EE 105: Microelectronic Devices and Circuits, Spring 2001 with Professor Neureuther

This course covers the fundamental circuit and device concepts needed to understand analog integrated circuits. After an overview of the basic properties of semiconductors, the p-n junction and MOS capacitors are described and the MOSFET is modeled as a large-signal device. Two port small-signal amplifiers and their realization using single stage and multistage CMOS building blocks are discussed. Sinusoidal steady-state signals are introduced and the techniques of phasor analysis are developed, including impedance and the magnitude and phase response of linear circuits. The frequency responses of single and multi-stage amplifiers are analyzed. In a weekly laboratory, individual devices will measured/modeled and circuits built from these devices will be characterized. 

The Spring 2001 offering will emphasize the value added to electronics by circuit concepts through treating material on gain, input/out resistance and two-port equivalent models immediately. This material will build on the circuit analysis, dependent source material, and equivalent circuit concepts from EECS 40. The layout and resulting device structures for MOS transistors, diodes and bipolar junction transistors will also be considered early in the course and will assume knowledge of basic processing, process flow and the layout from EECS 40. The material on device physics will be somewhat reduced through an effort to more carefully define the difference between topics appropriate for EE 105 and those more appropriate to EE 130. This offering will also introduce a new mastery-based grading approach for the laboratory and homework to help enhance learning and reduce busy work.