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Hooman Darabi
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Spring 2025 - I am a huge fan of Prof Darabi's teaching. There were only 2 homework assignments and they were quite computationally intense (start early)! but ultimately, exams were much more manageable, with nice round numbers that do not require a calculator (even though you're allowed to bring one with graphing functionality). It was interesting to learn about the practical applications of RLC circuits in filtering and synthesizing transfer functions.
Spring 2025 - I am a huge fan of Prof Darabi's teaching. There were only 2 homework assignments and they were quite computationally intense (start early)! but ultimately, exams were much more manageable, with nice round numbers that do not require a calculator (even though you're allowed to bring one with graphing functionality). It was interesting to learn about the practical applications of RLC circuits in filtering and synthesizing transfer functions.
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Fall 2023 - I thoroughly enjoyed this class, and Professor Darabi prepares you very well for Analog IC design. Class is split up w/ a 27.5% project, 27.5% midterm, 43% final, and 3% participation/survey. Homework is totally optional, but was very good practice for exam and project, with 2 written homeworks and 1 Cadence homework. The project is about designing a differential op-amp with certain gain, swing, and bandwidth requirements, and was overall relatively easy to complete, and gives good practice into using Cadence Virtuoso. The class lectures were very comprehensive and insightful, and Darabi did a good job answering questions and building intuition. The exams are not too bad, and he still curves very well regardless. The TA Somanshu was also excellent in giving us additional practice in his discussion sections, as well as being generous to provide extra office hours where we could ask questions. Overall, I would definitely take this class again.
Fall 2023 - I thoroughly enjoyed this class, and Professor Darabi prepares you very well for Analog IC design. Class is split up w/ a 27.5% project, 27.5% midterm, 43% final, and 3% participation/survey. Homework is totally optional, but was very good practice for exam and project, with 2 written homeworks and 1 Cadence homework. The project is about designing a differential op-amp with certain gain, swing, and bandwidth requirements, and was overall relatively easy to complete, and gives good practice into using Cadence Virtuoso. The class lectures were very comprehensive and insightful, and Darabi did a good job answering questions and building intuition. The exams are not too bad, and he still curves very well regardless. The TA Somanshu was also excellent in giving us additional practice in his discussion sections, as well as being generous to provide extra office hours where we could ask questions. Overall, I would definitely take this class again.
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