Practice The Impact Of Physical Reality (6.4) - Final Project / Open-Ended Design Challenge
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The Impact of Physical Reality

Practice - The Impact of Physical Reality

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a critical path?

💡 Hint: Think about signal timings.

Question 2 Easy

Define parasitics in the context of digital design.

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when circuits are laid out physically.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What does the critical path determine in a digital circuit?

Maximum operational speed
Minimum delay
Power consumption

💡 Hint: Connect this concept to circuit functionality.

Question 2

True or False: Parasitic capacitance is always beneficial for circuit performance.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the effects of unwanted characteristics.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

You have designed a circuit with multiple potential critical paths. Describe a method to determine which is actually the most critical.

💡 Hint: Consider the various routes a signal takes in your design.

Challenge 2 Hard

How would you optimize a circuit that has become too slow due to parasitics?

💡 Hint: Think about physical changes versus component specification.

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