Exam 1 information Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Eligible topics (1 of 2) (not an exhaustive list) Everything covered up to and including transmission lines (i.e., material on power/ground planes, termination schemes, vias and capacitors not included) Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits Criteria for when high-speed design techniques should be applied Transient response of 1 st -order circuits Measuring device capacitance and inductance Crosstalk from various reactances Output driver characteristics (totem pole, open emitter, …) Noise margin Timing analysis, critical paths Ground bounce

Exam 1 information Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Eligible topics (2 of 2) (not an exhaustive list) Packaging options including packageless options Thermal effects, analysis, and management Power dissipation and energy consumption Transmission line model, parameters of interest, loss mechanisms Transmission line propagation, voltages and currents, reflections

Exam 1 information Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Specific topics (not an exhaustive list) Timing analysis must identify critical path and find max operating frequency Thermal analysis determine power dissipation in device relate thermal resistance to material characteristics Transient analysis of 1 st -order circuit Transmission line parameters, voltages and currents 4 problem sets, total of 11 questions