CE338 Digital VLSI Design, f2025
Syllabus
Labs: Tuesdays 8 - 11:05 am in SFH760
Lectures: MWF 12:20 - 1:15 pm in BH570
Dr. Li's office hours: M 10 - 11 am, W 10 - 11 am, Th 10 am – 12 pm, and Fri 9 - 11 am in BH601.

Weeks	Dates	Lectures	Notes	Homework
Week 1	8/25	Circuit basics review, superposition, SPICE video, notes
	8/27	ADC resolution, the R-2R DAC video, notes	Quiz 1 on circuit basics	HW1, due Friday 9/5
	8/29	Semiconductor Basics, pn junction notes	Quiz 2 on R-2R DAC
Week 2	9/1	N-Well resistors and C5 layers video, notes
	9/3	C5 layer examples, MOSFETs video, notes	Quiz 3 on C5 layers
	9/5	MOSFETs, body effect, well taps video, notes		HW2, due Friday 9/12
Week 3	9/8	MOSFET and IV Curves video, notes	Quiz 4 on MOSFETs
	9/10	NMOS and PMOS pass gates, the transmission gate, and the square law equation video, notes
	9/12	The inverter and the switching point
Week 4	9/15	Diode and diode clamping circuit, ESD protection, Static Logic Gates, AOI Logic, Stick diagrams
	9/17	More on stick diagrams
	9/19	More on Stick diragrams
Week 5	9/22
	9/24
	9/26
Week 6	9/29
	10/1
	10/3
Week 7	10/6
	10/8
	10/10
Week 8	10/13	Mini break
	10/15	Midterm exam
	10/17
Week 9	10/20
	10/22
	10/24
Week 10	10/27
	10/29
	10/31
Week 11	11/3
	11/5
	11/7
Week 12	11/10
	11/12
	11/14
Week 13	11/17
	11/19
	11/21
Week 14	11/24
	11/26
	11/28
Week 15	12/1
	12/3
	12/5
Week 16	12/8	Final exam 9:45 - 11:45 am
	12/10
	12/12