ELT 215G1   Homework Assignments; November/December  -- updated 12/8/08

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Given 11/3/08, due 11/5/08

• read chapter 14 through the end
• read handouts about Kilby and IC Fab (Micron)
• Look at the following web pages about fabrication:
• .Virtual Clean Room of the Georgia Institute of Technology: http://www.ece.gatech.edu/research/labs/vc/
  Works only with MS Internet Explorer
• Sematech has an excellent Fabrication Tutorial at: http://www.sematech.org/corporate/news/mfgproc/mfgproc.htm
  Also a series of fabrication pictures available at: http://www.sematech.org/corporate/gallery/
  
• Intel's "How Chips are made": http://www.intel.com/education/makingchips/introduction.htm
  and also Clean Rooms: http://www.intel.com/education/cleanroom/index.htm
• Micron Semiconductor history and fabrication information: http://www.micron.com/k12/semiconductors/hrw.aspx
  click on the various sections : history, fabrication, etc.
• Stanford University's "How Everyday Things are Made": http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/. (video; suitable for high speed connections only)
  Once you are on the site, navigate to PRODUCTS 2 - EXTRAS - SEMICONDUCTORS for a tour of a fabrication facility.
• Chip Art: http://www.chipworks.com/gallery1.aspx
  Pictures of small designs that were found "hidden" on various IC's.

Given 11/10/08, due 11/12/08

• read chapter 13 through Sections 1 and 2

Given 11/12/08, due 11/17/08
If you would like to see the resolution chart filled in up to 5-bits, here is a link

• read chapter 13,  Sections 3 and 5
• look at the following web references:
• Howstuffworks:
  How Analog and Digital Recording Works: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/analog-digital.htm
• Bucknell Professor E. J. Mastascusa's web tutorial on Sampling Theory:
  http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/mastascu/eLessonsHTML/Signal/SignalNoteNyquistSampling.htm
  Do the interactive examples!
• In the following web reference the first two sections (on quantization and sampling) are more technical then the above but understandable. The remaining sections are highly technical:
• The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing:  Chapter 3 is about Sampling Theory: http://www.dspguide.com/ch3.htm
• Do Nyquist problem hand out 
• on page 779 (after chapter 13), do problem 4: Note Vref=16V

Given 11/17/08, due 11/19/08

• read chapter 13,  Sections 3 and 5  (same as last)
• look at the following web references:
• Howstuffworks:
  How Analog and Digital Recording Works: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/analog-digital.htm
• Bucknell Professor E. J. Mastascusa's web tutorial on Sampling Theory:
  http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/mastascu/eLessonsHTML/Signal/SignalNoteNyquistSampling.htm
  Do the interactive examples!
• Do the two A-D problems handed out 
• on page 781 (after chapter 13), do problem 25

Given 11/19/08, due 11/24/08

• read chapter 13,  Sections 3 and 5  (same as last)
• look at the web references above
• on page 780 (after chapter 13), do problem 12 -- use Vref = 6V

Given 11/24/08, due 11/26/08

• read chapter 13,  Sections 3 and 5  (same as last)
• look at the web references above
• For a 5-bit successive approximation converter with Vref=10V, show the states of the successive approximation register as it progresses through the conversion for each Vin:
• Vin=4 V
• Vin=9V
• Vin=1.7V

Given 11/26/08, due 12/1/08

• look up LCD panels on the web and hand in several URLs (with comments) that are relevant
• look up digital paper on the web and hand in at least 2 URLs (with comments) that are relevant

Given 12/1/08, due 12/3/08

• read pages 96-101 (Hamming Codes) in text book  (link to Prof. Wade's notes on hamming code)
• page 108 (at the end of the chapter),  problems 64 and 65

Given 12/3/08, due 12/8/08; also given 12/8/08, due 12/10/08
read about  fiber optics.  look at:

• Play-Hookey:  http://www.play-hookey.com/optics/fiber1.html
• and as usual, How Stuff Works:  http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/fiber-optic.htm/
• and wherever else you wish.

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