Course:
Instructor:
Microelectronic Devices and Circuits
Prof. Bernhard Boser, 519 Cory Hall, 3-8350, boser@eecs
Class Schedule: TuTh 9:30-11 AM, 277 Cory Hall
Website: inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ee105
Grading Policy: Homework
Laboratory
Project
Midterm #1
Midterm #2
15 %
15 %
15 %
15 %
15 %
Final 25 %
Microelectronic Devices and Circuits will provide a basic understanding of electronic device physics and analog integrated circuits. In addition to three hours of lecture per week, there is also a weekly three-hour laboratory and a one hour weekly discussion session to reinforce concepts from the lectures. Prerequisites: EECS 40.
Textbook:
R. T. Howe and C. G. Sodini, Microelectronics: an Integrated Approach , Prentice-Hall,
1997.
Reserve Books : The following references are helpful and will be on two-hour reserve at the Bechtel Engineering Library:
A. S. Sedra and K. C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits , 4th ed., 1997.
R. C. Jaeger, Microelectronic Circuit Design , McGraw Hill, 1997.
M. N. Horenstein, Microelectronic Circuits and Devices , Prentice Hall, 2nd ed., 1996.
R. Spencer, M. Ghausi, Introduction to Electronic Circuit Design , Prentice Hall, 2003.
SPICE References:
A. Vladimirescu, The SPICE Book , New York : J. Wiley, 1994.
M. H. Rashid, SPICE for Circuits and Electronics using PSpice , Prentice Hall, 1995.
P. W. Tuinenga, SPICE, A Guide to Circuit Simulation & Analysis using PSpice , Prentice
Hall, 1995.

Topics:
 Moore’s Law, trends in electronic circuits
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Semiconductor devices o MOSFET o PN Junctions (diodes) o BJT
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Analog Integrated Circuits o Small-signal circuits o Single-stage amplifiers o Multi-stage amplifiers
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Frequency response
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Electronic feedback
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Circuit simulation with SPICE
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Basic electronic prototyping and measurement equipment
Laboratory: The laboratory is based on a BiCMOS tile-array chip that allows a series of experiments. The laboratory experiments include active and passive device characterization and DC and AC measurements on single and multi-stage amplifiers.
Satisfactory completion of the laboratory is required in order to pass the course.
Homework Assignments: There will be weekly assignments during the semester, distributed on Wednesday/Thursday and due at 4:00 pm the following Thursday in a box labeled “EE 105” located in 240 Cory (undergraduate lounge). For homework assignments that include SPICE, no credit will be given unless the SPICE portions are completed. Solutions to the homework will be distributed at the following lecture.
Collaboration is encouraged, but each student is required to submit a genuine solutions.
Photocopies are not accepted. The homework with the lowest score is omitted from grade calculation.