec4_ece5418.pdf and lec4_ece5418_video – Ioff, subthreshold slope, more I/O discussion, sense-amp design considerations
September 3 – lec3_ece5418.pdf and lec3_ece5418_video – continue with DRAM sensing and writing, I/O organization
August 27 – lec2_ece5418.pdf and lec2_ece5418_video – DRAM memory cell, sensing in DRAM, folded and open arrays
August 25 – lec1_ece5418.pdf and lec1_ece5418_video – course introduction, CMOS circuit design review