| Weeks | Dates | Lectures | Notes | Homework |
| Week 1 | 8/24 | Circuit basics review, superposition, SPICE video, notes |
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| 8/26 | ADC resolution, the R-2R DAC video, notes |
Quiz 1 on circuit basics | HW1, due Friday 9/4 | |
| 8/28 | Semiconductor Basics, pn junction video, notes |
Quiz 2 on superposition and R2R DAC | ||
| Week 2 | 8/31 | N-Well resistors and C5 layers video, notes |
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| 9/2 | C5 layer examples, MOSFETs notes |
Quiz 3 on C5 layers | ||
| 9/4 | MOSFETs, IV Curves video, notes |
HW2 due Friday 9/11 | ||
| Week 3 | 9/7 | MOSFET, well taps, body effect video, notes |
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| 9/9 | NMOS and PMOS pass gates, the transmission gate, and the square law equation video, notes |
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| 9/11 | The inverter and the switching point, video, notes |
Quiz 4 on MOSFETs | ||
| Week 4 | 9/14 | diode and diode clamping circuit, ESD protection Static Logic Gates, AOI Logic video, notes |
HW3, due Friday 9/25 | |
| 9/16 | More on static logic gates and AOI logic video, notes |
Quiz 5 on passing gates/transmission gates, the inverter and the switching point | ||
| 9/18 | More on Stick diragrams video, notes |
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| Week 5 | 9/21 | No lecture, traveling to a grant meeting | ||
| 9/23 | No lecture, traveling to a grant meeting | |||
| 9/25 | Wrap up stick diagram video, notes |
Quiz 6 on stick diagrams | ||
| Week 6 | 9/28 | Circuit design for a full adder and a subtractor video, notes |
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| 9/30 | Design a high speed full adder, introduction to the SAR algorithm video, notes |
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| 10/2 | The SAR algorithm and the code register video, notes |
Quiz 7 on full adder | ||
| Week 7 | 10/5 | SAR ADC sequencer and code register | ||
| 10/7 | SR DFF and TI set/reset DFF | Quiz 8 on SAR diagram | ||
| 10/9 | TI DFF reset, DFF the IC version | Quiz 9 on SR latch | ||
| Week 8 | 10/12 | Mini-break, no class | ||
| 10/14 | Voltage doublers and charge pumps | |||
| 10/16 | Midterm exam | |||
| Week 9 | 10/19 | The sample and hold circuit, more on charge pumps | mid-term grade due | |
| 10/21 | More on Dickson's charge pump, sample, track, and hold Circuit | |||
| 10/23 | Sample, tranck, and hold circuits, DAC DNL | |||
| Week 10 | 10/26 | |||
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| Week 11 | 11/2 | |||
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| Week 12 | 11/9 | |||
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| Week 13 | 11/16 | |||
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| Week 14 | 11/23 | Fall break | ||
| 11/25 | Fall break | |||
| 11/27 | Fall break | |||
| Week 15 | 11/31 | Final exam review | ||
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| Week 16 | 12/7, Monday | Final exam 9:45 - 11:45 am |