Goal:

The goal of the course is to understand the fundamentals of the design of digital circuits.

Instructor:

Prof. Rajeev Barua
Email: barua@eng.umd.edu
Office: 1431 A. V. Williams building
Office hours: Wednesday 1:30 to 3:00 pm
Telephone:  5-8137 (on campus),  ((301) 405-8137 from off-campus)

Teaching Assistants:

(1) Abdel-Hameed Badawy
       Email: absalam@eng.umd.edu
       Office:  AVW 1418 (SCAL laboratory)
       Office hours:  Mon, Wed 12:00-1:00pm.

(2)  Renju Thomas
        Email: renju@eng.umd.edu
        Office: 1415 A. V. Williams building
        Office hours:  Friday 9.00-10.00am.
        Telephone:  5-6621 (on campus), 301-405-6621 (from off campus).

The staff will gladly help you with your questions during office hours.  In an emergency, the TAs may see you outside office hours, but please be sensitive to the fact that they are taking courses, writing their thesis, etc.

Lectures:

10-10:50am Mon, Wed and Fri, in room CHE 2110.

Prerequisites:

ENEE 114 or CMSC 114.  Restricted to students with 09090 or 09991 major codes.

Recommended Text:

The primary text book used will be:

M. Morris Mano, "Digital Design (2nd edition)".  Prentice Hall 1991.  ISBN: 0-13-212937-X.

You are required to buy or otherwise have access to this textbook throughout this course.  Other books and papers may be used as material for lectures occasionally, but you will not be required to buy additional books.

Grading weightage:

The following is the weightage for the different components of this class towards the final grade:

Midterm I   (Firm date: March 5)                                             25%
Midterm II (around April  18)                                                  25%
Final            (firm date:  Thu., May 17, 8:00-10:00am)       35%
Homeworks and Instructor's subjective evaluation
        of class participation                                                           15%

Exams:

There will be a two midterms and a final examination in the course. No make-up examinations will be given for any reason.  The likely dates of midterms is given above, as is the firm date for the final.  The midterms will be held during regular class hours in the regular classroom.  The final will be two hours long; its venue will be announced. All examinations will be closed book, closed notes and no calculators.

The university has no policy on the number of examinations a student can take on one day.  Students are strongly encouraged to check the final exam schedule before registering for courses.

Homeworks:

There will be 5-6 homeworks in the class.  Students should work in groups of two students on the homeworks, as people benefit from the collaborative discussions. You are discouraged from working alone on the homeworks -- if you want to, you must obtain prior permission from the instructor.  Only one homework submission will be required per group.  Discussions with other groups is not allowed.  Submissions will be due by the end of class on the due date.  Late submissions will not be evaluated.   Solutions for homeworks will be provided.

Homeworks must be handed in on 8.5x11 inch paper with problems in the order of the assignment.  Label the first page in the upper right hand corner with the names of the two students, the homework number, the submission date and the course and section number.  Staple the pages together in the upper left-hand corner.

If you dispute your grade, please contact the TA assigned for that homework during office hours.

Academic honesty:

The policy on collaboration in homeworks is described above.  Examination work must be strictly individual.  Violations of this policy will not be tolerated and will result in an F grade for the class.

Disabilities and religious holidays:

Students needing special arrangements due to disabilities or religious holidays should contact the instructor with as much advance notice as possible.

Recitations

During recitations your TA will go over solutions to selected homework problems. In addition, recitations provide you with an opportunity to ask clarifying questions regarding material or concepts presented in lecture.  The style of the recitations will be rather interactive, so your participation is both encouraged and important.