| CODE | MNE1103 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Microelectronic Devices | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit covers semiconductor materials and technologies; MOS technology; regions of operation of MOS transistors. This study-unit then moves to analysis of d.c. operation, channel length modulation effect, body effect and d.c. biasing in MOS IC design. The study-unit also covers a.c., small-signal, operation of the MOS transistor, transconductance, , output resistance; capacitances in nanometer-scale transistors; first-order small-signal models. Bipolar technology is next considered: bipolar transistor structure, vertical npn transistor, lateral pnp transistor, d.c. operation, d.c. biasing, a.c., small-signal operation; junction and diffusion capacitances; first-order small-signal models. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims at imparting to students knowledge about semiconductor materials and their application in two fundamental microelectronics technologies: MOS and Bipolar. The unit further aims to familiarise students with properties of the basic active devices used in integrated circuits: the MOS transistor and Bipolar transistor, considered with respect to structure, d.c. operation and a.c. small-signal operation, in the IC design environment. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - comprehend physics principles involved that give rise to semiconductor material properties; - comprehend and analyse the operation and properties of the MOS transistor and the bipolar transistor in the IC design environment. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - carry out d.c. biasing analysis and a.c., small-signal analysis of the MOS transistor and the bipolar transistor in the IC design environment; - use CADENCE framework software in connection with simulation of d.c. and a.c. reponse of MOS and bipolar transistors. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 6th Edition, Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering, ISBN-10: 0195323033 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Joseph Micallef (Co-ord.) |
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