| Wk | Lect. | Date | Lecture | Slides | Due | Reading | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1/15 | W | Intro/Overview | [lec1] | 1 through 1.2; review course web page completely | ||
| 2 | 1/20 | M | MLK Jr. Day (no class) | |||||
| 2 | 1/22 | W | Transistor Introduction (basics) and Gates from Transistors | [lec2_pc] [lec2] | review ESE215; 6.2 through static properties in 6.2.1 | |||
| 1/24 | F | Diagnostics Quiz (canvas) | ||||||
| 3 | 1/27 | M | Lab 1 (Detkin): Gate from Discrete Transistors | Lab Instructions | ||||
| 1/28 | T | ADD DATE | ||||||
| 3 | 1/29 | W | Transistor Introduction (first order), Delay and RC Response | [lec3_pc] [lec3] | 3.1, 1.3.3 | |||
| 1/31 | F | HW 1 | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | 2/3 | M | Regenerative Property | [lec4_pc] [lec4] | 1.3.2 | ||
| 5 | 2/5 | W | MOS Intro, Transistor Operating Regions: Part 1 | [lec5_pc] [lec5] | 2.1-2.3, 3.3.1-3.3.2 (page 92) | |||
| 2/7 | F | HW 2 22nm_HP.pm | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | 2/10 | M | MOS Transistor Operating Regions: Part 2, Parasitics | [lec6_pc] [lec6] | 3.3.2 (remainder) | ||
| 7 | 2/12 | W | Layout and Area, MOS Scaling | [lec7_pc] [lec7] | 2.3, 3.5 | |||
| 2/14 | F | HW 3 | 6 | 8 | 2/17 | M | Performance: Inverter, Gates | [lec8_pc] [lec8] | 5.4, 6.2.1 Delay and Performance (pp 242-256) | 9 | 2/19 | W | Energy Basics | [lec9_pc] [lec9] | 5.5 |
| 2/21 | F | HW 4 | ||||||
| 7 | 10 | 2/24 | M | Energy Delay Tradeoffs | [lec10_pc] [lec10] | DROP DATE | 6.2.1 Power Consumption (pp257-263) [remainder] | |
| 2/26 | W | Review Session (No Regular Lecture) | ||||||
| 2/28 | F | 8 | 3/3 | M | Midterm 1 (no lecture) | |||
| 11 | 3/5 | W | Ratioed (Pseudo-nMOS) Logic and Design Space Exploration | [lec11_pc] [lec11] | 6.2.2 | |||
| 3/7 | F | HW 5 | ||||||
| 3/10 | M | Spring Break | ||||||
| 3/12 | W | Spring Break | ||||||
| 9 | 3/17 | M | No in-class Lecture (working on project) | 6.2.2 | ||||
| 12 | 3/19 | W | Pass-Transistor Logic | 6.2.3 | ||||
| 10 | 13 | 3/24 | M | Distributed RC Wire Elmore Delay | 4 to 4.3, 4.4, 4.5.1 | |||
| 14 | 3/26 | W | Driving Large Capacitive Loads (Optional) | 5.4.3 | ||||
| 3/28 | F | Proj 1 | ||||||
| 11 | 15 | 3/31 | M | Synchronous Timing Discipline and Clocking | Withdraw DATE | 7.1-7.3 | ||
| 16 | 4/2 | W | Dynamic Logic | 7.5 | ||||
| 4/4 | F | |||||||
| 12 | 17 | 4/7 | M | Memory Overview, Periphery | 12.1, 12.2.3 | |||
| 18 | 4/9 | W | RAM Core | 12.2.3 | ||||
| 4/11 | F | HW6 | ||||||
| 13 | 4/14 | M | Review Session (No Regular Lecture) | |||||
| 4/16 | W | Midterm 2 (no lecture) | ||||||
| 14 | 19 | 4/21 | M | Crosstalk | 9.4.1, 4.3.3, 9.2.1 | |||
| 4/23 | W | No Regular Lecture (Work on Project) | ||||||
| 4/25 | F | |||||||
| 15 | 4/28 | M | Lab 2 (Detkin): Crosstalk | Lab Instructions | ||||
| 4/30 | W | No Regular Lecture (Work on Project) | Project 2 | --> | ||||
This working calendar is on the web: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~ese3700/spring2025/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.