PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRONICS - MOD. 2

The course is mandatory for the BSc-level programme in Engineering Physics and will be offered in the second period of the third year. It is focussed on the basics of Digital Electronics, considering and studying the different aspects of digital design. A lot of methodologies related to basic digital circuits up to complex processing systems will be shown and used.

- Knowledge of the various types of combinatorial digital circuits and of efficient synthesis techniques; ability to analyze and design the various circuits;
- Knowledge of the various types of simple and complex sequential digital circuits and of the corresponding synthesis techniques; ability to analyze and design sequential circuits and choice of components.
- Knowledge of the main construction technologies of complex digital circuits, with particular emphasis on programmable circuits.
- Knowledge of the different types of memories, their architecture and their use in processing systems.

The course requires the knowledge of circuit theory, semiconductor devices and Boolean algebra.

LOGIC GATES IN CMOS TECHNOLOGY: Inverter CMOS, parameters of circuiti digitali, power dissipation, fan-in, fan-out, logic gates.
LOGICA SEQUENZIALE: Latch with inverter, flip-flop S/R in CMOS technology, flip-flop D e D edge triggered.
MEMORIE A SEMICONDUTTORE: structure of a memory, ROM e PROM a MOS, memoria SRAM e DRAM, decoder, EPROM e EEPROM.

- Microelettronica, Richard C. Jaeger, Travis N. Blalock, McGraw-Hill Education, 2018
- CMOS digital integrated circuits, Kang, Sung-Mo, and Yusuf Leblebici, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2003.

The achievement of the teaching objectives is assessed through participation in the activities and exercises assigned during the course and a final written exam. The final written exam consists of problems similar to those developed in class during group work. The use of notes, books and other teaching materials is not permitted during the assignment. A facsimile of the assignment will be made available. The oral exam is optional (at the request of the student) or at the specific request of the teacher to evaluate the student's preparation in a more exhaustive way.

The course will take place through classroom lectures. The lecutres will cmbina theory and exercises to facilitate the learning of the fundamental concepts and the understanding of the main parameters for the design and performance evaluation of digital circuits.

Italian

written and oral