Introduction
Last updated Sept 29, 2014, 11:30 A.M.
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Week |
Dates in 2014 |
Lectures |
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Additional Comments |
| 1 | Sept. 8-12 start Integrate Circuit Fabrication |
Introduction and Lecture1 |
Lab session on UNIX and introduction to Cadence design tools | |
| 2 | Sept. 15-19 finish Integrate Circuit Fabrication |
Lecture1 | Lab session on Schematic Capture and Simulation Assignment #1 |
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| 3 | Sept. 22-26 Passive Components |
Lecture
2 |
Lab session on Simulation | |
| 4 | Sept. 29 - Oct. 3 Active Components |
Lecture 3 | Lab session on Layout | |
| 5 | Oct. 6-10 Basic Building Block |
Lecture 4 | Lab session on Extraction and LVS | |
| 6 | Oct. 13-17 Noise |
Lecture 5 |
Assignment
#3 simulation examples | |
| 7 | Oct. 20-24 Midterm and start Opamps (part 1) |
Lecture 6 | Midterm Exam Wednesday
October 22nd in class | |
| 8 | Oct. 27-31 | Fall break no classes | ||
| 9 | Nov. 3-7 Opamps (part 2) |
Lecture 7 | ||
| 10 | Nov. 10-14 Opamps (part 3) |
Lecture
8 Analog Design |
Lab session on test benches |
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| 11 |
Nov. 17-21 Comparators and Sample and Hold Circuits |
Lecture
9 Lecture 10 |
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| 12 |
Nov. 24-28 Data Converter Fundamentals and Nyquist DACs |
Lecture11 Lecture12 |
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| 13 |
Dec. 1-5 Review |
Review old exam in ME4124 |
Sample
Projects
Old Midterm
Exam 2009
Old Midterm
Exam
Old
Midterm Exam
#2 Old
Midterm Exam
#3
Old Final
Exam
Old Final
Exam #2
Old Final
Exam #3
Login Instructions
Using remote desktop login to 134.117.38.42 (windows server)
Use program exceed to login to 134.117.38.249 (unix server jpnight)
Enter your VLSI1 login and password e.g. VLSI1\rmason then password
open at terminal window by right clicking you mouse and clicking on terminal program
run the VNC sever by entering: vncserver -geometry 800x600 -depth 16
note: you can adjust screen size as desired by changing the -geometry parameters
when you run vncserver it will ask you to give it a password and will give you a port number you can connect too: remember this password and port number.
download vnc programs from web to your local maching and run vnc. Enter your
password and maching IP and port e.g. 134.117.38.249:3
This will get you into your vnc session which will be remembered as long as the server is not rebooted. If the server gets
rebooted you will have to start your vncserver again (note: it may give you a new port number as well)
Once on jpnight from the desktop directory run one of the training modules
You should start with module5a which deals with schematic entry using constraints
Note: you should regularly run ps aux to check if there are any orphan processes running and kill them if there are using kill -9 processID
Academic Accommodation
You may need special arrangements to meet your academic obligations during the term. For an accommodation request the processes are as follows:
Pregnancy obligation: write to me with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details visit the Equity Services website: http://carleton.ca/equity/accommodation/student_guide.htm
Religious obligation: write to me with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details visit the Equity Services website: http://carleton.ca/equity/accommodation/student_guide.htm
Students with disabilities requiring academic accommodations: in this course must register with the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) for a formal evaluation of disability-related needs. Documented disabilities could include but are not limited to mobility/physical impairments, specific Learning Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/psychological disabilities, sensory disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and chronic medical conditions. Registered PMC students are required to contact the PMC, 613-520-6608, every term to ensure that I receive your Letter of Accommodation, no later than two weeks before the first assignment is due or the first in-class test/midterm requiring accommodations. If you only require accommodations for your formally scheduled exam(s) in this course, please submit your request for accommodations to PMC by the last official day to withdraw from classes in each term. For more details visit the PMC website: http://www.carleton.ca/pmc/students/acad_accom.html
All
students and TAs are required to read the University
Health-And-Safety document
.
The parts that seems to especially
apply to ELEC 5808 are:
Sect 5 part
a) Neither food nor beverages are permitted in the
lab.
Sect 5 part i)
Know: Where the nearest fire
extinguisher is.
The number for emergencies. It is 613-520-4444 or
just 4444 on Carleton phones,
Where a first aid kit is.
There is one in 4257 ME beside the single door. However do not treat things
yourself; go to
HEALTH
AND COUNSELLING SERVICES (building TT on the
Campus Map)
2600 Training and Technology Centre,
613-520-6674.
Sect 6.3 part a) Clean up!