Course focuses on fundamental components in electronic circuits. Follows ECE212 — Circuit Analysis. We used the Microelectronic Circuits textbook by Sedra, Smith, Chan Carusone, and Gaudet.
Concepts covered
- Semiconductor
- Diode
- Analysis models (ideal, constant voltage drop, exponential models)
- Zener diode (and Zener breakdown)
- Circuit applications
- Logic gates
- Rectifier circuit
- Superdiode
- Clamped capacitor (bootstrapping)
- Varactor
- Charge pump
- Photodiode
- Light-emitting diode
- MOSFET
- Threshold voltage
- Operating modes and equations
- CMOS
- Current mirror
- BJT
- Operating modes
- Parameter equations
- Phototransistor
- Current mirror
- Amplifier
- Circuit small signal model (diodes, MOSFETs, BJTs)
- Transistor small-signal models (hybrid-π, T)
- Operational amplifier
- Ideal model
- Real model
- DC offsets
- Slew rate
- Frequency response
- Circuit applications
- Frequency response
Laboratory equipment
- Breadboard
- Digital multimeter
- Power supply
- Oscilloscope
- SPICE (using LTspice)
- Components
Quick links
- Administrative information page (syllabus, lecture schedule, timetable for labs/tutorials)
- Exercises vs. Problems: Homework ‘exercises’ are found within each section in the chapter whereas homework ‘problems’ are found at the end of the chapter.
- Answers to all exercises are in the textbook, right after the question.
- Answers to the assigned problems are found either at the back of the book or below (including any corrections).
- Homework page (quizzes, solutions)