EEC116 - VLSI Design
UC Davis
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering



Instructor:

Prof. Rajeevan Amirtharajah
3173 Kemper Hall
E-mail:    ramirtha@ece.ucdavis.edu
Office Hours: Friday 2 PM - 3 PM or by appointment.

Teaching Assistants:
Stanley Hsu
E-mail:    swhsu@ucdavis.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays, 2-4 PM in Kemper 2107

Course Information
Lecture:
Mon/Wed 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm in Hoagland 108

Textbook:
Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective
J. Rabaey, A. Chandrakasan, and B. Nikolic
2nd edition
Web Page

References:
CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits: Analysis and Design
S-M. Kang and Y. Leblebici
3rd edition

CMOS VLSI Design - A Circuits and Systems Perspective
N. H. Weste and D. Harris
4th edition

Midterm: Mon 10/31/11 in class.
Closed book, closed notes. Calculators are allowed.

Final: Wednesday December 7th, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, in normal lecture room (Hoagland 108)

Communication
Course web page:   http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~ramirtha/EEC116/F11/F11.html
The web page can also be accessed from the EEC 116 SmartSite.
Email. Please use email to contact me or the TA for your lab section only, for urgent or personal matters that cannot be handled through office hours, in-class questions, or immediately after class.

Grading

Course Policies

Homework

Quizzes, Midterm, and Final exam

Course Schedule

Future details are tentative.

Date Reading Lecture Slides Notes
Mon, Sep 26 Rabaey 1, 2, A Course Introduction
MOS Fabrication
Layout Overview
 pdf  
Wed, Sep 28 Rabaey 3.1-3.4
Rabaey 5.1-5.3
MOS Structure and Basic Operation
CMOS Inverters
 pdf  
Mon, Oct 3 Rabaey 3.3-3.5
Rabaey 5.4-5.6
MOSFET Scaling and Parasitics
CMOS Inverter Dynamic Characteristics
 pdf
 pdf
 
Wed, Oct 5 Rabaey 6.1-6.2.1 (up to p. 251) Combinational MOS Logic  pdf    
Mon, Oct 10  Rabaey 11  Arithmetic Circuits
 Hardware Description Languages
 pdf
 pdf
 Quiz 1 (sol)
Wed, Oct 12  Rabaey 11  Arithmetic Circuits    
Mon, Oct 17 Rabaey 6.2.3
(especially p. 277-84)
Transmission Gate Logic  pdf  
Wed, Oct 19  Rabaey 7.1-7.3  Sequential MOS Logic    pdf  
Mon, Oct 24  Rabaey D  Latch-Up
Layout Techniques
 
 
 Quiz 2 (sol)
Wed, Oct 26  Rabaey 4  Wires  pdf  
Mon, Oct 31 - Midterm  Solution (pdf)
Midterm Results (pdf)
  EEC 118 Spring 2011 Midterm
EEC 118 Spring 2011 Midterm Solutions
Wed, Nov 2 Rabaey 4 Wires  pdf    
Mon, Nov 7 Rabaey 9.1-9.4 Interconnect  pdf  
Wed, Nov 9 Rabaey 10.1-10.3 Timing Issues  
 
 
Mon, Nov 14 Rabaey 12.1-12.2 Memories  pdf   Quiz 3 (sol)
Wed, Nov 16 Rabaey 12.1-12.2 Memories    
Mon, Nov 21 Rabaey 5.5 Power Dissipation
Thermal Limits
 
 pdf
 
Wed, Nov 23 Rabaey 8 Implementation Strategies  pdf  Quiz 4 (sol)
Mon, Nov 28 Rabaey 8 Implementation Strategies  pdf  
Wed, Nov 30 Rabaey G, H Alternative Logic Technologies
Final Review
 Solution (pdf)  
Wed, Dec 7 - Final  Solution (pdf)   EEC 118 Spring 2011 Final
EEC 118 Spring 2011 Final Solutions

Assignments

Week Prelab due and
work in Lab
Lab report due at
beginning of lab section
Hwk due
Wednesday 4pm
Homework problems
Sep 26 - Sep 28 Pre Lab 1 (sol)
Lab 1
- 1 (sol) HW1
Oct 3 - Oct 5 Lab 2 Lab 1 2 (sol) HW2
Oct 10 - Oct 12 Lab 3 Lab 2 3 (sol) HW3
Oct 17 - Oct 19 Lab 4  - 4 (sol) HW4
Oct 24 - Oct 26 Lab 4  Lab 3  -
Oct 31 - Nov 2 Pre Lab 5 (sol)
Lab 5
 Lab 4 - No homework (Midterm Oct 31)
Nov 7 - Nov 9  Lab 5 (cont.)  -  -  
Nov 14 - Nov 16  Lab 6  Lab 5 5 (sol)   HW5
Nov 21 - Nov 23  Lab 6 (cont.)   6 (sol)   HW6
Nov 28 - Nov 30  Lab 6 (cont.)  Lab 6    











UPDATES:

12/02/11 - Added EEC 118 S11 final and solution.
11/09/11 - Added Lectures 9 and 10 and Midterm solutions.
11/03/11 - Added Lab 5 and HW 5.
10/26/11 - Added Prelab 5 and miscellaneous solutions
10/22/11 - Added PS3 solutions.
10/19/11 - Added Transmission Gate lecture and Lecture 6
10/17/11 - Added PS2 solutions.
10/12/11 - Added HW3
10/10/11 - Added Labs 3 and 4.
10/09/11 - Added Arithmetic and HDL lectures.
10/07/11 - Added HW1 and Prelab1 solutions.
10/04/11 - Rearranged lecture sequence. Added Lectures 4 and 5.
9/26/11 - Added Lectures 1-3, Pre Lab 1, and Lab 1. Added HW1.
9/22/11 - Created


Webpage created on 9/22/11 by R. Amirtharajah

Last modified 12/02/11