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Prof. Clifton Fonstad

Departments

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

As Taught In

Fall 2009

Level

Undergraduate

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- Computer Science
  - Computer Design and Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
  - Electronics

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CCD Nobel Prize slides

CMOS Gate Delays

CMOS Gate Delays, Power, and Scaling

Comments on Photoconductive Detectors

Inverter Analysis and Design

Inverter Switching Transient Analysis

MOSFET Drain Current Modeling

MOSFETs in the Sub-threshold Region (i.e. a bit below VT)

The Gradual Channel Approximation for the MOSFET

The marvelous CASCODE

Two Active Loads for Differential Amplifiers

Lecture 1 - Introduction to Semiconductors

Lecture 2 - Uniform Excitation; Non-uniform conditions

Lecture 3 - Solving The Five Equations

Lecture 4 - p-n Junctions: Electrostatics

Lecture 5 - p-n Junction Injection and Flow

Solving the 5 basic equations

Lecture 6 - p-n Junctions: I-V Relationship

Lecture 7 - Bipolar Junction Transistors

Lecture 8 - BJTs Wrap-up, Solar Cells, LEDs

Lecture 9 - MOS Capacitors I

Lecture 10 - MOS Caps II; MOSFETs I

Lecture 11 - MOSFETs II; Large Signal Models

Lecture 12 - Sub-threshold MOSFET Operation

Lecture 13 - Linear Equivalent Circuits

Lecture 14 - Digital Circuits: Inverter Basics

Lecture 15 - Digital Circuits: CMOS

Lecture 16 - CMOS scaling; The Roadmap

Lecture 17 - Linear Amplifier Basics; Biasing

Lecture 18 - Single Transistor Amplifier Stages

Lecture 19 - Differential Amplifier Stages

Lecture 20 - Diff-Amp Anal. I: Metrics, Max. Gain

Lecture 21 - Diff-Amp Anal. II: Output Stages

Lecture 22 - Diff-Amp Anal. III: Cascode, µA-741

Lecture 23 - Circuits at High Frequencies

Lecture 24 - Intrin. Freq. Limits

Lecture 25 - Beyond Si; Beyond 6.012

CMOS Scaling Trends: Snapshots from 40 and 10 years ago

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Clifton Fonstad

Departments

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

As Taught In

Fall 2009

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Engineering
- Computer Science
  - Computer Design and Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
  - Electronics

Learning Resource Types

Problem Sets

Exams with Solutions

Lecture Notes

Projects

Design Assignments

Download Course

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