Review Items for Exam
Topics for the 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
- Circuit Analysis (heavier focus for subthreshold circuits):
2 transistor circuits, source degeneration, cascode circuits,
differential transistor pair, differential amplifier
- Basic Differential Amplifier (e.g. OTA,Op-amp) circuits
Layout Issues
- Transistor and Capacitor Layout
- Capacitive transistor parasitics and transistor circuit effects
Some representative exam questions that might be
useful