Part of Lecture Notes:

Week1: Course Introduction    |   Handout  

Week2: Design Partionining, Power Consumption    |   Formal Equivalence Checking    |   (1)  

Week3: Interconnect Parasitics    |   Cross Talk   |   (2)    |   Prasitics Formats for Circuit Characterization  

Week4: Technology   |   (Part 2)   |   (Part 3)  

Week5: Midterm 1 Review |   Basic Concepts   |   Constraints  

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Week 5: Midterm 1 Review
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Week6: Example 6.1   |   Timing Report   |   Midterm 1

Week7: Generated Clock   |  Synchornous, Asynchronous, & Exclusive Clocks   |  Flatterning & Structuring   |   Compiling   |   Top Down, Bottom Up  

Week8: TCL - Part 1   |   TCL - Part 2  

Week9: TCL - Part 3    |   TCL - Part 4  

Week10: Midterm 2 Review |   SDF  

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Week 10: Midterm 2 Review
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Week11: SDF   |   Midterm 2

Week12: PT   |   QTM  

Week13: Single Operating Condition Analysis Mode, BC/WC, Onchip Variation (OCV)   |   Timing Exception  

Week14: Timing Exception   |   Timing Borrowing in Latch Based Designs  

Week15: Final Review