Course
and Lab Time/Location: Lectures (MWF 10:10 – 11:05 am) in SFH711. Labs (T 8 –
11:05 am or 11:15 – 2:20 pm) in SFH 2771.
Instructor
Name: Dr. Yiyan Li
Office
Location: SFH 2755B
Contact: yli@fortlewis.edu, 970-247-6574
Office Hours (virtual): MWF, 7:30 am – 9:30 am, from 1/29/2021 – 5/7/2021 Click here to join the meeting
(No office hours and lectures on Wednesday 2/24)
Course Materials & Resource
CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, Third
Edition, R. Jacob, Baker. (required)
| Weeks | Dates | Lectures | Notes | Homework |
| Week 1 |
Jan 29, Fri |
Introduction video, slides Please note that the office hours period have been changed. Check the time period on the syllabus. |
Virtual Microsoft Teams Link to the meeting |
No HW |
| Week 2 | Feb 1 |
Review Circuit Theories video, notes |
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| Feb 3 |
More DACs video, notes |
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| Feb 5 |
More DACs and ADCs video, notes |
Quiz 1 on Superposition and Thevenin's Equivalent Circuit |
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| Week 3 | Feb 8 |
More DACs and ADCs video, notes |
HW1 models.zip TI DFF 1 TI DFF 2 Prints: CMOSedu ADC CMOSedu DAC Due Friday, 2/19 |
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| Feb 10 |
More SAR ADC video, notes |
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| Feb 12 |
HW1 Review video, notes |
Census |
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| Week 4 | Feb 15 |
Semiconductor Basics I video, notes |
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| Feb 17 |
Semiconductor Basics II video, notes |
Quiz 2 on DAC/ADC | ||
| Feb 19 |
The TI Set/Reset DFF and more semiconductor basics video, notes |
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| Week 5 | Feb 22 |
NMOS pinch-off, body effect, and latch-up and more semiconductor basics video, notes |
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| Feb 24 |
#FLCtogether Day (Classes cancelled) No lectures and no office hours |
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| Feb 26 |
Diode Terminal Characteristics, BJTs I video, notes |
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| Week 6 | Mar 1 |
BJTs II video, notes |
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| Mar 3 |
BJTs III video, notes |
HW2 HW2 solution Due Wednesday, 3/10 |
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| Mar 5 |
More BJTs IV video, notes |
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| Week 7 | Mar 8 |
BJTs V and Stick Diagrams video, notes |
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| Mar 10 |
More Stick Diagrams video, notes |
Quiz 3 on pn junctions/BJTs | ||
| Mar 12 |
Midterm Exam |
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| Week 8 | Mar 15 |
Review midterm and quiz 3 video, notes |
No lab tomorrow |
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| Mar 17 |
More Stick diagrams video, notes |
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| Mar 19 |
More Stick Diagrams, Subtractorshh video, notes |
Midterm grades due | HW3 Problem 1 solution Due Friday, 3/26 |
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| Week 9 | Mar 22 |
Wrap up AOI/Complex Logic gates,
C5 Layers video, notes |
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| Mar 24 |
C5 Layers video, notes |
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| Mar 26 |
C5 Layers video, notes |
Quiz 4 on Stick Diagrams Quiz 4 solution |
HW4 Due Friday, 4/2 |
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| Week 10 | Mar 29 |
HW3/Quiz4 Review and the Voltage Doubler video, notes |
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| Mar 31 |
Course Project Review video |
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| Apr 2 |
More Course Project (The charge pump for the S/H circuit) video, notes |
Quiz 5 on Stick Diagram AGAIN Quiz 5 Solution |
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| Week 11 | Apr 5 |
The Abo S/H Circuit video, notes |
Finish the TI DFF Design |
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| Apr 7 |
Skyhawk Station’s Get Prepped for Registration Day (Classes cancelled) | |||
| Apr 9 |
Work on the SAR Block, no in person lecture |
Finish the 8-bit SAR Block Design |
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| Week 12 | Apr 12 |
Models for Digital Design video, notes |
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| Apr 14 |
Models for Digital Design video, notes |
Quiz 6 on C5 Layers | ||
| Apr 16 |
Simulations of TIDFF, SAR Quiz 6 Review The Ring Oscillator video, notes |
HW5 HW5 solution Due Friday, 4/23 |
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| Week 13 | Apr 19 |
Clocked Circuits and Introduction to SRAM video, notes |
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| Apr 21 |
SRAM II video, notes |
HW6 Complete the teaching evaluation and send me the screenshot of the certificate by Friday, 4/23 |
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| Apr 23 |
SRAM III video, notes |
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| Week 14 | Apr 26 |
Final Exam Review, the flash memory video, notes |
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| Apr 28 |
flash, and the IC Industry video, notes |
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| Apr 30 |
IC Industry and DRAM video, notes |
Last day of classes |
Project due |
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| Week 15 | May 3 |
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| May 5 |
Final Exam |
9:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |
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| May 7 |
