Practice - The Impact of Physical Reality
Practice Questions
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What is a critical path?
💡 Hint: Think about signal timings.
Define parasitics in the context of digital design.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when circuits are laid out physically.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does the critical path determine in a digital circuit?
💡 Hint: Connect this concept to circuit functionality.
True or False: Parasitic capacitance is always beneficial for circuit performance.
💡 Hint: Think about the effects of unwanted characteristics.
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Challenge Problems
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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.
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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