Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will:
1. Understand the behavior of pn junction based on semiconductor theory.
2. Know the diode component and its applications in circuits.
3. Understand the operation of unipolar and in particular MOS transistors as well as bipolar transistors (BJTs), their basic equations, equivalent circuits and methods for analyzing and designing amplifiers for signal amplification in discrete and integrated circuits.
4. Know the methods and the procedures for the fabrication of integrated circuits.
5. Gain laboratory experience in the implementation and measurement of simple one-stage electronic amplifier circuits.
Course Content (Syllabus)
Basic semiconductor theory, pn junction properties, bipolar transistors (BJT), unipolar transistors (FET, MOS). Diodes, load lines DC and AC, equivalent circuits of transistors, use of the H-parameters. Regions of operation of bipolar and unipolar transistors, bias and stabilization of operating point in amplifiers, analysis and design of single stage amplifiers with discrete bipolar and MOS transistors and for integrated circuits.
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1) A. Sedra, K. Smith. «Μικροηλεκτρονικά Κυκλώματα», Εκδ. Παπασωτηρίου, Αθήνα, 2006.
2) Τίτλος Συγγράμματος: SPICE, Ανάλυση και σχεδίαση Ηλεκτρονικών κυκλωμάτων, Συγγραφέας: Α. Χατζόπουλος Σ. Φάρχα, Γ. Μπόντζιος, Δ. Κωνσταντίνου, Εκδόσεις: Τζιόλα 2012
3) Ι.Μ. Κοντολέων, «Ηλεκτρονική, Ανάλυση και Σχεδίαση Κυκλωμάτων» Τόμος Ι, Εκδ. Ι. Κοντολέων, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2006.