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This section provides the homework assignments for the course. Some of the problems refer to the required course textbook: Fonstad, C. G. Microelectronic Devices and Circuits. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1994. ISBN: 0070214964. The assignment topics are also provided below.
Problem Set 1 (PDF)
Equilibrium carrier concentrations, drift and conductivity, population transients. | | Problem Set 2 (PDF)
Quasi-neutrality, diffusion, flow problems. | | Problem Set 3 (PDF)
Electrostatic potential, electrostatics of abrupt p-n junctions, depletion capacitance. | | Problem Set 4 (PDF)
Current flow in p-n diodes, diffusion capacitance. | | Problem Set 5 (PDF)
BJT modeling, Ebers-Moll, applying BJT models,
photodetectors. | | Problem Set 6 (PDF)
MOS capacitor, MOSFET modeling. | | Problem Set 7 (PDF)
MOSFET static large signal characteristics, MOSFET types, transfer characteristics- hand calculation, incremental models. | | Problem Set 8 (PDF)
HSPICE exercises - inverter transfer characterisitcs, delays, small signal transistor models. | HSpice Toolbox for Matlab (PDF) Courtesy of Michael Perrott
Toolbox (ZIP) (The .zip file contains: 39 .m files, 3 .txt files. 1 .c file, 1 .dll file, 1 .mexglx file, and 1 .mexsol file.) Courtesy of Michael Perrott
Spice Manual (PDF)
Spice Home Page
Hspice | Problem Set 9 (PDF)
Amplifier analysis, including differential amplifiers. | | Problem Set 10 (PDF)
Short set on high frequency performance, switching transients. | |
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