ECE 310 –Microelectronics I: Lecture Notes for Spring 2018

----Week 1

Jan 10:  Course Introduction (On Travel/No class, Go through the introduction slides and course site.)

Jan 12:  lec2_ece310.pdf, lec2A_ece310.pdf, lec2_ece310_video: Review of KCL/KVL and Thevenin/Norton equivalent circuits (On Travel/No class, watch lecture video).

----Week 2

Jan 15: MLK Day, No class.

Jan 17: lec3_ece310.pdf, lec3_ece310_video : Start Basics of Semiconductor Physics (Chapter 2): Energy band diagrams, bandgap, semiconductors, charge carriers (electronics and holes), intrinsic carrier concentration.

Jan 19: lec4_ece310.pdf, lec4_ece310_video : Extrinsic semiconductors, Doping using impurities, np=n_i², acceptor and donor type impurities, Transport of carriers: Drift.

----Week 3

Jan 22: lec5_ece310.pdf, lec5_ece310_video : Transport of carriers: Drift and Diffusion.

Jan 24: lec6_ece310.pdf, lec6_ece310_video : Start pn junction (diode): Depletion region.

Jan 26: lec7_ece310.pdf, lec7_ece310_video : pn junction (diode) in Reverse bias: Electric field and potential plots, built-in potential (V_bi), depletion capacitance (C_j).

----Week 4

Jan 29: lec8_ece310.pdf, lec8_ece310_video : pn junction (diode) in Forward bias: Excess minority carriers, Current equation. Solving circuit with diode.

Jan 31: lec9_ece310.pdf, lec9_ece310_video : Diode (Chapter 3): load line analysis, Constant voltage model, Reverse recovery, Voltage Doubler, Reverse breakdown.

Load Line Analysis: [Matlab code: LoadLineAnalysis2.m] [Excel: Diode_Load_Line.xlsx]

Feb 2: lec10_ece310.pdf, lec10_ece310_video : Ideal diode, Diode logic, Start Half-wave rectifier. Ch2 Circuit Examples.pdf

----Week 5

Feb 5: lec11_ece310.pdf, lec11_ece310_video : Bridge rectifier, ripple voltage.

Feb 7: lec12_ece310.pdf, lec12_ece310_video : Ripple voltage expressions, Chapter 3 Circuit Examples.pdf. Exam 1 Review.

Feb 9: lec13_ece310.pdf, lec13_ece310_video : Small signal model of diode, introduction to small-signal analysis, Clipping/Clamping circuits, Examples. Conclude diode circuits.

----Week 6

Feb 12: (Monday) Exam#1: Closed book, Closed notes. Bring your calculators. Sample Exam 1.

Feb 14: lec14_ece310.pdf, lec14_ece310_video (bad recording): Start MOS Transistor Physics (Chapter 6).

Feb 16: lec15_ece310.pdf, lec15_ece310_video: MOS Transistor Physics: Accumulation, Depletion and Inversion. CV curve of a MOSCAP.

----Week 7

Feb 19: Presidents’ Day.  No class.

Feb 21: lec16_ece310.pdf, lec16_ece310_video: I-V Characteristics of a MOSFET. Pinch-off.

Feb 23: lec17_ece310.pdf, lec17_ece310_video: NMOS regions of operation: Cutoff, Triode, and Saturation. I-V equations for NMOSFET (NMOS). Channel length modulation.

Load Line Analysis: [Matlab code: LoadLineAnalysis_NMOS.m] [Excel: NMOS_Load_Line.xlsx]

----Week 8

Feb 26: lec18_ece310.pdf, lec18_ece310_video: MOSFET On-resistance, transconductance (g_m), output resistance (r_o), and small-signal model.

Feb 28: lec19_ece310.pdf, lec19_ece310_video: PMOS I-V Characteristics and small-signal model. CMOS Technology. Diode-connected MOSFET. Start Chapter 17: Amplifiers: Ideal Voltage Amplifier, Input and output resistances.

