Exam 1 informationOpen book, open notes, bring a calculator

Eligible topics (1 of 2) (not an exhaustive list) Everything covered up to and including transmission lines

(i.e., material on power/ground planes, termination schemes, vias and capacitors not included)

• Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits• Criteria for when high-speed design techniques should be applied• Transient response of 1st-order circuits• Measuring device capacitance and inductance• Crosstalk from various reactances• Output driver characteristics (totem pole, open emitter, …)• Noise margin• Timing analysis, critical paths• Ground bounce

Exam 1 informationOpen book, open notes, bring a calculator

Eligible topics (2 of 2) (not an exhaustive list) • Packaging options including packageless options• Thermal effects, analysis, and management• Power dissipation and energy consumption• Transmission line model, parameters of interest, loss mechanisms• Transmission line propagation, voltages and currents, reflections

Exam 1 informationOpen book, open notes, bring a calculator

Specific topics (not an exhaustive list) • Timing analysis

must identify critical path and find max operating frequency

• Thermal analysis determine power dissipation in devicerelate thermal resistance to material characteristics

• Transient analysis of 1st-order circuit• Transmission line parameters, voltages and currents

4 problem sets, total of 11 questions