EECS 105 Schedule

Fall 2005, UC Berkeley, Prof. Borivoje Nikolic

10/11
Week
Date
Lecture Reading (H&S) Labs (tentative)
1
8/29
Introduction; Semiconductors
Microelectronics, Moore's Law
Semiconductor basics:  intrinsic silicon
Electrons, holes, charge neutrality
Doping:  donors, acceptors, compensation

1.1, 1.3.1-2
2.1-3
no labs
 
9/1

Charge transport and the IC resistor
Transport:  drift
Drift current density, Ohm's law, velocity saturation
IC resistor:  lateral drift current

2.4.1-2, 2.6  
2
9/6
IC fabrication
IC resistor: non-linear resistor
IC resistor:  capacitance (interconnect)
Approximate passive models:  extraction
Diffusion currents
2.5, 2.6
2.4.3
scheduling the labs
 
9/8
Electrostatics review
1-D Gauss's law and boundary conditions
Metal-metal capacitor layout
Charge, fields, and capacitance
3.1
 
 
3
9/13

pn Junctions:  thermal equilibrium
depletion approximation
potential vs. doping:  the built-in potential
Charge, field, potential for pn junction

3.2-3.3


#1  Electronic Test Equipment
 
9/15
pn Junctions:  reverse bias, forward bias and Capacitance
Charge, field, potential in reverse bias:  qJ = f(vD)
pn junction capacitance:  Cj = dqJ / dvD
pn diode in forward bias: a first pass and the i-v relationship
 

3.4.1-2, 3.5

6.1, 6.3-4

 
4
9/20
MOS Capacitors
surface charge in thermal equilibrium
depletion, accumulation, and inversion
qG = f(vGS) and Cg = dqG / dvGS
3.7, 3.9 #2 Introduction to PSPICE
 
9/22
MOSFETs:  large-signal model
Symbols and drain characteristics
triode and saturation regions
backgate effect
MOSFET sample & hold circuit
graphical analysis
analytical solution; SPICE
4.1-3


 

5

9/27
Common Source Amplifier (resistive load)
Large-signal transfer curve
Small-signal operation:  movtivate small-signal model

8.3

#3 The IC Resistor
 
9/29
MOSFET small-signal model
transconductance, including backgate
output resistance, capacitances

4.5.2-4


 
6
10/4
Small-signal analysis
Body effect
PMOS model
4.4.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.6 #4 MOSFET Characterization
 
10/6
MOSFET current sources (and sinks)
diode-connected MOSFET as voltage source
current mirror concept
Audio Digital-to-Analog Converter Example
 

8.4, 9.4.1, 9.4.3-5
 

 
7
10/11
Two-Port Models
four amplifier types:  voltage, current, trans-G, trans-R
tests to find amplifier parameters
8.5

 
 
Midterm review, 6:30-7pm, 277 Cory   no labs: midterm week
 
10/13
Midterm I  Sibley Auditorium 6:30-8pm    
8
10/18
Common-Drain Amplifier
voltage gain, input and output resistances
8.9.2
 
#5 Single-Stage MOS Amplifiers
 
10/20
Common-Gate Amplifier
current gain, input and output resistances
8.8.2  
9
10/25
Frequency response, MOSFET ac models
Transfer functions; poles and zeroes
Bode plot techniques
10.1
4.5.4-7, 4.6.2-4, 10.2
#6 Current and voltage sources
 
10/27
Frequency response
phasor analysis for sinusoidal steady-state signals
Bode plots
10.1-2

 

 

10

11/1
Frequency analysis, second order circuits
 
10.1
 
#7 Frequency response
 
11/3
Second-order circuits, amplifier response
Unity gain frequency, gain-bandwidth product
10.2


 

11
11/8
Frequency-domain analysis insight & approximations
Feedforward zero
Miller approximation, method of time constants
10.2, 10.3.2, 10.4.3-5
 
#8 Multistage amplifiers
 
11/10
Common gate, common drain frequency response, Multi-stage amplifiers
boostrapping of gate-source capacitance

Multi-stage amplifiers

9.1, 9.3, 9.5

10.5, 10.6

 

12

11/15
Multistage amplifiers:  the cascode
two-port models
current and voltage bias design
ac analysis
9.5, 10.8  
 
11/15
Midterm review, 6:30-8pm, 277 Cory,   no labs:  midterm week
 
11/17
Midterm II  Sibley Auditorium, 6-7:30    
13
11/22
Forward-biased pn junction, Bipolar Junction Transistor
Modes of operation of a BJT
7.1  
    Thanksgiving    
14
11/29

Bipolar Junction Transistor
Principle of operation

7.1-7.3  
 
12/1

Bipolar Junction Transistor
transistor action; Ebers-Moll model
large-signal model
 

7.4-7.5 #9 Bipolar transistor
15
12/6

 Bipolar Junction Transistor (cont.)
small-signal model; CE, CB, CC amplifiers
BJT versus MOSFET
Emitter degeneration

8.2, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8.1, 8.9.1  
 
12/8

Frequency Dependence of Input and Output Impedances
Frequency response of CC amplifier; figures of merit (gm/IC, fT)

8.9.1, 10.5.1  
 
12/20
Final Exam, 12:30 - 3:30 pm
   

* because of Labor Day, labs scheduled for Monday will be held one week late