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Prerequisites Microelectronics

This document outlines the prerequisites for a course in microelectronics, including topics in math, signals and systems theory, electronics, and microelectronics. It lists the main concepts that will be covered in each topic along with recommended textbooks and notes as well as online materials. References are provided for additional resources on each subject area.

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Prerequisites Microelectronics

This document outlines the prerequisites for a course in microelectronics, including topics in math, signals and systems theory, electronics, and microelectronics. It lists the main concepts that will be covered in each topic along with recommended textbooks and notes as well as online materials. References are provided for additional resources on each subject area.

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Prerequisites for the Course Microelectronics

in the program MSc MSE


Topic Notes & books Online material

Math, Signal & System Theory:


- complex numbers and the complex plane Wikipedia
- Signals in time- and frequency domain [MIT1] Lecs. 2,3
(Fourier & Taylor series) [BER] Nos. 14, 15
- Frequency behaviour and transfer functions Wikipedia
in linear systems
- Control Theory & System Stability [ELE] Ch. 2.1
o Amplitude response, phase response,
phase margin
o Poles & zeros
o Bode Plot
o Nyquist Plot

Electronics Large and Small Signal Analysis


- Ohms law [SEL] 1/14f Wikipedia
- Kirchhoffs node and loop law [SEL] 1/8 1/13 [MIT1] Lecs. 5,6
[MIT2] Lec. 2
- Ideal and real voltage and current sources [SEL] 1/21 1/29 [MIT1] Lecs. 7,8
[MIT2] Lec. 3
- Voltage & current dividers [SEL] 1/20 Wikipedia
Wikipedia
- Complex impedances (combined R, L, C) [SEL] 1/48 Wikipedia
- Low pass & high pass circuits [SEL] 1/50 1/54 [MIT1] Lecs. 16,17
[MIT2] Lec. 18
- Basics Diodes [SEL] 2 [MIT1] Lec. 22
[BER] Nos. 2,3
- Basics BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor) [SEL] 3 [MIT1] Lec. 24-26
[BER] Nos. 4,5
- Bias point and linearization [SEL] 1/16 Wikipedia
- Large and small signal analysis [SEL] 1/16, [MIT2] Lec. 11
1/31 1/41

Microelectronics
- Crystal structure and electronic band [SEL] 2 Wikipedia
structure [Sze] 1 Wikipedia
- Minority and majority charge carriers (holes [Sze] 1, 2 Wikipedia
and electrons)
- Semiconductor technology [SEL] 4 Wikipedia
o Doping [TzS] 17
o Substrate, masks, lithography, [Sze] various
- MOS device physics [TzS] 2/10 2/23 [BER] Nos. 16,17
o Doping structure [SEL] 4/3f
o pn-junctions, diode [SEL] 4/6
o large and small signal behaviour [SEL] 4/19f
[Sze] 2, 3
- CMOS inverter operation basics [SEL] 4/36f Wikipedia
References

[MIT1] MIT online course 6.071J / 22.071J Introduction to Electronics, Signals, and
Measurement ( Link)

[MIT2] MIT online course 6.002 Circuits and Electronics ( Link)

[BER] Berkeley online course, Microelectronic Devices and Circuits ( Link)

[SEL] Lecture notes Elektronik, WS06/07


in German, available at the Chair of Microelectronics
see also eLectures of the corresponding lecture ( Link)

[Sze] Sze, Semiconductor Devices, 1985


available at University Library

[TzS] Tietze & Schenk, Halbleiterschaltungstechnik, 12. Auflage, 2002


in German, available at University Library and at the Chair of Microelectronics

[ELE] eLectures at University Freiburg, Microelectronics WS07 ( Link)

M. Kuhl, M. Maurer, T. Hehn


July 2009

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