ESE3700 Spring 2025 Working Schedule

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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.


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