| Wk | Lect. | Date | Lecture | Slides | Due | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 9/5 | W | Intro/Overview | [ppt] [pdf] | 1 through 1.2; review course web page completely | |
| 2 | 9/7 | F | Transistor Introduction (basics) and Diagnostic Quiz | [ppt] [pdf] | review ESE215 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 9/10 | M | Gates from Transistors | [ppt] [pdf] | 6.2 through static properites in 6.2.1 | |
| 4 | 9/14 | W | Transistor Introduction (first order) | [ppt] [pdf] | 3.1 | ||
| 9/13 | R | HW1 | |||||
| 5 | 9/14 | F | Lab (Detkin): Gate from Discrete Transistors | Lab Instructions |
HW2 page 1 and 2 lab instructions |
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| 3 | 6 | 9/17 | M | Restoration | [ppt] [pdf] | 1.3.2 | |
| 7 | 9/19 | W | Lab (Ketterer): SPICE starter |
B HW2 all |
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| 9/20 | R | HW2 | |||||
| 8 | 9/21 | F | Delay and RC Response | [ppt] [pdf] |
ADD DATE |
1.3.3 | |
| 4 | 9 | 9/24 | M | MOS Model | [ppt] [pdf] | 2.1--2.3, 3.3.1 | |
| 10 | 9/26 | W | MOS Transistor Basics | [ppt] [pdf] | 3.3.2 (first half) | ||
| 9/27 | R | HW3 | |||||
| 11 | 9/28 | F | MOS Transistor Details | [ppt] [pdf] | 3.3.2 (remainder) | ||
| 5 | 12 | 10/1 | M | MOS Variation | [ppt] [pdf] | 3.3.3, 3.4 | |
| 13 | 10/3 | W | Layout and Area | [ppt] [pdf] | 2.3, A | ||
| 10/4 | R | HW4 | |||||
| 14 | 10/5 | F | MOS Scaling | [ppt] [pdf] | 3.5 | ||
| 6 | 10/8 | M | Midterm 7--9pm, DRLB A4 (no lecture) | solutions | |||
| 15 | 10/10 | W | Performance: Inverter | [ppt] [pdf] | 5.4 | ||
| 16 | 10/12 | F | Performance: Gates | [ppt] [pdf] | DROP DATE | 6.2.1 Delay and Performance Sections | |
| 7 | 17 | 10/15 | M | Energy Basics | [ppt] [pdf] | 5.5 | |
| 18 | 10/17 | W | Energy and Power (short circuit, optimizing) | [ppt] [pdf] | 6.2.1 Power Consumption | ||
| 10/18 | R | HW5 | |||||
| 19 | 10/19 | F | Ratioed Gates | [ppt] [pdf] | 6.2.2 | ||
| 8 | 10/22 | M | Fall Break | ||||
| 20 | 10/24 | W | Lumped RC Interconnect and Driving Capacitive Loads | [ppt] [pdf] | 5.4.3 | ||
| 10/25 | R | Jan Rabaey talk at 11am (co-author of text) | Proj1.M | ||||
| 21 | 10/26 | F | Distributed RC Wire | [ppt] [pdf] | (4 to 4.3), 4.4, 4.5.1 | ||
| 9 | * | 10/29 | M |
Classes cancelled due to Hurricane; we will be
reshuffling---work on project! |
6.2.3 | ||
| 22 | 10/31 | W | Pass-Transistor Logic: Part 1 | [ppt] [pdf] | 6.2.3 | ||
| 11/1 | R | Due to Hurricane Sandy, will accept through Saturday, midnight without additional late penalty. | Proj1 | ||||
| 23 | 11/2 | F |
Pass Transistor Logic: Part 2 (cascading without buffers) |
[ppt] [pdf] | 6.2.3 | ||
| 10 | 24 | 11/5 | M | Synchronous Timing Discipline and Clocking | [ppt] [pdf] | 7.1--7.3 | |
| 11/7 | W | Midterm 7--9pm, Moore 216 (no lecture) | solutions | ||||
| 25 | 11/9 | F | Memory overview, organization, and architecture | [ppt] [pdf] | 12.1 | ||
| 11 | 26 | 11/12 | M | RAM: Core Part 1 | [ppt] [pdf] | 12.2.3 | |
| 27 | 11/14 | W | RAM: Core Part 2 | [ppt] [pdf] | 12.2.3 | ||
| 11/15 | R | HW6 | |||||
| 28 | 11/16 | F | RAM: periphery | [ppt] [pdf] | Withdraw DATE | 12.3 | |
| 12 | 29 | 11/19 | M | Lab (Detkin): Inductive Noise and crosstalk | Lab Instructions | 2.4 | |
| 11/20 | T | Proj2.M | |||||
| 30 | 11/21 | W | Crosstalk | [ppt] [pdf] | 9.2.1 | ||
| 11/23 | F | Thanksgiving Holiday | |||||
| 13 | 31 | 11/26 | M | Noise: Inductive | [ppt] [pdf] | 9.4, 4.3.3 | |
| 32 | 11/28 | W | Trans. Line Intro and Analysis | [ppt] [pdf] | 4.4.5, 4.5.2, 9.4.2 | ||
| 11/29 | R | Proj2 | |||||
| 33 | 11/30 | F | Lab (Detkin): Transmission Line Measurement | Lab Instructions | |||
| 14 | 34 | 12/3 | M | Trans. Line Modeling and Termination | [ppt] [pdf] | ||
| 35 | 12/5 | W | Transmission Lines Implications | [ppt] [pdf] | Bakoglu 6.1 (6.11) | ||
| 12/6 | R | HW7 | |||||
| 37 | 12/7 | F | Repeaters in Wiring Uncorrelated Noise Sources: Ionizing Particles + Thermal |
[ppt] [pdf] | 9.3.3 | ||
| 15 | 12/14 | F | Final Exam in Moore 212 | [final with error markup] [solutions] | |||
This working calendar is on the web: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~ese370/fall2012/syllabus.html.
Please, recheck the page on the web as details may be adjusted as the
term progresses. Lectures notes, reading, and handouts will be filled as
we reach them.