ESE3700 Spring 2024 Working Schedule

Wk Lect. Date Lecture Slides Due Reading
2 1 1/22 M Intro/Overview [lec1] 1 through 1.2; review course web page completely
2 1/24 W Transistor Introduction (basics) and Gates from Transistors [lec2_pc] [lec2] review ESE215; 6.2 through static properties in 6.2.1
1/26 F Diagnostics Quiz (canvas)
3 1/29 M Lab 1 (Detkin): Gate from Discrete Transistors [Lab Instructions]
3 1/31 W Transistor Introduction (first order), Delay and RC Response [lec3_pc] [lec3] ADD DATE 3.1, 1.3.3
2/2 F HW 1
4 4 2/5 M Regenerative Property [lec4_pc] [lec4] 1.3.2
5 2/7 W MOS Intro, Transistor Operating Regions: Part 1 [lec5_pc] [lec5] 2.1-2.3, 3.3.1-3.3.2 (page 92)
2/9 F HW 2 22nm_HP.pm
5 6 2/12 M MOS Transistor Operating Regions: Part 2, Parasitics [lec6_pc] [lec6] 3.3.2 (remainder)
7 2/14 W Layout and Area, MOS Scaling [lec7_pc] [lec7] 2.3, 3.5
2/16 F HW 3
6 8 2/19 M MOS Scaling (con't), MOS Variation [lec8_pc] [lec8] 3.3.3, 3.4
2/21 W Midterm 1 (during class) in Moore 216 [exam] [solutions]
7 9 2/26 M Performance: Inverter, Gates [lec9_pc] [lec9] 5.4, 6.2.1 Delay and Performance (pp 242-256)
2/27 T DROP DATE
10 2/28 W Energy Basics [lec10_pc] [lec10] HW 4 5.5
8 3/4 M Spring Break
3/6 W Spring Break
11 3/11 M Energy Delay Tradeoffs [lec11_pc] [lec11] 6.2.1 Power Consumption (pp257-263) [remainder]
12 3/13 W Ratioed (Pseudo-nMOS) Logic and Design Space Exploration [lec12_pc] [lec12] 6.2.2
3/14 Th HW 5
9 13 3/18 M Pass Transistor Logic [lec13_pc] [lec13] 6.2.3
14 3/20 W Distributed RC Wire Elmore Delay, CMOS Worst Case Analysis [lec14_pc] [lec14] 4 to 4.3, 4.4, 4.5.1
10 3/25 M CMOS Worst Case (wrap up) and Project 1 OH (in classroom) [lec14_pc] [lec14] 4 to 4.3, 4.4, 4.5.1
15 3/27 W Driving Large Capacitive Loads and Repeaters in Wiring [lec15_pc] [lec15] 5.4.3
3/29 F Proj 1
11 16 4/1 M Synchronous Timing Discipline and Clocking [lec16_pc] [lec16] 7.1-7.3
4/2 T Withdraw DATE
4/3 W Midterm 2 (during class) in Moore 216 [exam] [solutions]
12 17 4/8 M Dynamic Logic (Lecture virtual at 10:15am-11:45am - recording in Canvas) [lec17_pc] [lec17] 7.5
18 4/10 W Memory Overview, RAM Core Part 1 [lec18_pc] [lec18] HW 6 12.1, 12.2.3
4/12 F
13 19 4/15 M RAM Core Pt 2 and Periphery [lec19_pc] [lec19] 12.2.3
4/17 W Project Office Hours 12.3
4/19 F Proj 2.M
14 4/22 M Lab 2 (Detkin): Crosstalk and Transmission Lines (Attendance required for full credit on HW 7) HW 7 [Lab Instructions]
20 4/24 W Crosstalk and Inductive Noise [lec20_pc] [lec20] 9.4.1, 4.3.3, 9.2.1
4/26 F
15 21 4/29 M Transmission Lines [lec21_pc] [lec21] 4.4.5, 4.5.2, 9.4.2
22 5/1 W Review [lec22] Proj 2
EW 5/7 T Final Exam 3-5pm in Towne 311 [exam] [solutions]

This working calendar is on the web: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~ese3700/spring2024/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.


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