| | Standard Course Syllabus | Course Supervisor | Date of Approval |
| | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Ozguner, F | 5/05 |
| | 761 | Switching Circuit Theory |
| | 2. | CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
| | Minimization of multiple output combinational circuits, computer-aided design, state minimization, asynchronous sequential |
| | machines, state assignment, transient analysis. |
| | Quarters of Offering | Credits | | Level | Class Meeting |
| | Au Qtr. | 3 | U G | 3 cl. |
| | Course Prerequisites |
| | Prereq: 662 or CS&E 675.01. |
| | 3. | PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC |
| | Boolean algebra; number systems; combinational circuit analysis, design, map minimization techniques; sequential circuit |
| | design and analysis; programming. |
| | Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite |
| | 861, 864, 865 |
| | 4. | Text(s) and Other Course Materials | Author(s) | Publisher |
| | Computer Aided Logical Design with Emphasis on VLSI, | Hill and Peterson | Wiley |
| | 4th Ed. |
| | ISBN: 0-471-57527-5 |
| | (told by publisher this is still available) |
| | References (supplemental reading) |
| | none |
| | 5. | COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| | 1. Extend the student's understanding of combinational and sequential circuit design techniques, |
| | including design algorithms suitable for programming and solving large problems. (Criteria 3(a),(e)) |
| | 2. Teach advanced minimization and sequential circuit design methods at a more advanced level. (Criteria 3(a),(c)) |
| | 3. Provide experience with the use of computers to design and minimize logic circuits. (Criterion 3(k)) |
| | 6. | TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES) |
| | Algorithms for optimization of combinational logic (4) |
| | Multiple output circuits, programmable arrays (4) |
| | Combinational functions with special properties (3) |
| | Synthesis of clocked sequential circuits (5) |
| | Incompletely specified sequential circuits (5) |
| | Level-mode sequential circuits (6) |
| | Test generation for VLSI (2) |
| | 7. | CLASS MEETING PATTERN | (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.) |
| | 3 cl. |
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