Welcome to EE 130/230M
Integrated Circuit Devices
Instructors: Prof. Tsu-Jae King Liu and Dr. Nuo Xu
(tking and nuoxu @eecs.berkeley.edu)
TA: Khalid Ashraf (kashraf@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Web page: http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ee130/
bSpace site: EE 130/230M Spring 2013
Objectives:
• Fundamental understanding of the working principles
of semiconductor devices used in modern ICs.
• An ability to design a transistor to meet performance
requirements within realistic constraints.
Schedule
• Lectures (247 Cory):
TuTh 11AM-12:30PM
• Discussion Section (beginning Wednesday 1/23):
– Section 101 (289 Cory): We 2-3PM
• Office Hours:
– Prof. Liu (225 Cory):
Mo 4-5PM
– Nuo Xu (225 Cory):
Tu 3-4PM
– Khalid Ashraf (382 Cory): We 4-5PM
EE130/230M Spring 2013
Course Overview, Slide 2
Relation to Other Courses
• Prerequisite:
– EECS40: Basic properties of semiconductors;
basic understanding of transistor operation
– Familiarity with the Bohr atomic model
• Relation to other courses:
– EE130 is a prerequisite for EE231 (Solid State Devices)
– EE130 is also helpful (but not required) for IC analysis
and design courses such as EE140 and EE141, as well
as for the microfabrication technology course EE143
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Course Overview, Slide 3
Reading Material
• Textbook:
Semiconductor Device Fundamentals by R. F. Pierret
(Addison Wesley, 1996)
• Reference:
– Modern Semiconductor Devices for Integrated
Circuits by C. Hu (Prentice Hall, 2009)
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Course Overview, Slide 4
Grading
– Homework (posted online)
10%
• due Th (beginning of class)
• late homeworks not accepted!
20%
– Design project
• assigned on 4/11, due on May 9
•You may work in pairs
– 6 Quizzes
30%
•25 minutes each
• closed book (1pg of notes allowed)
• no make-up quizzes
– Final exam
• Th 5/16 from 8AM to 11AM
40%
• closed book
(6 pages of notes allowed)
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Course Overview, Slide 5
Letter grades will be
assigned based
approximately on the
following scales:
EE130
EE230M
A+: 98-100
A: 88-98
A-: 85-88
B+: 83-85
B: 73-83
B-: 70-73
C+: 68-70
C: 58-68
C-: 55-58
D: 45-55
F: <45
A+: 99-100
A: 91-99
A-: 90-91
B+: 89-90
B: 81-89
B-: 80-81
C+: 79-80
C: 71-79
C-: 70-71
D: 60-70
F: <60
Miscellany
• Special accommodations:
– Students may request accommodation of religious creed,
disabilities, and other special circumstances. Please meet
with Prof. Liu to discuss your request, in advance.
• Academic (dis)honesty
– Departmental policy will be strictly followed
– Collaboration (not cheating!) is encouraged
• Classroom etiquette:
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Arrive in class on time!
Bring your own copy of the lecture notes.
Turn off cell phones, etc.
Avoid distracting conversations
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Course Overview, Slide 6
The Integrated Circuit (IC)
• An IC consists of interconnected electronic components
in a single piece (“chip”) of semiconductor material.
• In 1958, Jack S. Kilby (Texas
Instruments) showed that it
was possible to fabricate a
simple IC in germanium.
• In 1959, Robert Noyce (Fairchild
Semiconductor) demonstrated
an IC made in silicon using SiO2
as the insulator and Al for the
metallic interconnects.
The first planar IC
(actual size: 0.06 in. diameter)
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Course Overview, Slide 7
From a Few, to Billions of Components
• By connecting a large number of components, each performing
simple operations, an IC that performs complex tasks can be built.
• The degree of integration has increased at an exponential pace
over the past ~40 years.
Moore’s Law: The # of devices on a chip doubles every ~2 yrs,
for the same chip price.
Intel Ivy Bridge Processor
1.4B transistors, 160 mm2
300mm Si wafer
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Course Overview, Slide 8
Impact of Moore’s Law
http://www.morganstanley.com/institutional/techresearch/pdfs/2SETUP_12142009_RI.pdf
# DEVICES (MM)
Transistor
Scaling
Higher Performance,
Investment
Lower Cost
Market
Growth
CMOS generation: 1 um • • 180 nm • • 22 nm
YEAR
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Course Overview, Slide 9
The Nanometer Size Scale
MOSFET
Carbon nanotube
1 micrometer (1 mm) = 10-4 cm; 1 nanometer (nm) = 10-7 cm
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Course Overview, Slide 10
Course Overview
1. Semiconductor Fundamentals – 3 weeks
2. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts – 1 week
3. P-N Junction Diode – 3 weeks
Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS)
Field-Effect Transistor (FET)
4. MOS Capacitor – 2 weeks
5. MOSFET – 2 weeks
6. Bipolar Junction Transistor – 2 weeks
7. Modern CMOS Technology – 1 week
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Course Overview, Slide 11