Grading
Your grade will be based on the following factors:
30%: Readable schematics simulating on schedule
5%: Convincing test vectors
30%: Claimed energy × delay product (relative to other designs in class)
20%: Adder functions at claimed delay on mystery test vectors
10%: Design review slides with readable block diagram, schematic and all data
5%: Contributions to design reviews
Hints
The SWEEP function in SPICE lets you change parameters (such as transistor sizes or
supply voltages) and produce results for each parameter value. This is helpful for tuning.
There are several sections that you could read in the textbook to shave hours of
experimentation off of your project. The project has been intentionally scheduled before
all of these sections are reached in the book, to give you incentive to selectively read
ahead and practice just-in-time learning. An ounce of analysis is worth a sleepless night
of sweeps.
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