ECEN3250 Circuits/Electronics 3, Fall 2009

Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits

Week	Monday (Lecture)	Tuesday (Lab)	Wednesday (Lecture)	Thursday (Lab)	Friday (Lecture)
1. Aug.24-Aug.28	Class introduction Homework 0 assigned Chapter 1 slides	Prelab assignment due at the beginning of your lab session Lab 1: Circuits 1 & 2 review and Introduction to PSpice, Part 1	The ideal diode (Section 3.1) Examples of circuits with ideal diodes Chapter 3 slides	Lab1: Circuits 1 & 2 review and Introduction to PSpice, Part 2	Homework 0 due Terminal characteristics of junction diodes (Section 3.2) Homework 1 assigned
2. Aug.31-Sep.4	Problem examples from Sections 3.1 and 3.2	Lab 2: Review of Lab procedures and equipment Lab Report Guidelines	Modeling the Diode Forward Characteristic and Analysis of Diode Circuits (Section 3.3)	Lab 1 report due Quiz 0: Circuits 1 & 2 Lab 2: Review of Lab procedures and equipment	Homework 1 due Large and small signal diode models, examples (Section 3.3) Homework 2 assigned
3. Sep.7-Sep.11	No classes (Labor Day)	Prelab 3 assignment due at the beginning of your lab session Lab 3: Diode characteristics	Half-wave and full-wave recitifiers (Section 3.5)	Quiz 1 Lab 2 report due Lab 3: Diode characteristics	DC power supplies (Sections 3.4 and 3.5) Homework 3 assigned
4. Sep.14-Sep.18	Homework 2 due DC power supplies and Zener diodes (Sections 3.4 - 3.6)	Prelab for Lab 4 due Lab 4: Rectifiers and power supplies, part 1	Physical operation of diodes (Section 3.7) Semiconductor physics slides	Quiz 2 Lab 4: Rectifiers and power supplies, part1 Lab 3 report due	Homework 3 due Physical operation of diodes (Section 3.7) Homework 4 assigned
5. Sep.21-Sep.25	Physical operation of diodes (Section 3.7) Physics of pn diode slides	Lab 4: Rectifiers and power supplies	Physical operation of diodes (Section 3.7)	Quiz 3 Lab 4: Rectifiers and power supplies	Homework 4 due Review for Exam 1
6. Sep.28-Oct.2	MOS field effect transistor (Section 4.1)	Lab 4: Rectifiers and power supplies, finish the lab and do extra-credit experiment	NMOS operating regions, DC solution (Sections 4.2 and 4.3)	Lab 5: MOSFET characteristics	EXAM 1: Chapter 3 Homework 5 assigned
7. Oct.5-Oct.9	Examples of finding DC solution in NMOS circuits (Section 4.3)	Lab 4 report due Lab 5	PMOS devices and operating regions; Examples of finding DC solution in CMOS circuits; current mirrors (Section 4.3)	Finish Lab 5	Current mirrors and sources, DC solution (Sections 4.3, 4.5) Homework 6 assigned
8. Oct.12-Oct.16	Design of MOS current sources, DC biasing techniques and channel-length modulation (Sections 4.3, 4.5, 6.3)	Lab 6 prelab assignment due Lab 6: Design of current sources using MOS transistors	Homework 5 due Continue current mirrors and CMOS DC biasing, introduce current source design	Quiz 4 Lab 5 report due Lab 6: Design of current sources using MOS transistors	Introduction to MOS transistor as a controllable switch and as an amplifier, DC characteristics of a MOS amplifier (Section 4.4) Homework 7 assigned
9. Oct.19-Oct.23	Homework 6 due Small-signal model and small-signal analysis of gain (Sections 4.5, 4.6)	Lab 6: Design of current sources using MOS transistors	Common-source amplifier with active load (Section 6.5)	Quiz 5 Finish Lab 6	Homework 7 due Output resistance Homework 8 assigned
10. Oct.26-Oct.30	Amplifier analysis and design examples (Section 4.7) Common-drain (source follower)	Lab 7 prelab assignment due Lab 7: Design of common-source MOS amplifiers	Common-drain amplfier (source follower), Section 4.7.6) Body effect (Sections 4.2.5 and 4.6.8)	Quiz 6 Lab 6 report due Lab 7: Design of common-source MOS amplifiers	Homework 8 due Common-source/common drain two-stage amplfier (Sections 4.2 and 4.6.8 and 4.7.6) Homework 9 assigned
11. Nov.2-Nov.6	Frequency dependence of common-cource amplifier (Section 4.8-4.9)	Lab 7: Design of common-source MOS amplifiers	Design examples and Review for Exam 2	Quiz 7 Lab 7: Design of common-source MOS amplifiers	Homework 9 due Review for Exam 2
12. Nov.9-Nov.13	MOS Differential amplifier (7.1, 7.2, 7.5)	Lab 7: Design of common-source MOS amplifiers	MOS Differential amplifier (7.1, 7.2, 7.5)	Lab 7: Design of common-source MOS amplifiers	EXAM 2 Homework 10 assigned
13. Nov.16-Nov.20	Bipolar junction transistor (Sections 5.1, 5.2)	Lab 8: Audio power amplifier	BJT operating regions and characteristics (Sections 5.1, 5.2)	Lab 7 report due Lab 8: Audio power amplifier	Homework 10 due BJT biasing examples, small signal model and common-emitter amplifier (Sections 5.3 - 5.6) Homework 11 assigned
14. Nov.23-Nov.27	No Classes Fall Break	No Classes Fall Break	No Classes Fall Break	No Classes Fall Break	No Classes Fall Break
15. Nov.30-Dec.4	BJT single stage amplifiers (Sections 5.5-5.7) BJT amplifier examples (5.7)	Lab 8: Audio power amplifier	BJT amplifier examples (5.7)	Quiz 8 Lab 9: CMOS logic inverter	Homework 11 due CMOS inverter and logic gates (Sections 4.10, 10.1,10.2) Homework 12 assigned
16. Dec.7-Dec.11	CMOS inverter and logic gates (Sections 4.10, 10.1,10.2)	Lab 8 report due Finish Lab 9: CMOS logic inverter	Design examples and course review	Quiz 9	Homework 12 due Course conclusions and review for Final Exam
17. Dec.14-Dec.18	Monday, Dec. 14 FINAL EXAM 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Lab 9 report due by 2pm (in the instructor office)