ECE 598: High Speed Serial Links (FALL-2023)

Instructor:

Dr. Pavan Kumar Hanumolu (hanumolu[at]illinois[dot]edu)
Office: CSL 413
Office Hours : 10:50 AM -11:30 AM, Tuesday and Thursday

Lectures:

2017 ECE Building ,
Class Time : 09:30 AM-10:50 AM, Tuesday and Thursday

Grading

Homework/Mini Project	40%
Minterm	30%
Final Project	30%

Homework Grading

Homework is due at 09:30 AM on Tuesdays in class.
Homeworks will be graded on a scale of 0,5,10 out of 10.

Late Homework Policy

Late homework will be accepted, but comes with a penalty detailed in the table below.

Number of days late	Penalty
1	-10%
2	-30%
> 2	-100%

Letter Grades:

Letter grades shall be assigned as shown in the table below. These thresholds maybe lowered (e.g. curved), depending on exam averages or other extenuating circumstances; these thresholds will not be raised. Meaning, for instance, if your class average is 89.9%, you are guaranteed at least an A-.

100% ≥ A+ ≥ 97%	97% > A ≥ 90%	90% > A- ≥ 87%
87% > B+ ≥ 83%	83% > B ≥ 80%	80% > B- ≥ 77%
77% > C+ ≥ 73%	73% > C ≥ 70%	70% > C- ≥ 67%
67% > D+ ≥ 63%	63% > D ≥ 60%	60% > D- ≥ 57%

Prerequisites:

ECE 483 (or equivalent) and working knowledge of Matlab or Python.

Text Books:

Class Notes
References provided on course webpage.