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Start date: Winter Term 2027
Name of the course | Lecture | Exercise | Lab |
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Introduction to Digital Circuit Design | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Preliminary courses:
Follow-on courses:
The course 'Introduction to Digital Circuit Design' is a foundational course on digital circuit design. It covers major aspects of FET-transistor theory, CMOS logic and circuit implementations of basic digital structures in the data and control path of digital systems.
This course uses the inverted classroom teaching method. While my other (foundational) courses are built on MP4 lecture videos this course is based on reading the academic literature. This elementary skill need to be trained.
The course 'Introduction to Digital Circuit Design' is offered in a virtual classroom. Students attend from lecture halls or from home on their individual preference. The course is barrier-free.
No. | Content | Script | Literature (pages to read) |
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1 | MOS transistor and CMOS Logic | [pdf*] | 1-35 |
2 | MOS Transistor Theory | [pdf*] | 61-92 |
3 | CMOS Processing Technology | [pdf*] | 38-50, 100-118 |
4 | Delay Models and Effort of Paths | [pdf*] | 141-174 |
5 | Static and Dynamic Power | [pdf*] | 181-203 |
6 | Interconnect Geometry, Modeling and Engineering | [pdf*] | 211-240 |
7 | Process Variations, Design Corners and Scaling Effects | [pdf*] | 241-283 |
8 | Combinatorial Circuit Design | [pdf*] | 327-366 |
9 | Sequential Circuit Design | [pdf*] | 375-419 |
10 | Datapath and Array Subsystems | [pdf*] | 429-471, 497-499, 522-523 |
11 | Design Methodology and Tools | [pdf*] | 615-645 |
12 | Testing, Debugging and Verification | [pdf*] | 659-680 |