Microelectronic Devices and Circuits
Lecture Notes
Abbreviations
MOS = metal-on-silicon
MOSFET = metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
NMOS = n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor
CMOS = complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
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LEC # |
TOPICS |
LECTURE NOTES |
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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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4 |
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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6 |
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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8 |
MOSFET physical structure, circuit symbol and terminal characteristics, MOS transistor characteristics |
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9 |
MOS transistor, backgate effect, MOSFET in saturation |
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10 |
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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13 |
CMOS inverter, propagation delay model, static CMOS gates |
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14 |
p-n junction diode terminal characteristics, minority carrier concentration under forward and reverse bias |
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15 |
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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18 |
Reverse active mode and saturation, the Ebers-Moll model |
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19 |
Single stage amplifiers, two port small signal model, common source amplifier with resistor and current source supply |
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20 |
Common base/gate amplifier, common collector/drain |
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21 |
Review frequency domain analysis; current gain frequency response of common emitter amplifier |
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22 |
Voltage gain frequency response of common emitter amplifier, full analysis of common emitter, the Miller approximation |
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23 |
Open circuit time constant analysis, common-gate (CG) and common-drain (CD) amplifiers |
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24 |
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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26 |
Analyzing complex circuits, course wrap-up |
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Tutorials
Students attended one-hour weekly tutorial sessions. The following materials were used as in-class problems.
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TUTORIALS |
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Tutorial 1 (PDF) |
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Tutorial 2 (PDF) |
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Tutorial 3 (PDF) |
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Tutorial 4 (PDF) |
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Tutorial 5 (PDF) |
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Tutorial 6 (PDF) |
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Tutorial 7 (PDF) |
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Tutorial 8 (PDF) |
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Tutorial 9 (PDF) |
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Tutorial 10 (PDF) |
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Tutorial 11 (PDF) |
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Tutorial 12 (PDF) |
Assignments
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PROBLEM SETS |
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Problem set 1 (PDF) |
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Problem set 2 (PDF) |
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Problem set 3 (PDF) |
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Problem set 4 (PDF) |
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Problem set 5 (PDF) |
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Problem set 6 (PDF) |
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Problem set 7 (PDF) |
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Problem set 8 (PDF) |
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Problem set 9 (PDF) |
Exams
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EXAMS |
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Quiz 1 |
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2005 quiz 1 (PDF) 2007 quiz 1 (PDF) |
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Quiz 2 |
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2005 quiz 2 (PDF) 2007 quiz 2 (PDF) |
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Final Exam |
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2005 final exam (PDF) 2007 final exam (PDF) |