ELT 215G1   Homework Assignments; October  -- updated 11/10/08

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Given 10/8/08, due 10/13/08

• read through chapter11-1
• Look at How Stuff Works:
• How CDs Work: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cd.htm
• How CD Burners Work: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cd-burner.htm
• How DVDs Work: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/dvd.htm
• Read  Prof. Kuhn's article: Audio Compact Disk - An Introduction:  http://gcwebtw.com/Knowhow/AudioCD/AudioCD.htm

Given 10/13/08, due 10/20/08
IMPORTANT: all day and evening classes are cancelled on Wednesday, October 15

• read chapter 14 through 14-5
• at  the end of chapter 11, problems 2 and 9
• at the end of chapter 14, problem 6

Given 10/20/08, due 10/22/08
There will be a test on chapters 9,10, and 11 plus the assigned readings.

Given 10/27/08, due 10/29/08

• read chapter 14 through 14-5

Given 10/29/08, due 11/3/08

• read chapter 14 through the end
• Chapter 14, page 819, problem 11

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.

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