Schedule: Classes: Tuesday: 14:30-16:00 and Friday: 16:00-17:30 at CBY C03.
Laboratory: Monday: 8:30-11:30 and Tuesday: 11.30-14:30  (CBY B-302).
                   DGD: Tuesday 16:00-17:30 (Marion Hall: AUD).
Consultations:  Tuesday: 10:00-11:30.
Lab Manual:  ELG3134 Laboratory Manual by Voicu Groza.
Textbook: Microelectronic Circuits, Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith, Oxford University Press, 1998.

Teaching Assistants:
DGD TA: Shen Xiaojun; Shen@mcrlab.uottawa.ca
Bin Zhou: CBY B308; Tel: 6623; Email: binzhou@site.uottawa.ca
Yixin Dong: CBY B308; Tel: 6623; Email: ydong@site.uottawa.ca
Dongli Zhang: CBY B306; Tel: 6623; donglizhang@hotmail.com
Shoib siddiqu: CBY 705; Tel: 6226; ssiddiqu@site.uottawa.ca

Course Content:
In this course you will be introduced to the following material:

MOS Digital Circuits
1.7 The Digital Logic Inverter, pp. 39-47
13.1 Digital Circuit Design: An Overview, pp. 1042-1048
5.2 Current Voltage Characteristics of the Enhancement-Type MOS pp. 366-374
5.3 The Depletion-Type MOSFET, pp. 376-379
5.4 NMOS Digital Inverters with Resistive Load Ex. 5.3/382
5.8 The CMOS Digital Logic Inverter
          Circuit Operation, pp. 425-428
          Voltage Transfer Characteristic, pp. 429-431
          Dynamic Operation, pp. 432-434
          Current Flow and Power Dissipation,  pp. 4435-436
13.2 Design and Performance Analysis of the CMOS Inverter, pp.1049-1056
13.3 CMOS Logic-Gate Circuits, pp.1058-1069
5.7.4 NMOS Digital Inverters with
           Enhanced Load, pp. 420-422
           Depletion Load, pp. 423-425
13.7 SR Flip-Flop (incl. Fig 13.42, i.e., 6T SRAM Cell), pp. 1100-1101
13.8 Multivibrator Circuits
            Monostable Circuit, pp. 1106-1110
           Astable Circuits, pp. 1110-1113

BJT
4.4 BJT Review: Circuit Symbols and Conventions, pp. 234-235
4.5 Graphical Representation of Transistor Characteristics, pp. 238-241
4.9 Graphical Analysis of the Common-Emitter Amplifier, pp. 272-274
4.12 The Transistor as a Switch-Cutoff and Saturation, pp. 295-298
4.13 The Ebers-Moll (EM) Model, pp. 303-310
4.14 The Basic BJT Logic Inverter, pp. 310-313
14.1 Dynamic Operation of the BJT Switch, pp.1159-1162
14.2 Early Forms of Digital Circuits (RTL, DTL), pp. 1163-1166
14.3 Transistor-Transistor Logic (TTL), pp. 1167-1179
14.4 Characteristic of Standard TTL, pp. 1180-1184
             NAND gates, 1184-1185
             Open Collector, p. 1186
             AND-OR INVERT gates, p. 1186
             Tristate gates, p. 1187
14.5 TTL Families with Improved Performance
             Schottky, pp. 1187-1192
             LS, pp.1193-1194
14.6 Emitter-Coupled Logic (ECL), pp. 1195-1210
14.7 BiCMOS Digital Circuits, pp. 1211-1215

Laboratory:
Each student will have a laboratory session every other week. There are five experiments to be performed, each requiring a group preparation and completion report.  Students will work in groups to perform the following experiments:
 i)  CMOS Logic Static Characterization
 ii)  CMOS Logic Dynamic Characterization
 iii)  CMOS Signal Generation and Modification
 iv)  TTL Logic Characterization
 v)  TTL Applications.

Each two or three student work as a group. Each group will submit one report. Each report must indicate the members of the group. A good lab report does more than present data; it demonstrates the writer’s comprehension of the concepts behind the data. Only recording the expected and observed results is not sufficient; you should also identify how and why differences occurred, explain how they affected your experiment, and show your understanding of the principles the experiment was designed to examine. Keep in mind that a format, although helpful, cannot replace clear thinking and organized writing. You still need to organize your ideas carefully and express them coherently.
· The Title Page needs to contain the name of the experiment, the names of lab partners, and the date.
· The Introduction states the objective of the experiment and provides the reader with background to the experiment.
· Equipment may be a simple list, but make sure it is precise and complete.
· Experimental Procedure describes the process in chronological order. Explain all steps in the order they actually happened, not as they were supposed to happen.
· Results are generally dominated by calculations, tables and figures; but you still need to state all significant results explicitly in written form.
· Discussion is a significant part of your report, because you show that you understand the experiment beyond the simple level of completing it. This part of the lab focuses on a question of understanding the results.
· Focus your discussion with the following procedures:
· Compare expected results with those obtained.
· Explain your results in terms of theoretical issues.
· Relate results to your experimental objective(s).
· Compare your results to similar investigations.
· In some cases, it is legitimate to compare outcomes with classmates, not to change your answer, but to look for any anomalies between the groups and discuss those.
· Analyze the strengths and limitations of your experimental design. This is particularly useful if you designed the thing you are testing (e.g. a circuit).
· The Abstract summarizes four essential aspects of the report: the purpose of the experiment (sometimes expressed as the purpose of the report), key findings, significance, and major conclusions. The abstract often also includes a brief reference to theory or methodology.  The information should clearly enable the reader to decide whether to read your whole report. The abstract should be one paragraph of 100-150 words.
· The References include your lab manual and any other literature resource you have used.

Assignments:
There will be five assignments covering the five major topics marked by in the course contents.

Mid-term Test:
A closed book mid-term test of two hours duration will be given in the last week of October.

Final Examination:
A final examination (closed book, three hours) will be written by all the students.

Marking Scheme:
Final Exam  50%
Mid-term Exam 20%
Assignments 10%
Lab Work 20%

Class Attendance:
Class attendance and its effect on course grade is the prerogative of the individual instructor and will be part of the course outline and announced the first day of class.

Policy on Unannounced Quizzes:
Unannounced quizzes and their effect on course grade are the prerogative of the individual instructor and will be part of the course outline and announced the first day of class.

Additional information:
· The mid-term test will be on Saturday, October 20, between 10: 00 and 11:30 pm at Marion Hall: AUD.
· Only simple calculators (without programming or alphanumeric keyboard), pencils and pens are allowed for this test, the quizzes, and the final exam.

Assignment (collaboration is fine, copying is not):
To lower likely problems with homework grading, please follow the following guidelines for submission of homework:
· Use a cover sheet on which you completely print your full name, the date, the course number, and the homework assignment number.
· Write on only one side of the paper.
· Number each problem at a position on the page where a staple will not cover the number when you turn your paper in. Number each part in the problem with the complete number.
· At the start of each problem, or each part of a problem, draw the circuit diagram and write a short statement of what is to be solved for. Clearly label the circuit diagrams with all-pertinent voltages and currents.
· Work each problem and each part in order in a single column. Do not put more than one equation or answer on a line.
· Mark all answers, e.g. by putting a box around them.
· If you do not complete a problem or any part of a problem, write, “end” and underline the word at the point where you stopped. This will indicate to the grader that your work is not continued on another page.