Fall 2024 - ENSC 225 D100

Microelectronics I (4)

Class Number: 4603

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    Ash Parameswaran
    1 778 782-4971
  • Prerequisites:

    (ENSC 220 or MSE 250), MATH 232, and (MATH 260 or MATH 310), all with a minimum grade of C-.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

This course teaches analog/digital electronics and basic device physics in the context of modern silicon integrated circuits technology. Topics include: qualitative device physics and terminal characteristics; implementations and models of basic semiconductor devices (diodes, BJTs and MOSFETs); circuit simulation via SPICE; basic diode circuits; transistors as amplifiers and switching elements; temperature effects and compensation; single-stage transistor amplifiers; biasing, current sources and mirrors. Students taking or with credit for ENSC 226, MSE 251 or SEE 231 may not take ENSC 225 for further credit. Quantitative.

Materials

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

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Registrar Notes:

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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

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