CE338 Digital VLSI Design, f2026
Syllabus
Labs: 11:15 am – 2:20 pm, BH570
Lectures: MWF: 12:20 – 1:15 pm, BH570
Dr. Li's office hours: Tuesday 9-11 am and 2:30-3:30 pm; Wednesday & Friday 1:30-3:00 pm.

Weeks	Dates	Lectures	Notes	Homework
Week 1	8/24	Circuit basics review, superposition, SPICE video, notes
	8/26	ADC resolution, the R-2R DAC video, notes	Quiz 1 on circuit basics	HW1, due Friday 9/4
	8/28	Semiconductor Basics, pn junction video, notes	Quiz 2 on superposition and R2R DAC
Week 2	8/31	N-Well resistors and C5 layers video, notes
	9/2	C5 layer examples, MOSFETs notes	Quiz 3 on C5 layers
	9/4	MOSFETs, IV Curves video, notes		HW2 due Friday 9/11
Week 3	9/7	MOSFET, well taps, body effect video, notes
	9/9	NMOS and PMOS pass gates, the transmission gate, and the square law equation video, notes
	9/11	The inverter and the switching point,  video	Quiz 4 on MOSFETs
Week 4	9/14	diode and diode clamping circuit, ESD protection Static Logic Gates, AOI Logic, Stick diagrams
	9/16	More on stick diagrams
	9/18	More on Stick diragrams
Week 5	9/21	No lecture, traveling to a grant meeting
	9/23	No lecture, traveling to a grant meeting
	9/25
Week 6	9/28
	9/30
	10/2
Week 7	10/5
	10/7
	10/9
Week 8	10/12	Mini-break, no class
	10/14
	10/16
Week 9	10/19		mid-term grade due
	10/21
	10/23
Week 10	10/26
	10/28
	10/30
Week 11	11/2
	11/4
	11/6
Week 12	11/9
	11/11
	11/13
Week 13	11/16
	11/18
	11/20
Week 14	11/23	Fall break
	11/25	Fall break
	11/27	Fall break
Week 15	11/31	Final exam review
	12/2
	12/4
Week 16	12/7, Monday	Final exam 9:45 - 11:45 am