ECE-E432 Advanced Electronics II
Drexel University Electrical & Computer Engineering
Winter, 1997-98
Dr. Scoles

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This course is the second in a senior sequence consisting of ECE-E431 Microelectronics I, ECE-E432 Advanced Electronics II, ECE-E433 Advanced Electronics III. The goal of the sequence is to familiarize students with the basics of Si chip fabrication, MOS transistor operation, CAD tools for design and simulation, and small analog and digital system design. Students who have taken this sequence in the past have gone on to work for Apple Computer, Intel, TI, AMD, IBM, and Rockwell Semicondutor among others.

Textbook

"VLSI Design Techniques for Analog and Digital Circuits", R.L. Geiger, P.E. Allen, N.R. Strader, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1990. ISBN 0-07-023253-9

Supplemental Materials

The Monolithic Operational Amplifier: A Tutorial Study, National Semiconductor. Applications Note AN-A. This is an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format file, and requires the Acrobat Reader.

Understanding Integrated Circuit Package Power Capabilities, National Semiconductor. Applications Note AN-336. This is an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format file, and requires the Acrobat Reader.

Micropower Circuits Using the LM4250 Programmable Op Amp, National Semiconductor Applications Note AN-71, 1972.

A Monolithic Power Op Amp, National Semiconductor Application Note 446B, 1987.

Some files on this web site are in Adobe .pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader software. You can download this software free from Adobe's site.

A lexicon of semiconductor terms from Harris Semiconductor.

Syllabus

Week 1

Chapter 5, Sec. 5.2 Active Resistors.

Homework: 5.7 (Let W=L), 5.9, 5.12 due Friday 1/16

Supplements

Weeks 2 and 3

Chapter 5, Sec 5.3 Current Sources and Sinks

Homework: 5.18, 5.19 and PSpice simulations of each, due 1/23

Supplements

• See pp 427-439, 453-454, Sedra and Smith

Week 4

Chapter 5, Sec 5.4 Current Mirrors

Homework:

Supplements

• Widlar Current Source Example

Week 5

Chapter 5, Sec 5.5, Voltage References

Homework:

Supplements

Weeks 6 - 8

Midterm Exam, Monday, Feb.9

Chapter 6, Sec 6.1 Inverting Amplifiers, Sec 6.2 Differential Amplifiers

Homework:

Supplements

Weeks 9 - 10

Chapter 6, Sec 6.5 Two-Stage Operational Amplifiers

Homework:

Supplements

During the term I am hoping to supplement the lecures with three laboratory exercises where actual measurements will be taken on semiconductor devices and circuits. I am borrowing the laboratory material from that prepared by Professors W.T. Yeung and R.T. Howe at UC Berkeley. I am rewriting the experimental sections to better suit our hardware - LabVIEW driven GPIB hardware rather than an HP 4145 Parameter Analyzer. The original labs can be found at http://iesg.eecs.berkeley.edu/ee105/.

• Lab 1 -- MOS Device Characterization
  • An experimental review of MOS device measurements and model extraction
• Lab 2 -- Current Sources and Voltage Sources
  • Introduces techniques for current source biasing and an example of a voltage source.
• Lab 3 -- Differential Amplifiers
  • A look at some of the properties of both bipolar and MOS differential gain stages

We will not have recitation during the week laboratories are assigned.

Grading
Homework	10%
Midterm	30%
Final	40%
Laboratories	20%
Total	100%

Java CMOS gate demonstration, Univerity of Hamburg

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Revised 2/5/98