Catalog Description: CMOS devices and deep sub-micron manufacturing technology. CMOS inverters and complex gates. Modeling of interconnect wires. Optimization of designs with respect to a number of metrics: cost, reliability, performance, and power dissipation. Sequential circuits, timing considerations, and clocking approaches. Design of large system blocks, including arithmetic, interconnect, memories, and programmable logic arrays. Introduction to design methodologies, including hands-on laboratory experience.

Units: 4

Also Offered As: ELENG 241A

Prerequisites: Electrical Engineering 40; Electrical Engineering 105 and Computer Science 150 recommended.

Grading Basis: Student Option

Final Exam Status: Yes


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