METU EE312, Digital Electronics, Spring 97


COURSE INFORMATION

Instructors
SectionInstructorOffice TelE-mailSchedule, place
1Tayfun AkinD-108210-2369tayfun-akin@metu.edu.tr TU8:40,9:40 A312; TH13:40 A211
2Zeynep KoksalNA229-8981 zkoksal@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.trTU8:40,9:40 A306; TH13:40 A306
3Serhat OzyarDZ-08210-2349ozyar@ed.eee.metu.du.tr TU10:40,11:40 A207; TH10:40 A 312
4Cuneyt Bazlamacci A-404210-4425cuneytb@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr TU10:40,11:40 A310; TH10:40 A 310


Course Description:

In the Analog Design course, you have learned how to design and analyze analog circuits. Although analog electronics is a major part of electronics, many of todays electronic systems are based on digital circuits, from hand-held calculators to the most sophisticated computers. There has been a tremendous developments in digital circuits over the past 3 decates, and there are a number of approaches for implementation of digital circuits. This course intends to give you a backgound on digital electronics.
The course will cover various circuit families, including diode-transistor logic (DTL), transistor-transistor logic(TTL), emitter-coupled logic (ECL), NMOS, and CMOS logic. In addition, various other circuits used in digital world will be covered. These include regenerative circuits, Schmitt-triggers, multivibrators, the 555 integrated circuit timer, RAMs, ROMs, and digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters.
There will be three lectures per week. The lectures will be supplemented by reading assignments, homeworks, two midterm exams, and a final exam. There are four sections in this class. The exams, homeworks, and grading will be in coordination with other sections. Students will not be allowed to change their sections, unless there is a legitimate reason.

Texts:
Required:
T. A. DeMassa and Z. Ciccone, Digital Integrated Circuits, Wiley 1996
(This is a new book, and it is available at Bicaklar Bookstore at the price of 22 USD,
address: Bestekar Sokak, No:35., Tel: 467-8156, bicaklar@bicaklar.com.tr.
Four copies of the book are in Reserve Section of the METU Library
under the number TK7874.65 D38.
In addition, one copy is available in the library of the EE Department.)
References:
Sedra and Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 3rd Ed., Sounders, 1991
Taub and Schilling, Digital Integrated Circuits, McGraw Hill, 1977
Hodges and Jackson, Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits, McGraw Hill, 1988

Homeworks:
Homeworks are essential part of this course and will be assigned according to the Course Syllabus (which is tentative). They will usually be issued on a certain day each week and are due on the following week in class (no late homeworks will be accepted). Solutions will be handed out in class. Homeworks will be graded and given back to you by the following class so that you will receive feedback on your performance quickly. Homeworks will include some spice simulations.
Make sure that you do all the homework sets as they are designed to cover the material presented in the lecture. The homeworks without the following honor pledge and signature will not be graded: "I have neither copied from anybody, nor let anybody copy, any part of this homework." We are serious to tackle the "copying" problem.

Attendance:
Regular attendance to the lectures is very important for you to be successful in this course. Previous experience shows that attendance drops especially during exam times (and when there is a good weather). Although the reasons can be understood, these are still not good excuses for responsible students. Although the material covered in the lectures and in the text is fundamentally the same, the perspectives differ, and you are strongly encouraged to attend the lecture and complete your reading assignments. Furthermore, there will be occasional announcements in lectures that will affect your problem sets and exams. Therefore, please try to attend to each lecture.

Grading Policy:
Course grades will be assigned according to the following grading formula.
Homeworks: 10%
Midterm Exam 1: 25% (March 28, 1997; 10:40 am)
Midterm Exam 2: 25% (May 2, 1997; 10:40 am)
Final Exam: 40% (June 13, 1997; 13:00 pm)
Exams and homeworks will be same for each section.

DETAILED COURSE SYLLABUS
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