What's New

• January 7, 2007 - The ECE 425 Website is located at http://foghorn.cadlab.lafayette.edu/ece425/index.html.
  Visit the site for copies of course handouts, lecture notes, and old exams.

Instructors

Professor John A. Nestor
Office: 426 Acopian Engineering Center (AEC)
Office Hours: MWF 2-3, Tues 10-12 or by appointment
Phone: (610) 330-5411
E-mail: nestorj

Schedule

Lectures	MWF 9:00-9:50	AEC 315
Lab	T 1:10-4:00	AEC 400

Course Description

VLSI technology has become a major driving force in the development of all types of electronic systems. This course will give students an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of this important technology and allow them to gain firsthand design experience by creating and simulating integrated circuit designs using workstation-based CAD tools.  Successfully completed design projects will be submitted to the MOS Implementation Service (MOSIS) for fabrication and tested during the Summer or Fall.

Prerequisites

ECE 322 - Introduction to Solid State Devices and Circuits

Grading

 

Two 50-Minute Exams (Tentative Dates W 3/7, W 4/11)	50%
Laboratory	40%
Homework	10%

NOTE: Makeups for missed exams will be given only if (1) there is a valid, documented reason that the exam cannot be taken at the scheduled time and (2) I am notified IN ADVANCE.

Textbooks

1. W. Wolf, Modern VLSI Design: System-on-Chip Design, 3rd. ed.  Prentice-Hall, 2002 (book homepage).
2. ECE 425 Laboratory Manual (distributed online)
3. Class notes and other reference materials distributed online.

References

1. J. Rabaey, A. Chandrakasan, and B. Nikolic, Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective, 2nd. ed., Prentice-Hall, 2002. (book homepage)
2. N. Weste & D. Harris, Principles of CMOS VLSI Design, 3nd. ed., Addison-Wesley, 2005.
3. M. A. Ciletti, Modeling, Synthesis, and Prototyping with the Verilog HDL, Prentice-Hall, 1999.