Review Items for Exam #1
Topics for the first exam:
Device physics
- Band diagrams,
- MOS Transistors (subthreshold, above threshold, ohmic, saturation)
- Early Effect, DIBL
Circuits
- Large Signal Circuit Analysis (transfer function, gain, dynamics)
- Small Signal Definition and Small Signal Parameters for a MOSFET
- Small signal Circuit Analysis (heavier focus for subthreshold circuits):
2 transistor circuits, source degeneration, cascode circuits,
differential transistor pair, differential amplifier
Exam for Spring
2014