PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRONICS - MOD. 1

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.

Example of lecture's list:
1 Intro to digital electronics
2 digital electronics and binary representation of numbers
3 Boolean maths and logic gates - 1
4 Boolean maths and logic gates - 2
5 Combination circuits - 1
6 Combination circuits - 2
7 Inverter: noise margins, propagation delay, power, fan-in fan-out - 1
8 Inverter: noise margins, propagation delay, power, fan-in fan-out - 2
9 Transistor MOSFET review: static behaviour
10 Transistor MOSFET review: dynami behaviour
11 CMOS technology and scaling
12 NMOS inverter with resistive load
13 NMOS inverter with depleted load
14 NMOS inverter: dynamic behaviour and power
15 Exercises on NMOS inverter
16 Inverter CMOS: static behaviour
17 Inverter CMOS: dynamic behaviour
18 Inverter CMOS: power and power-delay product
19 CMOS logic gates
20 Exercises on CMOS inverter and logic gates
21 Latch SR
22 Flip flop JK
23 Flip flop D
24 Memory

- Microelettronics, 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.
- Sedra&Smith_Microelectronic circuits

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. During the course, the students will receive homeworks to be done in small groups. Such assignments will contribute to the final grade.

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.

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written and oral