Textbooks

• Fundamentals of Microelectronics, B. Razavi, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2013.

• Microelectronic Circuits, A. S. Sedra and K. C. Smith, 7th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2014.

• Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, P. R. Gray, P. J. Hurst, S. H. Lewis and R. G. Meyer, 5th Edition, Wiley, 2009.

Syllabus

1. Introduction

2. Physics of the PN junction

3. Diode circuits

4. Physics of bipolar junction transistors

5. BJT circuits

6. Physics of metal-oxide-semiconductor transistors

Grading

Component	Weight
Projects	15%
Class homework	5%
SPICE homework	10%
Quizzes	30%
Final exam	40%

Circuit Simulator

A circuit simulator written for this course. You describe a circuit in a few lines of text (a netlist, as in SPICE), and the program solves it and plots the voltages, currents and frequency response. It also shows the equation used for every computed value, and draws the schematic of your circuit so you can check that it matches what you meant.

• Four analyses: operating point, DC sweep, transient and AC (frequency response)

• Models for resistors, capacitors, inductors, sources, diodes, bipolar and MOS transistors, as presented in class

• 16 ready-made circuits from chapters 1 to 6 of the textbook, plus exercises

• One single file that runs in any modern browser, with no installation and no internet connection needed

Course materials

Video lectures

• Video lecture 1 Download

• Video lecture 2 Download

• Video lecture 3 Download

• Video lecture 4 Download

• Video lecture 5 Download

• Video lecture 6 Download

• Video lecture 7 Download

• Video lecture 8 Download

• Video lecture 9 Download

• Video lecture 10 Download

• Video lecture 11 Download

Homework

Homework is due one week after it is assigned. Late homework is not accepted. You are allowed, and encouraged, to work on the homework in small groups, but you must write up your own solutions.

• Introduction to SPICE Download PDF

Projects

• Design and implementation of a DC power supply (adaptor) using diode circuits – due in week 7

• Design and implementation of a basic logic gate using transistor circuits – due in week 16