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Lecturer:             Reza Sarvari (office EE221)  

Classes:             Saturday-Monday 10:30-12:00    ; 

Texts:                 Razavi, "Fundamentals of Microelectronics"
                           دکتر مهرداد شریف بختیار  "تحلیل و طراحی مدارهای مجتمع آنالوگ"  

Other Texts:       Gray, Searle, "Electronic Principles"   
                           Gray, Meyer, "Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits"
                           Millman, Grabel, "Microelectronics"
                           Boylestad, Nashelsky, "Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory
                           Floyd, Buchla, "Fundamentals of Analog Circuits"
                           Sedra, Smith, "Microelectronic Circuits
                                 

Grades(tentative):  HW(2) + Quizzes&Attendance(2) + Midetrm(8Azar9am)(7) + Final(11)

Tutorial classes:   TBA
                             

                           

Syllabus:  

1. Introduction to microelectronics and its applications (1)
            Cell phone
            Automotive
            Robotics
2. Analog and digital signals
            Analog signals and circuits
            Digital signals and circuits
            Analog vs digital
3. Basic concepts (1)
            Gain
            Input resistance
            Output resistance
            Load
            Feedback
            Noise and signal to noise ratio
            Signal bandwidth
            Analog signal processing; amplification, filtering, modulation
            Linear and nonlinear circuits

5. Diode circuits (3)
            Ideal diode
            Half-wave rectifier
            Full-wave rectifier
            Limiting circuits
            Large-signal model
            Small-signal
            Biasing
6. Physics of semiconductors (3)
            Definition of semiconductor
            Electron and hole
            PN junction
            I-V characteristic of the diode
            Breakdown voltage
            Bipolar transistor
            Ic-Vbe and Ic-Vce characteristics
            Early voltage
            Large-signal model
            Small-signal model
7. Single-stage AC-coupled bipolar amplifiers (6)
            Common emitter
            Large signal behavior
            Bias circuits
            Gain, input/output resistance
            Common collectors
            Bias circuits
            Gain, input/output resistance
            Common base
            Bias circuits
            Gain, input/output resistance
            Cascode

9. Physics of MOS transistors (2)
            Metal-oxide-semiconductor system
            MOS transistor structure
            Surface accumulation/depletion/inversion
            Id-Vgs and ld-Vds characteristics
            Large signal model and channel length modulation
            Small signal model
10. Single-stage MOS amplifiers (4)
            Common-source
            Large-signal behavior
            Gain
            Input/output resistance
            Source follower
            Gain
            Input/output resistance
            common-gate
            Gain
            Input/output resistance  

8. Multi-stage AC-coupled bipolar amplifiers (4)
            Loading effect
            Buffer
            Common collector buffer as the output stage

11. Muti-Stage AC coupled MOS Amplifiers (4)

4. Ideal opamp circuits (2)
            Definition
            Inverting amp
            Non-inverting amp
            Integrator
            Differentiator
12. Current source  (1.5)

LTSPICE toturials:

LTSpice files are denoted with LT ; (get it from here )
LTspice Tutorials :  LINK1 , LINK2 , LINK3


Lectures: (  OCW ) (  Utube )

          Lecture01   (  Lecture01 ) Introduction
          Lecture02   (  Lecture02Review, Amplifiers
          Lecture03   (  Lecture03Amplifiers2
          Lecture04   (  Lecture04Other concepts
          Lecture05   (  Lecture05OpAmp Review
          Lecture06   (  Lecture06Diodes
          Lecture07   (  Lecture07 ) Rectifier, power supply
          Lecture08a (  Lecture08a) Small-signal model
          Lecture08b (  Lecture08b) Zeber diode, Regulators
          Lecture09   (  Lecture09 ) From Atom to Transistor1
          Lecture10   (  Lecture10 ) From Atom to Transistor2
          Lecture11   (  Lecture11 ) Junction Diode, BJT
          Lecture12   (  Lecture12 ) BJT as trans-conductance Amplifier
          Lecture13a (  Lecture13a) BJT Biasing
          Lecture13b (  Lecture13b) BJT Biasing - Examples
          Lecture14   (  Lecture14 ) BJT Small Signal Model
          Lecture15   (  Lecture15 ) Common Emitter
          Lecture16   (  Lecture16 ) Common Collector
          Lecture17   (  Lecture17 ) Common Base - PNP small signal
          Lecture18   (  Lecture18 ) Early Voltage - Voltage swing
          Lecture20   (  Lecture20 ) Small Signal - Review Practices
          Lecture21   (  Lecture21 ) Multi Stage Amplifiers
          Lecture22a (  Lecture22a) Operation of MOSFET
          Lecture22b (  Lecture22b) Operation of MOSFET
          Lecture23   (  Lecture23 ) MOSFET large/small signal model
          Lecture24   (  Lecture24 ) MOS Amplifier
          Lecture25   (  Lecture25 ) MOS Amplifier Topologies
          Lecture26   (  Lecture26 ) MOS Circuit Examples




