Electronic Devices and Circuits Practicum
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Course Description
Basic implementations of transistors and their electrical characteristics. Transistor circuit models and figures-of-merit (FOMs). Measurement of transistor electrical characteristics and model parameter extraction. Overview of transistor SPICE models. Calibration, tuning and optimization of SPICE models. Application of SPICE models in circuit simulators. Basics of circuit simulation - DC, AC, transient analysis. Physical design of circuits. Measurement of DC and AC circuit parameters.
Study Programmes
University undergraduate
[FER3-EN] Computing - study
Elective Courses
(5. semester)
[FER3-EN] Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - study
Elective Courses
(5. semester)
Learning Outcomes
- relate technological and electrical parameters of transistors
- employ measurements of transistor electrical characteristics
- apply transistor SPICE model in simulation
- apply transistor model parameter extraction
- analyze electronic circuits by computer simulation
- employ basic measurements of electronic circuits
Forms of Teaching
Lectures
Lectures
LaboratoryLab exercises
Grading Method
Continuous Assessment | Exam | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Threshold | Percent of Grade | Threshold | Percent of Grade | ||
Laboratory Exercises | 50 % | 70 % | 50 % | 50 % | ||
Final Exam: Oral | 30 % | |||||
Exam: Written | 0 % | 25 % | ||||
Exam: Oral | 25 % |
Week by Week Schedule
- Basics implementations of transistors
- Transistor circuit models, Transistor figures-of-merit (FOMs)
- Model parameters extraction from device simulations
- Measurement of transistor current-voltage characteristics
- Measurement of transistor AC parameters
- Extraction of transistor model parameters and FOMs from measurements
- Overview of transistor Spice models
- Midterm exam
- Calibration of transistor Spice models, Tunning and optimization of Spice models
- DC simulation
- Transient and AC simulation
- Tuning and circuit optimization
- Physical implementation of electronic circuits
- Circuit evaluation by DC and AC mesurements, Comparison between simulations and measurements
- Final exam
Literature
(.), Yannis Tsividis, Operation and Modeling of the MOS Transistor - 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2010,
(.), Ian Getreu, Modeling the Bipolar Transistor, Tektronix, 1979.,
(.), Yannis Tsividis, A First Lab in Circuits and Electronics, Wiley, 2001.,
(.), Ken Kundert, The Designer’s Guide to Spice and Spectre, Springer, 1995.,
For students
General
ID 223377
Winter semester
5 ECTS
L1 English Level
L1 e-Learning
15 Lectures
0 Seminar
0 Exercises
39 Laboratory exercises
0 Project laboratory
Grading System
87 Excellent
75 Very Good
62 Good
50 Sufficient