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ECE 128 Spring 2003 Syllabus

Course notes are linked by date in the table below.
Updated on January 16th, 2003.
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Week of: Lecture Lab Reading
1/13/03 Introduction to the course; Overview of Testing; Defects, Failures, and Faults; Design Representation Introduction to the CAD Workstations and VLSI Tools. PTES: Ch1-3
1/27/03 VLSI Design Flow; Introduction to ASICs; Programmable ASICs   PTES: Ch4
Smith: Ch1,4
2/3/03 Verilog HDL 1   Smith: Ch11
2/10/03 Verilog HDL 2    
2/24/03 Logic Synthesis; Simulation;
PROJECT ASSIGNED
  Smith: Ch12,13
3/3/03 Role of Simulation in Testing; Automatic Test Pattern Generation; Current Testing.   PTES: Ch5-7
3/10/03 Ad Hoc Test Techniques;
MID-TERM Review
   
3/24/03 MID-TERM EXAM
Ad Hoc Test Techniques (cont).
  PTES: Ch8
3/31/03 Scan-Path Design   PTES: Ch9
4/7/03 Boundary-Scan Testing   PTES: Ch10
4/14/03 Built-in Self-Test   PTES: Ch11
4/21/03 Memory Testing; Testing FPGAs and Microprocessors   PTES: Ch12,13
4/28/03 Synthesis for Testability; Testing SOCs   PTES: Ch14,15
4/30/03 Project Presentations    
TBD FINAL EXAM (comprehensive)    

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