The table below provides information on the required readings for the course.
All reading are in the course textbook: Howe, R. T., and C. G. Sodini. Microelectronics: An Integrated Approach. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996. ISBN: 0135885183.
| Ses # | Topics | Readings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals | |||
| L1 | Overview of 6.012 | Chapter 1 | |
| L2 | Introduction to Semiconductors: Electrons and Holes, Donors and Acceptors | Chapter 2, sections 2.1-2.3 | |
| L3 | Carrier Transport: Drift and Diffusion | Chapter 2, sections 2.4-2.6 | |
| MOSFET | |||
| L4 | Electrostatics in Semiconductors The "60 mV Rule" | Chapter 3, sections 3.1-3.2 | |
| L5 | p-n Junction Electrostatics in Thermal Equilibrium | Chapter 3, sections 3.3-3.4 | |
| L6 | p-n Junction Electrostatics under Bias, Depletion Capacitance | Chapter 3, sections 3.5-3.6 | |
| L7 | MOS Electrostatics at 0 V | Chapter 3, sections 3.7-3.8 | |
| L8 | MOS Electrostatics under Bias, MOS Capacitance | Chapter 3, sections 3.8-3.9 | |
| L9 | MOSFET: I-V Characteristics (Qualitative, Linear) | Chapter 4, sections 4.1-4.3 | |
| L10 | MOSFET: I-V Characteristics (Saturation, Back Bias) | Chapter 4, section 4.4 | |
| L11 | MOSFET Equivalent Circuit Models | Chapter 4, sections 4.5-4.6 | |
| Digital Circuits | |||
| L12 | Logic Concepts Inverter Characteristics NMOS Inverter | Chapter 5, sections 5.1-5.3.2 | |
| L13 | CMOS Inverter Transfer Characteristics | Chapter 5, section 5.3 | |
| L14 | CMOS Inverter (cont.) Delay CMOS Scaling, VLSI | Chapter 5, section 5.4 | |
| Bipolar Transistor | |||
| L15 | p-n Junction Diode I-V Characteristics | Chapter 6, sections 6.1-6.3 | |
| L16 | p-n Junction Equivalent Circuit Models, Charge Storage, Diffusion Capacitance | Chapter 6, sections 6.4-6.5 and 6.9 | |
| L17 | BJT Electrostatics, Forward Active Regime | Chapter 7, sections 7.1-7.2 | |
| L18 | Other Regimes of Operation of BJT Equivalent Circuit Models | Chapter 7, sections 7.3-7.4 | |
| Analog Circuits | |||
| L19 | Single-stage Amplifiers Common-source Amplifier Stage | Chapter 8, sections 8.1-8.6 | |
| L20 | Other MOSFET Amplifier Stages | Chapter 8, sections 8.7-8.9 | |
| L21 | Multistage Amplifiers | Chapter 9, sections 9.1-9.3 | |
| L22 | Current Sources and Sinks | Chapter 9, section 9.4 | |
| L23 | Frequency Response of Common-source Amplifier | Chapter 10, sections 10.1-10.4 | |
| L24 | Miller Effect, Open-circuit Time Constant Technique | Chapter 10, sections 10.4.4-10.4.5 and 10.6 | |
| L25 | Frequency Response of other Amplifier Stages | Chapter 9, section 9.3.3; Chapter 10, sections 10.5 and 10.7 | |
| L26 | 6.012 Wrap-up: Key Conclusions | ||