6.012 Spring 2001
Announcements
Staff


Lecture Professor Jesus del Alamo, Rm. 39-415, T. 253-4764, alamo@mit.edu
 
Recitation Professor Dimitri Antoniadis, Rm. 39-415, T. 253-4693, daa@mtl.mit.edu

Professor Judy Hoyt, Rm. 39-427, T. 452-2873, hoyt@mtl.mit.edu
 
TA's James Fiorenza, fiorenza@mtl.mit.edu

Jelena Madic, jmadic@mit.edu

Mike Mills, gozar@mit.edu
 
Secretary Jean Taylor, Rm. 39-415, T. 253-0019, jeant@mtl.mit.edu

Course Description

6.012 Objectives and Expected Outcomes
6.012 Course Description

Lecture Notes


Lecture Content Date Subject
lecture01.pdf Overview of 6.012 Tues, 2/6 Fundamentals
lecture02.pdf Intro to semiconductors:  electrons and holes, donors and acceptors Thurs, 2/8
lecture03.pdf Carrier transport:  drift and diffusion Tues, 2/13
lecture04.pdf Electrostatics in semiconductors, the "60 mV rule" Thurs, 2/15 MOSFET
lecture05.pdf p-n junction electrostatics in thermal equilibrium Thurs, 2/22
lecture06.pdf p-n junction electrostatics under bias, depletion capacitance Tues, 2/27
lecture07.pdf MOS electrostatics in thermal equilibrium Thurs, 3/1
lecture08.pdf MOS electrostatics under bias, MOS capacitance Tues, 3/6
lecture09.pdf MOSFET:  I-V characteristics Thurs, 3/8
  QUIZ #1, Lectures 1-9 WED, 3/14
lecture10.pdf MOSFET:  backgate effect Tues, 3/13
lecture11.pdf MOSFET:  equivalent circuit models Thurs, 3/15
lecture12.pdf logic concepts, inverter characteristics, NMOS inverter Tues, 3/20 Digital Circuits
lecture13.pdf CMOS inverter:  transfer characteristics Thurs, 3/22
lecture14.pdf CMOS inverter:  delay, CMOS scaling, VLSI Tues, 4/3 (after Spring Break)
lecture15.pdf p-n junction diode terminal characteristics Thurs, 4/5 Bipolar Transistor
lecture16.pdf p-n junction equivalent circuit models Tues, 4/10
lecture17.pdf BJT electrostatics, forward active region Thurs, 4/12
QUIZ #2, Lectures 10-17 WED, 4/18
lecture18.pdf BJT:  other regions of operation, equivalent circuit models Thurs, 4/19
lecture19.pdf single-stage amplifiers, common-source amplifier Tues, 4/24 Analog Circuits
lecture20.pdf Other BJT and MOSFET amplifier stages Thurs, 4/26
lecture21.pdf Multistage amplifiers Tues, 5/1
lecture22.pdf Current sources and sinks Thurs, 5/3
lecture23.pdf Frequency response of common-source amplifier, Miller effect Tues, 5/8
lecture24.pdf Frequency response of other amplifier stages Thurs, 5/10
lecture25.pdf Differential amplifier:  DC analysis, incremental analysis Tues, 5/15
lecture26.pdf Differential amplifier:  large-signal, ECL; 6.012 wrap-up and key conclusions Thurs, 5/17

Assignments

Assignments consist of Problem Sets (6) and Device Characterization Projects (4 using Weblab).

Don't forget that the design project coincides with the last three problem sets!
 
Assignment Content Issued Due
DeviceChar1.pdf pn diode Fri, 2/9 Fri, 2/16
ps1.pdf electrons/holes, donors/acceptors, drift/diffusion, 60mV rule Fri, 2/16 Fri, 2/23
DeviceChar2.pdf MOSFET Fri, 2/23 Fri, 3/2
ps2.pdf pn junction electrostatics, MOS electrostatics Fri, 3/2 Fri, 3/9
QUIZ #1, 7:30-9:30 pm, Walker Gym
WED, 3/14
ps3.pdf MOSFET operation, small signal model Fri, 3/16 Fri, 3/23
ps4.pdf Inverters, logic, etc Fri, 3/23 Fri, 4/6 (after Spring Break)
DeviceChar3.pdf BJT Fri, 4/6 Fri, 4/13
QUIZ #2, 7:30-9:30 pm, Walker Gym
WED, 4/18
ps5.pdf BJT, BJT, and more BJT Fri, 4/20 Fri, 4/27
ps6.pdf single-stage amplifiers Fri, 4/27 Fri, 5/4
ps7.pdf frequency response of amplifiers, multistage amplifiers Fri, 5/4 Fri, 5/11
DesignProject.pdf High capacitance pad driver Fri, 4/20 Wed, 5/9

Other Handouts

Copies of tutorial notes and problem set solutions will be available in hard copy but will not be posted on the web.  Location of said notes TBA.
 
Handout Content Issued
GeneralInfo.pdf General Information and Course Syllabus Tues, 2/6 (first day of class)
SpiceManual.pdf Spice manual with basic commands Fri, 4/20
Link Another spice manual N/A
Link Spice and Awaves info from a previous term N/A
Link Interactive Spice manual for advanced users N/A

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