EECS 105: Microelectronic Devices and Circuits

 

Fall 2001 Schedule (Version Date 2/10/00)

 

A.R. Neureuther

 

 

WEEK                               LECTURE TOPICS                                                        READING                          LAB

 

Week 1       Overview and Circuit Leverage                                                                                                No lab

                    1. 1/17 overview; circuits from E40                                                    HS Ch 1

                    2. 1/19 Amplification gain, Rin, Rout, equivalent circuits              HS 8.4

 

Week 2       General Circuits, Basis Silicon Physics, Fabrications                                                          Exp 1

                    3. 1/22 Two-Ports, multistage                                                             HS 8.2.2, 9.1

                    4.1/24 Basic silicon physics                                                               HS 2.1-2.4, 4.1.1, 4.5.7, 6.2, 7.1.1, 7.7

                    5 1/26 IC resistors                                                                                HS 2.5.4-2.6

 

Week 3       Junction and MOS Capacitance                                                                                                 Exp 2

                    6. 1/29 Electrostatic analysis for distributed charge density        HS 3.1

                    7. 1/31 pn junction capacitance                                                         HS 3.2,3.3,3.6

                    8. 2/2 MOS threshold voltage                                                            HS 3.7

Note: HW 4.1 is a one-sided version of the material in 3.4-3.5.

The contact potential in 3.4.3 was simplified to assuming metal can be treated as n+ doping.

 

Week 4       MOS I versus V Models                                                                                                               Exp 3

                    9. 2/5 I versus V basic                                                                         HS 4.1-4.3

                    10. 2/7 2nd order effects                                                                        HS 4.4

                    11. 2/9 Small signal model                                                                   HS 4.5-4.5.3

 

Week 5       Complete MOS Model                                                                                                                  Exp 4

                    12. 2/12 NMOS two-port, PMOS model, CMOS gain                     HS 8.3, 4.5.6, 5.3,

                    13. 2/14 MOS capacitance, SPICE models                                        HS 4.5.4, 4.5.6, 4.6

                    14. 2/16 Review                                                                                     HS none

 

Week 6       Review and Phasors                                                                                                                      No Lab

                    H. 2/19 Holiday

                    15. 2/21Review, recap of  phasors                                                     LM 189-210

                    16. 2/23 FIRST MIDTERM

 

Week 7       Basic Frequency Response, Diode Physics                                                                              Exp 5

                    17. 2/26 Circuit analysis with phasors                                              LM 210-213

                    18. 2/28 Bode plots – general approach                                           HS 10.1

                    19. 3/2 pn diode current                                                                      HS 6.1,6.3

 

Week 8       Diode and Bipolar Physics                                                                                                          Exp 7

                    20. 3/5 pn diode model including small signal                                 HS 6.4,6.9

                    21. 3/7 Bipolar transistor physics                                                      HS 7.1-7.3

                    22. 3/9 Bipolar transistor model (Ebers Moll and s.s.)                    HS 7.4-7.5

 

Week 9       pnp Bipolars Transistors,  Basic BJT Circuits                                                                      Lab Quiz, Exp 6

                    23. 3/12 pnp, SPICE, basic circuits                                                    HS 7.7-7.8

                    24. 3/14 CE amplifier  - large and small signal                                  HS 8.1-8.4

                    25. 3/16 CE amplifier – frequency response                                     HS 10.31

 

 

Week 10     Review and Integration                                                                                                                 No Lab

                    26 3/19 Examples and physical parameters                                      recap HS, LM

                    27. 3/21Review                                                                                      (none)

                    28. 3/23 SECOND MIDTERM

 

Recess        H. 3/26 – 3/30

 

Week 11     Amplifier Configurations                                                                                                            Exp 8

                    29. 4/2 Common source and emitter                                                  HS 8.5-8.6

                    30. 4/4Emitter degeneration and common base/gate                      HS 8.7-8.8

                    31. 4/6 Common collector/drain                                                         HS 8.9

 

Week 12     Amplifier Configurations and Multistage Circuits                                                               Exp 10

                    32. 4/9 Summary of configurations                                                    recap HS 8

                    33. 4/11 Multistage and small signal                                                 HS  9.1-9.2

                    34. 4/13 Direct-coupled amplifiers                                                     HS 9.3

 

Week 13     Advanced Multistage Amplifiers                                                                                                Exp 11

                    35. 4/16 DC voltage and current sources                                         HS 9.4

                    36. 4/18 Two-stage and BiCMOS example                                       HS 9.5-9.6

                    37. 4/20 Frequency response – current amplifier                            HS 10.3

 

Week 14     Frequency Response                                                                                                                     Exp 9

                    38. 4/23 Frequency response – voltage amplifier                            HS 10.4

                    39. 4/25 Frequency response – voltage buffer                                HS 10.5

                    40. 4/27 Frequency response – current buffer                                 HS 10.6

 

Week 15     Frequency Response and Example Circuits                                                                             Lab Quiz, Makeup

                    41. 4/30 Frequency response multistage                                          HS 10.7

                    42. 5/2 Example circuits – recognize components                           Handout

                    43. 5/4 Example circuits – frequency response                                Handout

 

Week 16     Review                                                                                                                                             No Lab

                    44. 5/7 Review for Final Exam

 

Final Exam, Group 6, 8-11 AM Monday May 14th, location TBA

 

HS: R. T. Howe and C. G. Sodini, Microelectronics: An Integrated Approach, Prentice Hall, 1997.

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