Syllabus for ENGN1620: Analysis and Design of Electronic Circuits Brown University School of Engineering Spring 2014 Instructor:

Jacob Rosenstein Class Time: Mon-Wed-Fri 2:00-2:50pm, B&H 159 (Final exam: Tues May 13, 2013 2:00pm) Office hours: Wednesdays 3:30-4:30pm, either in B&H 353 or B&H 196 TAs: We have 3 TAs who will be in charge of the laboratory assignments. They will have regular weekly hours in the lab, TBD. Website: https://canvas.brown.edu Assignments & announcements will be posted on the website Description Elementary device physics and circuit characteristics of semiconductor diodes, bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), and field effect transistors (FETs). Analysis and design of practical circuits using discrete semiconductor devices. Constraint on and techniques for linear integrated circuit (IC) design and the use of linear ICs as circuit building blocks. Laboratory. Prerequisites EN52 (Signals & Systems), or permission. Textbook Fundamentals of Microelectronics, 2nd ed, by Razavi. We will approximately follow Ch. 1-12. Assignments There will be regular problem sets, simulation assignments, and circuits labs. We will aim for roughly one assignment per week. Midterm & Final exams. In order to receive a passing grade, you must complete every assignment. You are encouraged to discuss assignments with your classmates and study for exams together, but everything you submit must be your own work. If identical assignments are submitted, or simulations or labs are duplicated, all students involved will be referred to the appropriate Dean for action by the Academic Code Committee. All Brown students are responsible for understanding and following Brown's academic code. Grading 45% Homework, Labs & Participation 20% Midterm Exam 35% Final Exam Notes If English is not your first language, and you feel that you might need additional support, please inform me during office hours. For more information about services available, contact Ashley Ferranti, ESL Coordinator, at (401) 863-5148 or ESL_Writing_Center@brown.edu. If you feel that you need individual accommodations for anything related to lectures, assignments, or exams, please inform me during office hours or contact Student and Employee Accessibility Services at (401) 863-9588 or seas@brown.edu.

Rough Course Sequence (This is only an outline, actual assignments and deadlines will be posted on Canvas.)

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Topic Intro & Review Semiconductors & Diodes Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs) Single-BJT amplifiers

Reading Ch. 1 Ch. 2 & 3 Ch. 4 Ch. 5

Problem Set RLC circuits, SPICE setup Semiconductors & diodes. I-V curves, rectifiers. BJT biasing & models Small-signal amplifiers Midterm Exam

Lab Oscilloscope use Diode I-V curves, rectifier circuit, smallsignal diodes Audio amplifier #1

5 6 7 8 9 10

MOS transistors (MOSFETs) Transistor frequency response Cascodes & current mirrors Differential amplifiers Feedback Operational amplifiers

Ch. 6 Ch. 11 Ch. 9 Ch. 10 Ch. 12 Ch. 8

MOS transistor biasing & models Transistor capacitances, amplifier frequency response Cascodes & current mirrors Differential pairs Feedback & stability

Audio amplifier #2 Video amplifier Low-dropout voltage regulator

2-stage compensated MOS OTA Final Exam

Comments This class will involve many approximations, and you need to become comfortable with that. We will be trading exact answers for intuition about how a circuit works. Our goals are often to find approximate answers (as a rule of thumb, think +/-10%). For example, we may round off some answers by ignoring the known small terms in an equation. Resist the temptation to use Mathematica/etc to solve systems of equations. If we are analyzing circuits on paper, the purpose is to simplify it to a level where you can solve it by hand. If a problem is too complicated for that, we will either choose a simpler model or move to SPICE. I strongly suggest that you attempt problem sets by yourself before discussing them with your classmates. The hardest part is often figuring out how to initially set up a problem.