1. relate technological and electrical parameters of transistors
2. employ measurements of transistor electrical characteristics
3. apply transistor SPICE model in simulation
4. apply transistor model parameter extraction
5. analyze electronic circuits by computer simulation
6. employ basic measurements of electronic circuits

Lectures

Lab exercises

1. Basics implementations of transistors
2. Transistor circuit models, Transistor figures-of-merit (FOMs)
3. Model parameters extraction from device simulations
4. Measurement of transistor current-voltage characteristics
5. Measurement of transistor AC parameters
6. Extraction of transistor model parameters and FOMs from measurements
7. Overview of transistor Spice models
8. Midterm exam
9. Calibration of transistor Spice models, Tunning and optimization of Spice models
10. DC simulation
11. Transient and AC simulation
12. Tuning and circuit optimization
13. Physical implementation of electronic circuits
14. Circuit evaluation by DC and AC mesurements, Comparison between simulations and measurements
15. Final exam