Semester Schedule

Week Lecture Topic    Reading Lab
1 - Circuit basics No lab
1 : 1/17 overview; circuits from EE40 HS CH 1
2 : 1/19 Amplification gain, Rin, Rout, equivalent circuits HS 8.4
2 - General Circuits, Basic Silicon Physics, Fabrication Exp 1
3 : 1/22 Two-ports, multistage HS CH 8.2.2, 9.1
4 : 1/24 Basic silicon physics HS 2.1-2.4
5 : 1/26 IC resistors HS 2.5.4-2.6
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
4 - MOS I versus V Model Exp 3
9 : 2/5 I versus V basic HS 4.1-4.3
10 : 2/7 Second order effects HS 4.4
11 : 2/9 Small signal model HS 4.5-4.5.3
5 - Complete MOS Model Exp 4
12 : 2/12 MOS capacitance HS 4.5.4
13 : 2/14 SPICE, simple circuits HS 4.6, 8.3.2
14 : 2/15 Large and small signal circuits HS 8.3.1, 5.3.1, 5.3.2
6 - Review and Phasors No Lab
H : 2/19 Holiday
15 : 2/21 Review, recap of phasors LM 189-210
16 : First Midterm!
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
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
9 - pnp Bipolar 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 10.3.1
10 - Review and Integration No Lab
26 : 3/19 Examples and physical parameters recap HS, LM
27 : 3/21 Review
28 : 3/23 Second Midterm!
Recess 3/26-3/30
11 - Amplifier Configurations Exp 8
29 : 4/2 Common source and emitter HS 8.5-8.6
30 : 4/4 Emitter degeneration and common base/gate HS 8.7-8.8
31 : 4/6 Common collector/drain HS 8.9
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
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
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
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
16 - Review No Lab
44 : 5/7 Review for Final Exam
Final Exam, Group 6, 8-11am Monday May 14, location TBA


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