Schedule


Approximate Schedule (subject to change)



Week

Dates

Reading/
Topics

Due Dates

1

1/18-1/24 Diodes
Sections 3.1-3.3, 3.7-3.9 (pdf),
Microelectronic Circuits, Sedra & Smith (S&S)
{Lecture 1}
nothing yet

2

1/25-1/31 Spice Diode Model
How SPICE works
RC_Spice SimpleDiode Diode2
Spice Convergence I   II
1/28 - Asn 1

3

2/1-2/7 Fabrication
Chapter 1&2,
CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits, Kang and Leblebici (K&L)
Design Rules (b&w from K&L)
Design Rules (color)
2/2 - Lab 1
2/6 - Asn 2

4

2/8-2/14 Sections 4.1-2, 4.12 (pdf), S&S
Chapter 2,
pg 99, Sections 3.4, 3.6, K&L
0.5 AMI SPICE parameters
2/13 - Asn 3

5

2/15-2/21 Chapter 4&5, K&L 2/16 - Lab 2
2/20 & 2/23 - Presentations

6

2/22-2/28 Chapter 5&6, K&L 2/25 - Lab 3

7

3/1-3/7 Exam 1 - 3/2
Chapter 6, K&L
 
3/8-3/14 Spring Break

8

3/15-3/21 Chapter 7, K&L  
9
3/22-3/28 Logical Effort
Chapter 8, K&L
3/23 - Lab 4

10

3/29-4/4 Chapter 9,10, K&L 4/3 - Asn 4

11

4/5-4/11 Chapter 10, K&L 4/10 - Project Proposals

12

4/12-4/18

Chapter 10, K&L
Exam 2

4/13 - Asn 5

13

4/19-4/25 Chapter 13, K&L  

14

4/26-5/2 Student Presentations  
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Comments or Questions?

Erik Cheever
Engineering Department
Swarthmore College