EE 214: Design of Logic Circuits

Catalog Information

Course Number:

214

Credits:

Offered:

Spring

Offered:

Fall

Pre-Requisites

CptS 121: Program Design and Development

C programming or equivalent

Dependent Courses:

Class Information

Objectives:

Develop the skills to design virtually any combinational logic circuit from a behavioral specification
Gain familiarity with memory circuits, and be able to design basic sequential circuits
Attain a strong working knowledge of modern CAD tools and technologies, including VHDL and circuit simulators
Understand the function and application of programmable logic devices such as FPGAs

Structure:

Three 50-minute lectures per week and 10 to 12 assignments per semester. Usually three one-hour exams and one two-hour final. One three-hour lab per week (12 experiments per semester). Grade based on exams (~60%), homework (~20%) and labs (~20%).

Topics:

Basic digital electronics, including introduction to transistors and integrated circuits; (4)
Binary state terminology, CMOS terminology and symbology, basic logic functions, reading and construction of logic circuits; (3)
Logic circuit definition, minimization, and construction; (5)
Number systems, binary arithmetic, and codes; (1)
Design and application of multiplexers, decoders, encoders, code converters, (4)
comparators, parity circuits, and shifters; (2)
Introduction to VHDL with applications to the behavioral and structural representation of basic combinational logic devices; (3)
Application of programmable logic devices (ROMs, PLDs, FPGAs) to combinational logic design; (1)
Design and application of arithmetic circuits including various adders, multipliers, and arithmetic logic units (ALUs); (7)
Introduction to timing defects in combinational logic circuits; (2)
Introduction to the design of sequential circuits, including latches, flip-flops, registers, and counters. (8)