Notre Dame University-Louaize

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Electrical, Computer & Communication Engineering
EEN 422  Digital Integrated Circuits

Semester: Fall 2021 Lecture time: MWF 10:00 – 11:00 Section: A Room: FE -1.04

Credits: 3 credits

Contact hours: Three 50-minutes lecture sessions a week.

Instructor: Mustapha Hamad, Ph.D.

Office hours/contact: by appointment, room FE-0.17 (E 20.17) mhamad@ndu.edu.lb

Textbook: A. Sedra and K. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 6th edition, Oxford Press, 2014 (or
later ed.).

Supplemental materials:
Demassa and Ciccone, Digital Integrated Circuits, Wiley, 1996.
Jaeger and Blalock, Microelectronic Circuit Design, 4 th ed, McGraw-Hill, 2010.
Donald Neamen, Microelectronics, 4th ed, McGraw-Hill, 2010

Catalog description:
Properties and definitions of digital IC technologies. Basic logic circuit families: TTL, CMOS,
dynamic CMOS, BICMOS, ECL and GaAs; with emphasis on CMOS digital logic. Oscillators,
Schmitt triggers.

Type of course: required major for CCE majors, technical elective for EE majors.

Pre-requisites: EEN 311 Electronic Circuits II, EEN 220, Introduction to Logic Design,.

Course Learning Outcomes and their correlation to Student Outcomes:

Course Learning Outcomes Correlation to

Student Outcome
1. Be able to discuss the basic principle of linear and
(1,6)
non-linear oscillators
2. Know how to explain the basic operation of A/D
(1,6)
and D/A Converter Circuits
3. Analyze and Design CMOS logic gate circuits (1,6)
4. Be able to discuss the different digital IC
(1,6)
technologies and logic circuit families
5. Be able to discuss the different types and
(1,6)
architectures of semiconductor memories
6. Acquire circuit simulation techniques using
(6)
software simulation tools.

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 Course Topics

No. of
Topic covered Reading assignment
weeks
12.1, 12.2.1, 12.2.2, 12.3,
4 Signal Generators and Wave-Shaping Circuits
12.4,12.5, 12.7
2 Data Conversion (A/D and D/A) Handout
14.1 – 14.4, 14.5.1 +
4 CMOS Digital Circuits
Handout
2 Advanced CMOS Logic Circuits 15.1 – 15.3 + Handout
16.1–16.3, 16.4.2 -16.4.4,
2 Memory Circuits
16.5.1
1 TTL Logic Circuits Handout

Assessment measures:
Online Evaluation (Quizzes, participation, etc) 15 %
On Campus Midterm Exam 30 %
On Campus Final Exam (comprehensive) 40 %
HW Assignments 15 %
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100%

Additional course policies and requirements:

 Exams and Quizzes are closed-book closed notes. One Equation sheet is allowed for the Final
Exam
 Homework assignments will be announced in class.
 Make-up exams are given only in the case of an emergency with a valid excuse accepted by the
SAO.
 Each student should acquaint her/himself with NDU’s codes policies and procedures involving
academic misconduct, including, but not limited to plagiarism, cheating, etc… A source of
guidance can be found in the Student Handbook available on NDU website

Prepared by / date:
M. Hamad / January 2013

Revised by:
M. Hamad / September 2021

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