Mar 2: lec20_ece310.pdf, lec20_ece310_video: MOSFET Bias current calculation examples, input/output resistances.

----Week 9

Mar 5: lec21_ece310.pdf, lec21_ece310_video: Transconductance (g_m) equations and interpretations, CMOS Amplifier Biasing.

Mar 7: lec22_ece310.pdf, lec22_ece310_video: Amplifiers: Common source (CS) amplifier, current-source load, source degeneration.

Study Session for Exam 2. 5 :30-7 :20 PM, BEL 205. Sample Exam 2. exam2_study_session.pdf, exam2_study_session_video

Mar 9: lec23_ece310.pdf, lec23_ece310_video: Amplifiers: CS examples.

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Spring Break

----Week 10

Mar 19: (Monday) Exam#2: Closed book, Closed notes. Bring your calculators. Sample Exam 2. Sample Exam 2.

Mar 21: lec24_ece310.pdf, lec24_ece310_video: CS with source degeneration, output impedance, Cascode structure (g_mr_o² output impedance), Applications.

Mar 23: Class canceled.

----Week 11

Mar 26: lec25_ece310.pdf, lec25_ece310_video: Common-gate (CG) amplifier. Source Follower: Gain, resistance divider equivalent circuit, output impedance. Amplifier summary.

Mar 28: lec26_ece310.pdf, lec26_ece310_video: CMOS Current Mirrors (Section 9.2.3). Start Bipolar Transistors (Chapter 4).

Mar 30: lec27_ece310.pdf, lec27_ece310_video: Bipolar Transistors: Device operation, Current equations, β, α parameters.

----Week 12

Apr 2: lec28_ece310.pdf, lec28_ece310_video: Solve MOSFET Examples. Read remaining Ch. 17 book examples on your own.

Apr 4: lec29_ece310.pdf, lec29_ece310_video: Bipolar Transistors: Forward active and Saturation region of operation, Early effect and voltage (V_A), BJT r_o.

Apr 5 (Thursday): Study Session for Exam 3. 5 :30-7 :20 PM, BEL 205. Sample Exam 3, exam3_study_session_video

Apr 6: Class canceled.

----Week 13

Apr 9: lec30_ece310.pdf, lec30_ece310_video: BJT small-signal parameters, π-model, r_π. Start Bipolar Amplifiers (Chapter 5).

Apr 11: (Wednesday) Exam#3: Closed book, Closed notes. Bring your calculators. Sample Exam 3.

Apr 13: lec31_ece310.pdf, lec31_ece310_video: Bipolar Amplifiers contd.: DC Biasing, Common Emitter amplifier.

----Week 14

Apr 16: lec32_ece310.pdf, lec32_ece310_video: Bipolar Amplifiers contd.: Common Emitter with Emitter Degeneration, impact of r_π, BJT cascode impedance, using V_BE,nom. Common Base and Emitter Follower.

Apr 18: lec33_ece310.pdf, lec33_ece310_video: R_in and R_out of Emitter Follower, Darlington pair. Book Examples.

Apr 20: lec34_ece310.pdf, lec34_ece310_video: Wrap up BJT amplifiers. Start Opamps.

----Week 15

Apr 23: lec35_ece310.pdf, lec35_ece310_video: Opamps contd.: Finite Gain

Apr 25: lec36_ece310.pdf, lec36_ece310_video: Opamp: Application, Input Offset.

Apr 27: Engineering Expo, no class.

----Week 16

Apr 30: lec37_ece310.pdf, lec37_ece310_video: Opamp: Finite Bandwidth. Gain-Bandwidth product.

May 2: lec38_ece310.pdf, lec38_ece310_video: Conclude Opamps: Amplifier design problem. Settling time.

May 4: lec39_ece310.pdf, lec39_ece310_video: Discuss Sample Exam. Course wrap-up.

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May 7: Final Exam: Closed book, Closed notes. Bring your calculators.

Comprehensive Syllabus. Sample Final Exam

Note: Formulae will be included in the exam and no cheat sheet is permitted.

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