Homeworks :

         HW00 Hw00-sol sol0 ;
         HW01 Hw01-sol ; sol1 ;
         HW02 Hw02-sol ; sol2 ;
         HW03 Hw03-sol ; sol3 ;
         HW04 Hw04-sol ; sol4 ;
         HW05 Hw05-sol ; sol5 ;
         HW06 Hw06-sol ; sol6 ;
         HW07 Hw07-sol sol7 ;
         HW08 Hw08-sol ; sol8 ;
         HW09 Hw09-sol ; sol9 ;
         HW10 Hw10-sol ; sol10 ;
         HW11 Hw11-sol sol11 ;
         HW12 Hw12-sol sol12 ;



Older Homeworks/to hand in:

        HW01 sol1 ;  Hw01-sol LT01-04.asc
        HW02 sol2 ;  Hw02-sol ; LT02-04.asc ; LT02-05.asc ; LT02-05c.asc
        HW03 ; sol3 ;  Hw03-sol ; LT03-01.asc ; LT03-02.asc ; LT03-03.asc
        HW04 ; sol4 ;  Hw04-sol ; LT04-01.asc ; LT04-01-13.asc ;
                       Q3-4 ; Q3-4 ;
        HW05 ; sol5-Q5 ;  sol5-Q5 LT05-01-20.asc ;
        HW06 sol6 ;  Hw06-sol ;
                       Q6 ; Q6 ;
        HW07 ; sol7 ;  Hw07-sol ; LT07-06-2a.asc ;
        HW08 sol8 ;  Hw08-sol ; LT08-01.asc ; LT08-02.asc ; LT08-d.asc ;
        HW09 ; sol9 ;  Hw09-sol
                       Q10 Q10 ;
        HW10 sol10 ;  Hw10-sol
        HW11 ;  sol11 ;  Hw11-sol 

Extra Homeworks:

        ExtHw01 ;   solution   ;  zip board  ;  LTExt01-01.asc  ;
        ExtHw02 ; ExtHw02-sol

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Lectures: (  Google Drive

            Lecture01.webm  (  Lecture01 ) Introduction
            Lecture02            (  Lecture02 ) Review, Amplifiers
            Lecture03            (  Lecture03 ) Amplifiers2
            Lecture04            (  Lecture04 ) Other concepts
            Lecture05            (  Lecture05 ) OpAmp Review
            Lecture06            (  Lecture06 ) Diodes
            Lecture07            (  Lecture07 ) Rectifier, power supply
            Lecture08            (  Lecture08 ) Small-signal , Regulator
            Lecture09            (  Lecture09 ) From Atom to Transistor1
            Lecture10            (  Lecture10 ) From Atom to Transistor2
            Lecture11            (  Lecture11 ) Junction Diode, BJT
            Lecture12            (  Lecture12 ) BJT as trans-conductance Amplifier
            Lecture13            (  Lecture13 ) BJT Biasing
            Lecture14            (  Lecture14 ) BJT Small Signal Model 
            Lecture15            (  Lecture15 ) Common Emitter
            Lecture16            (  Lecture16 ) Common Collector
            Lecture17            (  Lecture17 ) Common Base - PNP small signal
            Lecture18            (  Lecture18 ) Early Voltage - Voltage swing
            Lecture19            (  Lecture19 ) Biasing - Review Practices
            Lecture20            (  Lecture20 ) Small Signal - Review Practices
            Lecture21            (  Lecture21 ) Multi Stage Amplifiers
            Lecture22            (  Lecture22 ) Operation of MOSFET
            Lecture23            (  Lecture23 ) MOSFET large/small signal model
            Lecture24            (  Lecture24 ) MOS Amplifier
            Lecture25            (  Lecture25 ) MOS Amplifier Topologies
            Lecture26            (  Lecture26 ) MOS Circuit Examples








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