Instructor: Dr. Paul D. Franzon

Teaching Assistants: Hoon Seok Kim (EOL TA; Keeps grade sheets) ; Chanyoun Won ; Ojas Bapat .

Class Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 5.20 - 6:35, EB2 1230. (Click here to find which days class is actually scheduled for).

The on-line page pointing to the videos recorded in this course can be found at http://engineeringonline.ncsu.edu/mediasite/Homepages_Video/ece733_lectures.html

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 2.30 - 3.30 . (EB2 2116) (Only on days with scheduled classes)

Lab Hours: EB 2, 1014 except as noted..

 Times: Wed 11.00 - 13.00 Hoon Seok Kim; Th 10.00 - 11.50 Chan-youn Won; Fri. 12.30 - 14.30 (EB2 1028) Ojas Bapat

Due to limited lab seating, please only use the lab for ECE 733 related work if ECE 733 students are waiting.

Course Syllabus

Message Board: I highly encourage you to use the Wolfware Bulletin Board instead of email for class questions.

Course Objectives:

• Provide an in depth study of selected topics in the design of digital CMOS circuits, at the transistor level. Topics will include CMOS scalability; high-speed logic design; memory design; and high-speed I/O design.

Course Outcomes:

• Students will understand the impact of technology scaling on circuit design
• Student will be able to describe the different types of high-speed circuit styles and how to design in them
• Student will be able to design a high-speed synchronous logic circuit to specifications
• Student will be able to describe how to design the different sub-circuits in memory blocks
• Students will be able to describe the factors that go into high-speed I/O design
• Students will be able to describe the different approaches to high-speed I/O design