10EC63 Microelectronics Circuits syllabus for EC


Part A
Unit-1 MOSFETS 7 hours

Device Structure and Physical Operation, V-I Characteristics, MOSFET Circuits at DC, Biasing in MOS amplifier Circuits, Small Signal Operation and Models, MOSFET as an amplifier and as a switch, biasing in MOS amplifier circuits, small signal operation modes, single stage MOS amplifiers. MOSFET internal capacitances and high frequency modes, Frequency response of CS amplifiers, CMOS digital logic inverter, detection type MOSFET.

Unit-2 Single Stage IC Amplifier 6 hours

IC Design philiosophy, CoUmparison of MOSFET and BJT, Current sources, Current mirrors and Current steering circuits, high frequency response.

Unit-3 Single Stage IC amplifiers (continued) 6 hours

CS and CF amplifiers with loads,high frequency response of CS and CF amplifiers, CG and CB amplifiers with active loads, high frequency response of CG and CB amplifiers, Cascade amplifiers. CS and CE amplifiers with source ( emitter) degeneration source and emitter followers, some useful transfer parings, current mirrors with improved performance. SPICE examples.

Unit-4 Differences and Multistage Amplifiers 7 hours

The MOS differential pair, small signal operation of MOS differential pair, the BJT differences pair, other non-ideal characteristics and differential pair, Differential amplifier with active loads, frequency response and differential amplifiers. Multistage amplifier.SPICE examples.

Part B
Unit-5 Feedback 7 hours

General Feedback structure. Properties of negative feedback. Four basic feedback topologies. Series-Shunt feedback. Determining the loop gain.Stability problem. Effect of feedback an amplifier poles. Stability study using Bode plots. Frequency compensation. SPICE examples.

Unit-6 Operational Amplifiers 6 hours

The two stage CMOS Op-amp, folded cascade CMOS op-amp, 741 op-amp circuit, DC analysis of the 741, small signal analysis of 741, gain, frequency response and slew rate of 741. Data Converters. A-D and D-A converters.

Unit-7 & 8 Digital CMOS circuits 12 hours

Overview. Design and performance analysis of CMOS inverter. Logic Gate Circuits. Pass-transistor logic. Dynamic Logic Circuits. SPICE examples.

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2023