227-0003-00L Digital Circuits
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2020 |
| Lecturers | M. Luisier |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Abstract | Digital and analogue signals and their representation. Combinational and sequential circuits and systems, boolean algebra, K-maps. Finite state machines. Memory and computing building blocks in CMOS technology. |
| Objective | Provide basic knowledge and methods to understand and to design digital circuits and systems. |
| Content | Digital and analogue signals and their representation. Boolean Algebra, circuit analysis and synthesis, the MOS transistor, CMOS logic, static and dynamic behaviour, tristate logic, Karnough-Maps, hazards, binary nuber systems, coding. Combinational and sequential circuits and systems (boolean algebra, K-maps, etc.). Memory building blocks and memory structures, programmable logic circuits. Finite state machines, architetcure of microprocessors. |
| Lecture notes | Lecture notes for all lessons, assignments and solutions. https://iis-students.ee.ethz.ch/lectures/digital-circuits/vorlesung/ |
| Literature | Literature will be announced during the lessons. Access to the book «J. Reichardt, "Digitaltechnik: eine Einfuehrung mit VHDL", 4th edition, De Gruyter Studium, 2017.» is provided online by the ETH Library. |
| Prerequisites / Notice | No special prerequisites. |