Course detail

Digital Integrated Circuits

FEKT-MPC-DISAcad. year: 2025/2026

Distribution, forming and delaying of pulse signals. Electronic switches. Comparators and flipflops. Function generators. Principles and classification of digital circuits. Combinational and sequential digital circuits. Principles of programmable digital systems. Basic families of digital circuits (TTL, CMOS), rules for their use. Realization and functional verification of the circuits using modular system, computer aided simulation of analog and digital systems.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Pavel Šteffan, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Microelectronics (UMEL)

Entry knowledge

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The definition of controlled teaching and the method of its implementation are determined by the annually updated decree of the subject guarantor.  

Exercise - 40 points; minimum 30 points.

Final exam - 60 points; minimum 20 points.

Aims

The aim of the course is to make students familiar with digital integrated circuits and their blocks, with the use of laboratory instruments and with computer methods of simulation and analysis of digital circuits.
The student is able to:
- Explain and design a digital system, implement basic combinational logic circuits;
- Apply the principles of designing digital circuits and systems;
- List the basic properties and types of digital circuits in a variety of technologies;
- Perform basic design of the generator rectangular oscillations;
- Describe the advantages and disadvantages of displays (LCD, OLED, plasma) and apply it to the design of electronic systems;
- Characterize the basic properties of memory circuits, categorize and explain the advantages and disadvantages of each type;
- Describe the various phenomena that are important for the activity of the transistor with floating gate memory with EPROM, FLASH and EEPROM;
- Describe the differences between the various methods of processing analog signals, characterize the advantages and disadvantages of each type of AD and DA converters;
- Is familiar with the basics of programmable logic devices and the VHDL language, can create simple applications of these circuits;

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Adel S. Sedra, Kenneth C. Smith: Microelectronic Circuits (The Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) 8thEdition, ISBN 9780190853464 (CS)
Collier, M. Digital Circuit Design: Principles and Practice, reateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (June 12, 2014),ISBN-10: 1499686900 (EN)
Hall, S.H., High-Speed Digital System Design: A Handbook of Interconnect Theory and Design Practices 1st Edition, Wiley-IEEE Press; 1 edition (August 25, 2000), ISBN-10: 0471360902 (EN)

Recommended reading

BALCH, M.: Complete digital design. McGraw-Hill, 2003, ISBN 0-07-140927-0
WAKERLY, J.F.: Digital design - principles and practices. Prentice Hall, 2001, ISBN 0-13-089896-1

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MPC-NCP Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme MPC-MEL Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Šteffan, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Combinational circuits (fully defined functions of multiple variables) vs. sequential circuits (Mealy, Moore state machines).
Basic structure at the transistor level of logic circuits in bipolar technologies - AND, NAND, NOR, OR gates, dynamic parameters of circuits, input, output, and transfer characteristics.
Basic structure at the transistor level of logic circuits in unipolar technologies - inverter, AND, NAND, NOR, OR gates, dynamic parameters of circuits, input, output, and transfer characteristics.
Low-power technologies AHC, ALVC, AUP. Influence of low supply voltage on the behavior of digital circuits.
Memory circuits - classification of memories, properties, types, structure. DRAM (1T), SRAM (6T), EEPROM, FLASH (SLC, MLC, TLC, PLC). Describe the basic principle of each type of memory and their structure at the transistor level.
Display elements, description of LCD, OLED, plasma, electronic ink, QLED technologies. Basic structures, description of function, and comparison of advantages and disadvantages of each technology.
Digital signal processing, basic architectures, instruction processing system (CISC, RISC, VLIW), tools for achieving high performance of DSP processors. ARM architecture, characteristics, and basic properties.

Exercise in computer lab

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Šteffan, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Working with programmable logic devices - VHDL.
Frequency counters and dividers.
Shift registers and their implementation into digital structures.
Analysis and synthesis of combinational logic circuits, hazards.
Pulse signals and their propagation through linear circuits.
Simulation of digital circuits - simulation at the gate level, coverage measurement of simulation design, and verification principles using the random number method. 

Laboratory exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Šteffan, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Pulse signals and their propagation through linear circuits.
Shaping of pulse signals.
Semiconductor switches.
Analysis and synthesis of combinational logic circuits, hazards.
Synchronous systems, construction of counters and state machines.
Basic properties of digital integrated circuits.
Adaptation of logic levels and data transmission between different systems.