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Start date: Winter Term 2027
| Name of the course | Lecture | Exercise | Lab |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Digital Circuit Design | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
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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.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |