Design of Digital Circuits
EE 4143/5143 (Call# 9069/9077)

Spring Semester 2014
Web: www.ent.ohiou.edu/~starzyk,

Class Schedule  

Class Web Page  

M, W, Fr, 10:45- 11:40, ARC 321

http://www.ohio.edu/people/starzykj/network/Class/EE5143/index.htm

Professor             

Office hours              

Email:                            

 

Dr. Janusz Starzyk,                            

M, Fr, 2-3, Stocker 347; other hours by appointment, tel 593-1580;

starzyk@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu

 

 

 

TA

Office hours              

email:

Basawaraj,

M. W. 3-5 Rm. 375, Stocker, tel: 593-4995;    

email:    Basawaraj.Basawaraj.1@ohio.edu

 

Text

K.C. Chang, "Digital Design and Modeling with VHDL and Synthesis", IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997

References

J. M. Rabaey, A. Chandrasakasan, B. Nikolic "Digital Integrated Circuits - A Design Perspective", Prentice Hall, 2003.

P.P. Chu, "RTL Hardware Design Using VHDL",Wiley-IEEE Press, 2006.

K.C. Chang, "Digital Systems Design with VHDL and Synthesis", IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997.

 

Course outline

 

·       Design of microelectronic circuits

·       Behavioral modeling of electronic circuits

·       Abstract hardware models using VHDL

·       Sequential process, functions, procedures and signals

·       Compilation and behavioral optimization

·       Concurrent statements and components

·       Configuration, generics, test bench

·       Computer-aided architectural synthesis

·       Modeling of component libraries

·       Progress and impacts of MOS technology

·       Design metrics

·       MOS transistor and CMOS gates

·       Transient behavior

·       CMOS inverter characteristics and dynamics 

·       Combinatorial logic dynamics

·       Sequential logic

Project and Lab Work

All students are expected to complete design projects assigned in the VHDL design lab. Students will use design software tools (Xilinx Synthesis Technology XST), which facilitate the design and simulation of the architectures described by the VHDL code. Supervised tutorials will be provided to teach students how to use the tools.  Learning the tools is detrimental to completion of the final design project.

Lab M. 2-4 p.m. r. 192

Grading

Grades will be based on the following;

Homework and Laboratory Assignments (15%) graded based on the completion of all labs
Midterm (20%)
Design Project (40%) - weights within project are as follows:
          Project proposal written report (20%)

Completed design simulation and testing (20%)

Class ppt presentation (20%)

Working circuit demo (20%)
          Final written report (20%)

Final exam (25%)

Examinations

Midterm – Wednesday, Feb 26, 2013.
Final examination - Monday, April 28, 2013 at 10:10 a.m.
All examinations are closed books and notes. Students may have one sheet with formulas as a help during each exam.

Attendance       

Attendance is not required but highly recommended.

Homework

All homework must be neatly done and handled in on time.  Returning late homework will result in reduction of the homework grade.

Students with Disabilities

If you have a documented disability that requires an accommodation, please notify me within the first two weeks of the quarter.  Please contact the Office of Institutional Equity for guide and assistance with disability issues.  Their web page is

http://www.ohio.edu/equity/disabilityservices/

Withdrawal

A student may withdraw from class at his discretion up to and including the first 10 weeks of the semester.

Academic Conduct

Cheating on examinations, submitting work of other students as your own, or plagiarism in any form will result in penalties ranging from an F on the assignment or exam to expulsion from the university, depending on the seriousness of the offense.  

Classroom Privacy

Recording of classroom activities by any electronic means, by students, other faculty, university administrators, or others, requires permission of the instructor.  Under no circumstances may verbatim recording of copyrighted classroom lectures and materials by electronic or any other means (including note taking) be conducted for 1) sale, whether or not it is for educational benefit, or 2) for the educational benefit of those not enrolled in the class.  This does not apply to non-verbatim notes taken by students.