Spring 2027

Digital Circuits and Components

Digital Circuits and Components covers principles and characterization of logic circuits, design and analysis techniques, transmission lines in digital applications, and characteristics of current circuit logic families.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Akhilesh Jaiswal

One student described the project workload as significant, noting it involved many hours spent in the 'dungeon'.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Summarize theory of advanced MOS devices and operations

  • Identify challenges and solutions in scaling of CMOS devices

  • Analyze power, performance, area metrics for CMOS logic families

  • Analyze design of sequential circuits with timing constraints

  • Produce circuit schematic and layout in CAD tools

  • Test transient behavior of circuits in simulation tools

  • Describe operation of VLSI memory and identify critical components

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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(E C E/​COMP SCI 352 and E C E 340), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

ECE 555

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AKHILESH JAISWAL is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

AZADEH DAVOODI is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JING LI is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

UMIT OGRAS is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Akhilesh Jaiswal

Past students noted that lectures were thorough and connected course topics to real-world impacts and modern VLSI design insights.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.34 GPA, 55.3% A/AB (n=76 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.37 GPA, 61.4% A/AB (n=70 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.25 GPA, 51.9% A/AB (n=79 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Akhilesh Jaiswal

One student described the project workload as significant, noting it involved many hours spent in the 'dungeon'.

Past student reviews · Akhilesh Jaiswal

A past student found the instructor's answers to questions confusing, stating it sometimes seemed he was not getting what was being asked.

Topics

  • Logic circuit principles and characterization
  • Transmission lines in digital applications
  • Characteristics of current circuit logic families
  • Advanced MOS device theory and operations
  • VLSI memory operation and critical components

Skills

  • Design and analysis of applied logic circuits
  • Analyzing power, performance, and area metrics for CMOS logic families
  • Analyzing sequential circuit design with timing constraints
  • Producing circuit schematics and layouts using CAD tools
  • Testing transient circuit behavior using simulation tools

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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