Digital Integrated Circuit Design - ECE 421L 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas 
Fall 2023

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Taught by Professor: R. Jacob Baker, PhD, PE
Authored by Benjamin Molina
 Email: molinb1@unlv.nevada.edu
Favorite Book Quotes:
"I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve."
 -Jane Austen, Persuasion
  
"You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.”
-Adam Silvera, They Both Die At The End
 
 "No, it wasn't the end. It was a better begining."
 -Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys
  
"Be the roses that grow in the concrete."
-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
 
"History huh? Bet we could make some."
-Casey McQuiston, Red White and Royal Blue
  
"Certain nights have this kind of electricity. Certain nights carry you to a different place from where you started."
-Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited
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EE 421 Labwork:
Lab 1Candence tutorial and general information on editing html lab reports.
Lab 2Designing a 10–bit digital–to–analog converter.
Lab 3Layout of a 10–bit DAC.
Lab 4NMOS and PMOS characteristics and layout with ON C5 Process.
Lab 5Designing a CMOS Inverter.
Lab 6Designing a NAND, XOR, and Full Adder.
Lab 7Designing 8-bit gates and components using buses and arrays.
Lab 8Designing test structures on a chip.
Lab ProjectDesign a non-inverting buffer circuit that presents less than 100 fF input capacitance.
 
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