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№
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Date
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Topic & Reading
Assignment
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Homework/Lab
Assignment
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Comment
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1
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Sept. 4
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Getting Started Course Organization
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2
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Sept. 6
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CAD Environment (Frank Hludik), Page 1-22, Tutorial1, Tutorial2
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Lab
Exercise One Assigned Lab Exercise Two Assigned
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3
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Sept. 11
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Lab
Overview (Frank Hludik), Page 23 - 66
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4
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Sept. 13
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Project Overview Chapter 8. Design Methodology and
Tools
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Lab #1 Due, Lab
Exercise Three Assigned,
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5
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Sept. 18
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VLSI Philosophy, Chapter 2.
MOS Tarnsistor Theory, Page 67 - 108
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6
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Sept. 20
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Review of nMOS Fundamentals
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Lab #2 Due
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7
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Sept. 25
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Student
Project Proposal
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8
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Sept. 27
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Review of CMOS
Fundamentals
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Lab #3 Due,
Homework #1 Assigned
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9
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Oct. 2
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Boundary
scan, seminar by CJClark, Intellitech
Corp
Logic Design, Chapter
6. Combinational Circuit Design, Page 319 –
378, Chapter 7. Sequential
Circuit Design, Page 383 - 475
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10
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Oct. 4
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Logic Design
(Continued)
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Lab #4 Due
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11
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Oct. 9
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Labs and
Project Review (project leaders)
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Lab
Exercise Four ,Assigned, Homework #1 Due
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12
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Oct. 11
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Lab #5 Due,
Homework #2 Assigned
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13
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Oct. 12
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Columbus
Day – no classes
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14
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Oct. 16
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Logic Design
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15
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Oct. 18
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Simple Layout
Examples
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Homework #2 Due
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16
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Oct. 23
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Preliminary
Design Review
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Reverse Engineering
Problem Assigned
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17
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Oct. 26
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System Design, Chapter
10. Datapath Subsystems
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Lab
Exercise Five Assigned
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18
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Oct. 30
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Simple Layout
Examples
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Design Rules
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19
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Nov. 1
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System Design
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20
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Nov. 6
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System Design
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Reverse Engineering
Problem Due
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21
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Nov. 3
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Floorplanning
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22
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Nov.13
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Performance
Characterization
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23
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Nov.15
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Performance
Characterization
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24
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Nov.20
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Scaling, Page
239-266
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25
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Nov.22
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Thanskgiving
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-
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-
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26
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Nov.27
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Critical
Design Review
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27
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Nov.30
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Manufacturing
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Dec. 4
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From “Sand to
Circuit” Video
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28
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Dec. 6
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VLSI foundry Intel
in Hudson MA
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Field trip
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29
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Dec. 11
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Boundary Scan, Page
609 – 636 Testing and CMP
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30
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Dec.17
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Final
Design Review,
Course Evaluation
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Reading Day
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