Syllabus

Course Discription

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. Differential amplifiers are introduced.

Required Books
R.T. Howe and C.G. Sodini, Microelectronics: an Integrated Approach, Prentice-Hall, 1997. Errata

A reader including the Laboratory Manual and solutions to even exercises in the textbook is available from:

Copy Central (Southside)
2560 Bancroft Way
(510) 848-8649
Additional Books
In addition to the textbooks and the reader, the following references are helpful and will be on two-hour reserve at the Bechtel Engineering Library:

A.S. Sedra and K.C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 4th ed., 1997.
R.C. Jaeger, Microelectronic Circuit Design, McGraw Hill, 1997.
M.N. Horenstein, Microelectronic Circuits and Devices, Prentice Hall, 2nd ed., 1996.
M.H. Rashid, SPICE for Circuits and Electronics using PSpice, Prentice Hall, 1995.
P.W. Tuinenga, SPICE, A Guide to Circuit Simulation & Analysis using PSpice, Prentice Hall, 1995.
A. Vladimirescu, The Spice Book, Wiley, 1994.

Laboratory
The laboratory is based on a BiCMOS tile-array chip set from MicroLinear, Inc. that allows a series of experiments that are closely connected with the lecture material. The laboratory is integrated closely with the lecture; satisfactory completion of the laboratory is required in order to receive a grade in the course.
Homework Assignments and Quizzes
Academic Dishonesty
Exams and Grading

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