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6.012 outline: grading, ethics

Overview of semiconductor applications, silicon integrated circuit technology

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Intrinsic semiconductors, electrons and holes, bond model, generation recombination and thermal equilibrium; doping, donors, acceptors, compensation

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Carrier transport, drift velocity, drift current density, diffusion current density

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The p-n junction, carrier concentration and potential in thermal equilibrium, 60mV rule

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The p-n junction in thermal equilibrium

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Introduction to the MOS structure, MOS capacitor in thermal equilibrium

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MOS capacitor under applied bias; accumulation, depletion, and inversion regions

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MOSFET physical structure, circuit symbol and terminal characteristics, MOS transistor characteristics

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MOS transistor, backgate effect, MOSFET in saturation

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MOSFET small-signal model

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Digital logic concepts, inverter characteristics, logic levels and noise margins, transient characteristics, inverter circuits, NMOS/resistor loads

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NMOS/current source load, CMOS inverter, static analysis

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CMOS inverter, propagation delay model, static CMOS gates

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p-n junction diode terminal characteristics, minority carrier concentration under forward and reverse bias

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Short base approximation, steady state diffusion equation with currents in p-n junction

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p-n junction diode circuit model, large signal static model, small signal model, diffusion capacitance

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Introduction of bipolar junction transistor, terminal characteristics, forward active bias, current gain

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Reverse active mode and saturation, the Ebers-Moll model

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Single stage amplifiers, two port small signal model, common source amplifier with resistor and current source supply

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Common base/gate amplifier, common collector/drain

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Review frequency domain analysis; current gain frequency response of common emitter amplifier

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Voltage gain frequency response of common emitter amplifier, full analysis of common emitter, the Miller approximation

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Open circuit time constant analysis, common-gate (CG) and common-drain (CD) amplifiers

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Multistage amplifiers, cascading small signal two port models

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DC coupling, voltage sources, MOS current sources, current sources and sinks

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Analyzing complex circuits, course wrap-up

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Tutorial 9 (PDF)

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Tutorial 12 (PDF)

Problem set 1 (PDF)

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Problem set 8 (PDF)

Problem set 9 (PDF)

Quiz 1

2005 quiz 1 (PDF)

2007 quiz 1 (PDF)

Quiz 2

2005 quiz 2 (PDF)

2007 quiz 2 (PDF)

Final Exam

2005 final exam (PDF)

2007 final exam (PDF)