520.325: Integrated Electronics

http://bach.ece.jhu.edu/gert/courses/325

Fall Semester 2001

An introduction to electronic devices and their characterization in terms of their circuit properties, in the context of modern integrated circuit technologies. Topics include electrostatics and carrier transport in semiconductors, pn junctions, MOS field effect transistors, bipolar junction transistors, analog linear amplifiers, feedback, and basic CMOS digital circuits.

Classes: ThF 10:30am-noon; Shaffer 303

Section: We 5-6pm; Krieger 304

Final Exam: 12/14/2001, 2-5pm; Shaffer 303

Credit: 3 hours

Prerequisite: 520.213, 520.214, 520.219

Grading:

40% homework (6)
20% midterm (1)
40% final exam

Textbook:

R.T. Howe and C. Sodini
Microelectronics: An Integrated Approach
Prentice Hall, 1997 (ISBN 0135885183)

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Instructor:

Prof. Gert Cauwenberghs
gert@jhu.edu
208/400B Barton, x5180
Office Hours: ThF, 3:00-3:45 or by appointment

T.A.:

Xiaodong Fan
xdfan@thanglong.ece.jhu.edu
005 Barton
Office Hours: W, 1-2:30pm


Course Outline:

A. Classes:

1. 9/6-9/7: Semiconductor technology (Ch. 2.1-3; 2.5)
2. 9/13-9/14: Electrostatics and carrier transport (Ch. 2.4; 2.6; 3.1-2)
3. 9/20-9/21: PN junctions and diodes (Ch. 3.3-6; 6.3)
4. 9/27-9/28: MOS capacitors (Ch. 3.7-9)
5. 10/4-10/5: MOS channel (Ch. 4.1-5)
6. 10/11-10/12: MOS inverters (Ch. 5.1-4)
7. 10/18-10/19: CMOS digital circuits (Ch. 5.5-7)

8. 10/25-10/26: Review and midterm

9. 11/1-11/2: Bipolar junction transistor (Ch. 7.1-5)
10. 11/8-11/9: Amplifiers (Ch. 8.2-3, 8.8-9)
11. 11/15-11/16: Multistage amplifiers
12. 11/29-11/30: Design examples

13. 12/6-12/7: Review and exam preparation

B. Assignments and Exam:

Homework: 6 total; weeks 1,3,5,7,9,11
Midterm: In-class (open book and notes); 50 min. (10/26)
Final exam: 3 hours; in-class (open book and notes); final's week