Course Objectives "This course provides an introduction to the basic devices and circuits in modern electronics. Students will first learn basic electric circuits, semiconductor devices and circuits composing of diodes, BJTs and MOSFETs. This is one of the fundamental and pre-requested courses in photonics, electronics and electrical engineering.Students will learn how to analyze the electronic circuits with equivalent models. Some fundamental applications of the components will also be covered."  

Prerequisite

Textbook 1. Microelectronic Circuits 8th edition, Sedra / Smith 2. Fundamentals of Electric Circuits 5th edition, Charles Alexander, Matthew Sadiku 3. Microelectronics 2nd edition, Behzad Razavi 4. Electric Circuits 10th edition, James W. Nilsson, Susan Riedel

Topical Outline 1. IntroductionElectric Components:
- Resistor, capacitance, and inductance
- Circuit analysis
2. Simple Circuit Model
- Steady state / transient analysis
- Laplace transformation
3. Simple Amplifier Model
- OP Amplifiers and circuit model
- Single-time-constant (STC) frequency response
4. Diodes
- Junction diodes characteristics and rectifier circuit
- Physical operation of pn junction
5. Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs)
- Device structure and physical operation
- BJT amplifier small-signal operation
6. MOS Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs)
- Device structure and physical operation
- BJT amplifier small-signal operation