This section provides a complete set of lecture notes for the course. Most of the lectures also include an annotated lecture file. The annotated lecture files include comments that the professor uses to demonstrate how the material progresses.
| Ses # | Topics | Lecture Notes | Annotated Lecture Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals | |||
| L1 | Overview of 6.012 | (PDF) | |
| L2 | Introduction to Semiconductors: Electrons and Holes, Donors and Acceptors | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L3 | Carrier Transport: Drift and Diffusion | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| MOSFET | |||
| L4 |
Electrostatics in Semiconductors
The “60 mV Rule” |
(PDF) | (PDF) |
| L5 | p-n Junction Electrostatics in Thermal Equilibrium | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L6 | p-n Junction Electrostatics under Bias, Depletion Capacitance | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L7 | MOS Electrostatics at 0 V | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L8 | MOS Electrostatics under Bias, MOS Capacitance | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L9 | MOSFET: I-V Characteristics (Qualitative, Linear) | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L10 | MOSFET: I-V Characteristics (Saturation, Back Bias) | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L11 | MOSFET Equivalent Circuit Models | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| Digital Circuits | |||
| L12 |
Logic Concepts
Inverter Characteristics NMOS Inverter |
(PDF) | (PDF) |
| L13 |
CMOS Inverter
Transfer Characteristics |
(PDF) | (PDF) |
| L14 |
CMOS Inverter (cont.)
Delay CMOS Scaling, VLSI |
(PDF) | (PDF) |
| Bipolar Transistor | |||
| L15 | p-n Junction Diode I-V Characteristics | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L16 | p-n Junction Equivalent Circuit Models, Charge Storage, Diffusion Capacitance | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L17 | BJT Electrostatics, Forward Active Regime | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L18 |
Other Regimes of Operation of BJT
Equivalent Circuit Models |
(PDF) | (PDF) |
| Analog Circuits | |||
| L19 |
Single-stage Amplifiers
Common-source Amplifier Stage |
(PDF) | (PDF) |
| L20 | Other MOSFET Amplifier Stages | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L21 | Multistage Amplifiers | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L22 | Current Sources and Sinks | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L23 | Frequency Response of Common-source Amplifier | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L24 | Miller Effect, Open-circuit Time Constant Technique | (PDF) | |
| L25 | Frequency Response of other Amplifier Stages | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L26 | 6.012 Wrap-up: Key Conclusions | (PDF) | (PDF) |
