INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA ELETTRONICA E INFORMATICAElectronic EngineeringAcademic Year 2022/2023
9795503 - DIGITAL ELECTRONICS A - Z
Teacher: Gaetano PALUMBO
Expected Learning Outcomes
Knowledge of the fundamental digital circuits to realize logic gates and the main digital building blocks,
including combinatory and sequential circuits. Development of the main analysis and design strategies
for the digital circuits.
1. Knowledge and understanding: the student will be able to
understand the implemntation and the behavior of the various digital circuit, not limited to teh ones
treated in the course.
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the
student will be able to analyze and design digital circuits regardless the technology adopted.
3. Making judgments: the student will be able to choice independently the topological solutions and
the most suited design methodologies for teh application under consideration.
4. Communication and learning skills: Upon completion of the course, the student is expected to
acquire the ability to convey the knowledge acquired to their interlocutors in a clear and complete way
and will also be able to rework the knowledge to extend it to situations not explicitly addressed, being
also able to learn independently.
Course Structure
The course is mainly structured as follows:
- frontal lessons where the retical parts are developped and presented in details;
- exercitations where the theoretical part are applied in practical cases, in order to develop, consolidate
and putting in practice the theoretical topics.
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes
with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Attendance of Lessons
Lesson attendance is strongly suggested
Detailed Course Content
- Introduction to short-channel MOS model and circuit layout
- Digital circuits parameters and performance
- CMOS logic families (static, dynamic and transmission gates)
- Power consumption in digital circuits
- Current mode logic circuits (bipolar and MOS)
- Sequential circuits
- Registers
- Counters
- Oscillators
- Pulse generators
- Schmitt Trigger
- Semiconductor Memories
Textbook Information
1. J. Rabaey, A. Chandrakasan, B.Nikolic, Dital Integrated Circuits (2° edition), Prentice Hall, 2003
2. N. Weste, D. Harris, CMOS VLSI Design (3° edition), Addison Wesley, 2004.
3. M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, Model and Design of Bipolar and MOS Current-Mode Logic (CML, ECL and SCL
Digital Circuits), Kluwer Academic Publisher, 2005.
4. M. Alioto, E. Consoli, G. Palumbo, Flip-Flop Design in Nanometer CMOS (High Speed to Low Energy),
Springer, December 2014.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References |
1 | MOS modeling | |
2 | Digital circuits parameters and performance | |
3 | CMOS logic families | |
4 | Current mode logic circuits | |
5 | Sequential circuits | |
6 | Registers, Counters, Oscillators, Pulse generators, Schmitt Trigger | |
7 | Semiconductor Memories | |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Learning assessment is verified through the final exam. This consists of an exams with a
written part and an oral one.
The wirtten part includes two questions (two exercises like those treated and solved during the lessons)
to solve in one hour without the help of textbook or lecture notes. To pass this part it is mandatory to
solve both the two questions.
The oral part includes three questions on three different course topics.
The final results take into account both the written and oral parts results .
Finally, learning assessment may also be changed (for example carried out on line), should the conditions
require it.
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