101N. Basic Solid-State Physics: Energy bands, Electrons and Holes
102N. Basic Solid-State Physics: Doping, Carrier Density, Distributions
103N. Carrier Movement in Semiconductors, Drift and Diffusion
104N. PN Junction, Depletion Region, Diode Equation
105N. PN Junction, Junction Capacitance, Doping Profile
106N. Bipolar Junction Transistor, basic operation, current flow properties, dop
107N. Bipolar transistor: Early effect, Ebers-Moll model, large-signal T- & pi-m
108N. MOS Capacitor: Energy band diagram, accumulation, depletion, and inversion
109N. MOSFET Introduction, threshold and body effect, IV characteristic in linea
110N. MOSFET IV Characteristics Derivation, Regions of Operation, Channel length
111N. MOSFET Channel charge in pinch-off, Channel capacitance calculations
112N. Velocity saturated MOSFETs, short channel effects, SOI, FinFET, Pillar FET
113N. MOSFET Sub-threshold behavior
114N. Kelvin Generator, water FET, positive feedback.
115N. Small-signal model, MOS vs. BJT, core transistor behavior, transconductanc
116N. Small-signal model, MOS vs. BJT, input and output resistance, capacitance,
117N. Circuit and network theory brief overview, nodal analysis, theorems.
118N. Economics of Integrated Circuits, Yield, Pricing
119N. (Pt.1) Amplifier Fundamentals, MOS, BJT, and ATD (arbitrary 3-terminal dev
120N. (Pt.2) Amplifier Fundamentals, MOS, BJT, and ATD (arbitrary 3-terminal dev
121N. (Pt. 1) BJT Amplifier, Emitter Degeneration, Transfer characteristics and
122N. (Pt. 2) BJT Amplifier, Emitter follower, common-based, cascode, active loa
123N. (Pt. 1) MOS amplifier stages: Source degeneration, input and output impeda
124N. (Pt. 2) MOS amplifier stages: common-drain, common-gate, cascade, increasi
125N. Two transistor stages: cascade, folded cascade, active load, Darlington, c
126N. Differential Signaling and differential pair: core concept and large signa
127N. (Pt. 1) Differential Amplifiers: MOS, BJT, and ATD
128N. (Pt. 2) Differential Amplifiers: MOS, BJT, and ATD
129N. Differential amplifier with active load. Differential-to-single-ended conv
130N. MOS Differential-to-Single-Ended Conversion. Gain Enhancement
131N. Basic Biasing Concepts [7aUuIgh3S9c]
132N. Integrated circuit biasing, current mirrors, headroom
133N Process, Supply, and Temperature Independent Biasing
134N. Scaled bandgap reference, adjustable voltage PVT independent references.
135N. Driver stages, output stages, Class A and Class B
136N. Op-Amp Design: Basic MOS Op-Amp
137N. MOS Op-Amp Design Examples
138N. BJT Op-Amp Design Example
139N. High frequency: transfer functions, lower pass and high pass response.
140N. Time- and transfer-constants in 1st order system
141N. 1st Order high-frequency TTC analysis of common source and common drain
142N. Zero⧸pole in 1st order system, step response, undershoot and overshoot
143N. Miller multiplication and effect, input impedance of common-source
144N. Zero-value time and transfer constants (ZVT), b1 and a1 term calculation
145N. Bandwidth estimation using ZVT, High-frequency Amplifier design example
146N. When ZVT bandwidth estimation fails
147N.Taking zeros into account in ZVT bandwidth estimate
148N. Creation of zeros: series RC branch in parallel
149N. Creation of zeros: parallel signal paths
150N. Generalized Time- and Transfer constants; higher order terms
151N. TTC Examples, 2nd Order System, Quality Factor and Natural Frequency
152N.TTC Examples, negative resistance, oscillator, RLC circuit
153N. High Frequency behavior of basic amplifier stages (CS, CE, CD, CC, CG, CB)
154N. Uncoupled time-constants, independent poles and zeros, observable dynamics
155N. Low Cut-off Frequency Estimation, Infinite value time-constants (IVT)
156N. Discrete vs. Integrated Variations, Low Cut-Off Estimation with IVT exampl
157N. Broadband amplifiers, gain-bandwidth product, optimum gain per stage
158N. Feedback: Asymptotic Transfer Function, 1st Order Analysis, Rapid design
159N. Feedback dynamics, forward and feedback path frequency effect, feedback se
160N. Effect of Feedback on Nonlinearity
161N. Return Ratio, Asymptotic Gain Formula, Direct forward transfer
162N. Active feedback, dual feedback loop, Source dependence of return ratio exa
163N. Port Impedance under Feedback, Blackman Formula
164N. Unilateral Loop gain, voltage and current loop gains
165N. Bilateral loop gain, derivation, feedback
166N. Instability and conditional stability, circuit examples.
167N. Stability criteria: Routh-Hurwitz, Nyquist derivation
168N. Nonlinear stability criteria: Circle criterion, off-axis circle criterion
169N. Phase margin and gain margin
170N. Feedback amplifier compensation, general view for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd order
171N. Circuit compensation techniques, one- and two-stage op-amp, Miller compens
172N. Overview of random variable, PSD, auto- and cross-correlation
173N. Thermal white noise physics, properties, and spectrum, KT⧸C noise, total a
174N. Shot noise, burst noise, flicker(1⧸f) noise, avalanche noise
175N. Noise models for pn-junction diode, bipolar transistor, and MOS transistor
176N. Intro. to amplifier noise, output noise, and input-referred noise
177N. Input-referred noise, 2-port noise model, common-emitter
178N. Noise behavior of basic stages, input-referred noise vs. frequency, Friis
179N. Intro to comparators and offset cancellation
180N. Latch dynamics, latched comparator
181N. Intro to data converters metrics, basic DAC
182N. Basic digital-to-analog converter architectures
183N. Basic analog-to-digital converter architectures
184N. Oscillator general topology, large signal Gm, amplitude and frequency calc
185N. Phase noise in oscillators (introduction)
186N. Oscillator design, noise shifting oscillator example
187N. Intro. to phase-locked loops (PLL) noise
188N. Intro. to RF power amplifiers
189N. Brief course summary
Feedback Circuit Analysis and Design (Overview)
Time and Transfer Constants in Circuits (High Frequency Circuit Analysis)