EE E4321 - VLSI CIRCUITS
FALL-2001
Day & Time : Monday & Wednesday, 11:00 am- 12:15pm
Location : 1024 S.W.Mudd
Credits : 3 points
General Information
Announcements
(12/10)Fianl exam is on 17th Dec, 2001 .
Please send me an email for any missing solution sets or any problems in grading of HW's.
Project was due today. Extension available on case by case basis.
(11/28)Solutions to Hw#9 and HW#10 available. Graded Hw#9 returned.
(11/19)Graded Hw#8 distributed. CVN students get graded HW8 with todays tapes. Prof. Zukowski's office hours postponed to tuesday 3-4pm.
(11/12)HW#8 solutions available on TA/student racks in front of 1309 Mudd. Copies given to CVN office for CVN students.
(11/07)graded Hw#7 returned, Hw#7 solutions available on racks, CVN students get everything with todays tapes, HW#8 collected in class, Hw#9 distributed, also available for download.
Students signed up for a TA tutorial session on layout using Cadence' virtuoso layout editor. Two slots available :
Fri(11/09) : 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Fri(11/09) : 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
If you haven't signed up, just drop in during any of the sessions. Venue : Elab, 1235 Mudd.
(10/31)HW#7 collected, HW#8 distributed, also available for download.
(10/29)graded midterm distributed. Mean = 68. CVN students get the graded midterm with todays tapes.
(10/29) The cadence' schematic composer page (above) updated with interlinked complete tutorials to walk you through the schematic entry, symbol generation and hspice simulation (using cadence'analog artist environment) . Please go through the tutorials since you will need to know this for your HW#7.
(10/22)Midterm on Wednesday(10/24), graded HW#6 now available on the racks in front of 1309 Mudd. For CVN students, graded HW#6 given to CVN office but might not be available before the midterm exam...
In solutions of PS5, Q4 : where I show 4 contact resistors in parallel, there should be ONLY 2. Actually, 2 contacts are from metal to n+ (substrate connection) while 2 of them are from metal to p+. So, current flowing from metal to n+ will "actually" not contribute to current through the pmos devices. Thanks to Bob Schell for pointing this out.
In solutions of PS6, Q1 : I haven't shown the p-well in the cross-sections. This is an error. p-well will be visible in both the cross-sections as is obviously clear from colorplate 17.
(10/17)Graded Hw#5 available, Q5(spice part) of HW#5 collected,HW#6 collected, HW#7 handed out, An email sent regarding Q5 on HW5. Please read it. Statistics for HW#5 posted...check "grading" link above.
(10/15)Fill mid-semester online course evaluations here . It will really help us tailor it efficiently for the remaining period.
Midterm on Wednesday (10/24). Sample midterm distributed in class today. CVN students get it with today's tapes. Those students who haven't submitted prob#5 (spice) for HW5, please do so on wednesday(10/17).
(10/10)HW#5 Solutions available, CVN students get it with todays tapes. HW#6 distributed. Not posted on the webpage. Please get hardcopies only.
(10/08) Graded HW4 distributed, HW statistics available , CVN students get graded HW4 with todays tapes.
(10/03) In HW5, PRoblem 4, assume the layout corresponds to 1um CMOS technology which is used in the text book(inside back cover). Thus the transistor length would be 1um.
(10/01) HW3 graded, CVN students get graded HW3 and HW3 solutions with todays tapes. Students are encouraged to come over to the VLSI lab during my office hours on Tuesday from 2-3 pm and check for swipe access and logins.
(09/26) HW3 collected, graded HW2 distributed. CVN students get graded HW2 with today's tapes. Solutions of HW3 will be available on TA/Student racks in EE dept.
(09/24) HW2 collected, HW2 solutions distributed. CVN students get HW2 solutions with today's tapes.
(09/19) HW1 solutions available, HW1 graded, HW3 out...download pdf from "assignments" link above, HW2 due Monday(09/24). CVN students get graded HW1 and HW1 solutions along with today's lecture tapes.
(09/17) Information regarding CAD tools ...click on "CAD tool Information" link above.
(09/14)HW#2 is available...click on the "Assignments" link above. It is due on Monday(09/24). For CVN students, it should be postmarked no later than 09/24.
(09/12)HW#1 due in class on Monday(09/17). For CVN students, it should be postmarked no later than 09/17.
Also visit the CVN(Columbia Video Network) site of EE-4321 here
Questions or comments for improvement of this page to sumit@cisl.columbia.edu
Last Updated : 12/10/01