Schedule (Spring 2026)
| Lecture | Day | Date | Topic | Hall | Chew | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W | 1/21/26 | Introduction | 1.1-1.6 | Introduction | |
| 2 | F | 1/23/26 | Maxwell's Equations | 2.1-2.3 | L1 | EM Review |
| 3 | M | 1/26/26 | Zoom Lecture: Wave Equation | L2, L3 | ||
| 4 | W | 1/28/26 | EM Numerical Methods | L36, L37 | ||
| 5 | F | 1/30/26 | Parallel-Plate and Rectangular Waveguides | L22 | Waveguides | |
| 6 | M | 2/2/26 | Circular and Coaxial Waveguides | L23 | ||
| 7 | W | 2/4/26 | Resistance, Capacitance & Inductance | 2.4-2.7 | L14 | RLGC |
| 8 | F | 2/6/26 | Ideal transmission line | 3.1, 3.3 | L15 | Ideal TL |
| 9 | M | 2/9/26 | Coupled-line analysis | 3.4-3.5 | Coupled_TL | |
| 10 | W | 2/11/26 | Multi-line analysis | 4.1, 4.2 | MTL | |
| 11 | F | 2/13/26 | Losses in transmission lines | 4.3-4.5 | Lossy TL | |
| 12 | M | 2/16/26 | Lossy TL Modeling | |||
| 13 | W | 2/18/26 | Nonideal Interconnects and Dielectrics | Nonideal Interconnects | ||
| F | 2/20/26 | EXAM 1 | ||||
| 14 | M | 2/23/26 | Zoom Lecture: MOS Transistors | MOS and MOS AMP | ||
| 15 | W | 2/25/26 | Zoom Lecture: Integrated Circuits | IC | ||
| F | 2/27/26 | ON TRAVEL - NO CLASS | ||||
| 16 | M | 3/2/26 | S-Parameters | 9.1 - 9.3 | S-Parameters | |
| 17 | W | 3/4/26 | S-parameters of Multiconductors | |||
| 18 | F | 3/5/26 | Macromodeling Techniques | Macromodeling | ||
| 19 | M | 3/9/26 | Requirements for Physical Channels | 8.1, 8.2 | L12 | |
| 20 | W | 3/11/26 | Circuit Synthesis from Macromodels | Synthesis | ||
| 21 | F | 3/13/26 | I/O Circuits and Models | 11.1-11.9 | ||
| M | 3/16/26 | SPRING BREAK | ||||
| 22 | M | 3/23/26 | MNA, SPICE | MNA, SPICE | ||
| 23 | W | 3/25/26 | LIM | LIM | ||
| 24 | F | 3/27/26 | IBIS Modeling | IBIS | ||
| 25 | M | 3/30/26 | X-Parameters | X Parameters | ||
| 26 | W | 4/1/26 | On-chip interconnect issues | |||
| F | 4/3/26 | GOOD FRIDAY - NO CLASS | ||||
| M | 4/6/26 | EXAM 2 | ||||
| 27 | W | 4/8/26 | Power distribution networks | 10.1-10.3 | PDNs | |
| F | 4/10/26 | EOH - NO CLASS | ||||
| 28 | M | 4/13/26 | Scaling & Noise | Noise | ||
| 29 | W | 4/15/26 | Timing & Signaling | Signaling | ||
| 30 | F | 4/17/26 | Jitter Basics | 13.1-13.6 | Jitter Basics | |
| 31 | M | 4/20/26 | Jitter Analysis | Jitter Analysis | ||
| 32 | W | 4/22/26 | Equalization | Equalization | ||
| 33 | F | 4/24/26 | Eye Diagrams | Advanced Jitter | ||
| 34 | M | 4/27/26 | High-Speed Links | 13.1, 13.6 | High-Speed Links | |
| 35 | W | 4/29/26 | Advanced Packaging | Advanced Packaging | ||
| 36 | F | 5/1/26 | GUEST LECTURE - Ram Krishna | |||
| 37 | M | 5/4/26 | Q&A SESSION WITH TA | 12.1, 12.3 | ||
| 38 | W | 5/6/26 | Q&A SESSION WITH TA | |||
| F | 5/15/26 | PROJECTS DUE |
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