ECE 498MA: CMOS IC Design

Lectures

Times Days Location Instructor
4:00 - 5:20 PM MW 3013 ECEB Dr. Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan

Instructors Information

Instructors: Dr. Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan
Office: 3050 ECEB
E-mail: cradhak[at]illinois.edu
Office Hrs: Mon, 5:00 - 6:00 PM, 5034 ECEB


Teaching Assistants

TA: Luke Granger
E-mail: lukeag3[at]illinois.edu
Office-hrs 4:00 - 5:00 PM, 3081 ECEB

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Homework

  • Homework and exams will be graded using gradescope. We will add you to gradescope.

  • You will be submitting homework using gradescope as a PDF file. Please refer to the following link and video.

  • Write neatly. Please box the equations you will be solving and the final answer. If we cannot read it we cannot grade it!

  • Homework is due at 5 PM (CT) on the due date.

  • Regrade requests must be submitted on gradescope within one week of grades being posted. All regrade requests must have a brief justification. Please talk to course staff before you submit a regrade request.

  • In order to account for illness, travel, internet issues, or any other extenuating circumstances, your two lowest homework grades will be dropped.

Exams and Grading

Homework + Cadence 25%
Exam 1 25%
Exam 2 25%
Final Exam 25%

Exam 1

  • Date: Wednesday, October 01, 2025, in-class.

Exam 2

  • Date: Wednesday, Novemeber 03, 2025, in-class.

Prerequisites

Credit in ECE 210 equivalent.

Text Books

  • Class Notes

  • Optional:

    • Sedra and Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 7th ed., Oxford University Press.

    • Fundamentals of Microelectronics by Behzad Razavi, 2nd edition