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Course Outlines

Summer 2025 - ENSC 225 D100

Microelectronics I (4)

Class Number: 2838

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Wed, Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Jun 27, 2025
    Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Location: TBA

    Jul 18, 2025
    Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Location: TBA

  • Instructor:

    Majid Shokoufi
    1 778 782-5129

  • Prerequisites:

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

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Introduces the fundamentals of electronic devices with applications to active electronic circuits. Topics include physical structure and terminal characteristics of diodes and transistors; application of large and small signal device models in elementary amplifiers, current mirrors, and bias networks; behavioural models and frequency limitations of operational amplifiers. 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:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

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