Digital Design

Digital abstraction and its technical realization, number systems, logic gates, MOSFET transistors, CMOS gates, power consumption
Combinational logic: boolean equations and algebra, mapping to gates, multi-level circuits, extended logic (0,1,X,Z), logic minimization, basic combinational blocks, timing
Sequential logic: latches, flip-flops, design of synchronous circuits, finite state machines, timing, parallelism
Hardware-Description Languages: modeling combinational and sequential circuits, structural descriptions, modeling finite state machines, data types, parameterized modules, testbenches
Digital building blocks: arithmetic circuits, fixed point and floating point numbers, sequential blocks, memories, logic fields

Literature: Digital Design and Computer Architecture, 2. Auflage von D.M. Harris und S.L. Harris, Morgan Kaufman 2012
(ISBN-13: 978-0123944245)
Exercises: The lectures are complemented by a weekly exercise. A Moodle registration is required to participate.
Exams: The lecture will be examined by a written test. The date is still to be defined.
Course achievements: To participate in the final exam, a course achievement consisting of four oral tests has to be acquired. Two successful tests are sufficient. More information will be provided in the first lecture.
Moodle-course: Please register for the Moodle-course. There you will