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Fundamentals of Transistors
- 6 Sequences
- Advanced Level
- Starts on February 12, 2023
- Ends on April 1, 2023
Course details
Syllabus
Unit 1: Transistors and Circuits
L1.1: The MOSFET as a Black Box
L1.2: Digital Circuits
L1.3: Analog/RF Circuits
L1.4: MOSFET Device Metrics
L1.5: Compact Models
L1.6: Unit 1 Recap
Unit 2: Essential Physics of the MOSFET
L2.1: Energy Band Diagram Review
L2.2: Energy Band View of MOSFETs
L2.3: MOSFET IV Theory
L2.4: The Square Law MOSFET
L2.5: The Virtual Source model
L2.6: Unit 2 Recap
Unit 3: MOS Electrostatics
L3.1: The Energy Band Diagram Approach
L3.2: The Depletion Approximation
L3.3: Gate Voltage and Surface Potential
L3.4 Flat-Band Voltage
L3.5: MOS CV
L3.6: The Mobile Charge vs. Surface Potential
L3.7: The Mobile Charge vs. Gate Voltage
L3.8: 2D MOS Electrostatics
L3.9: The VS model revisited
L3.10: Unit 3 Recap
Unit 4: Transmission theory of the MOSFET
L4.1: Landauer Approach
L4.2: Landauer at Low and High Bias
L4.3 The Ballistic MOSFET
L4.4 Velocity at the Virtual Source
L4.5: Transmission Theory of the MOSFET
L4.6: The VS model Revisited
L4.7: Analysis of Experiments
L4.8: Unit 4 Recap
Unit 5: Additional Topics
L5.1: Limits of MOSFETs
L5.2: Power MOSFETs
L5.3: High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs)
L5.4: Review of PN Junctions
L5.5: Heterostructure Bipolar Transistors (HBTs)
L5.6: A Second Look at Compact models
L5.7: Unit 5 RecapL5.5: Compact models - another look
Prerequisite
A basic understanding of semiconductors as typically taught in an undergraduate or beginning graduate level semiconductor device course is assumed. No familiarity with electronics or transistors is assumed, but those with such a background will gain an understanding of how nanoscale transistors differ from their micrometer-scale cousins.
Instructors
Dallas Morisette
Research Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Mark S. Lundstrom
Don and Carol Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NAE member
Purdue University
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