Open book, open notes, bring a calculator 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 1st-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

Open book, open notes, bring a calculator 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

5 problem sets, total of 14 questions 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 a device Transient analysis of 1st-order circuit Find Thevenin equivalent for a given circuit Ground bounce Rise time Noise margin Signal termination Transmission line parameters and performance characteristics 5 problem sets, total of 14 questions

Exam 1 results Results Mean score: 90 High score: 98 Low score: 74 Standard deviation: 6.3 High score: 98 Low score: 74 Number of scores of 100: 0 Number of scores in the 90s: 12 Number of scores in the 80s: 5 Number of scores in the 70s: 1 Number of scores in the 60s: 0