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MOS Transistors Yannis Tsividis About This Course 1 Y. Tsividis, MOS Transistors Outcomes If you complete this course successfully, you should be able to achieve the following: • Understand how a MOS transistor operates • Be able to predict MOS transistor behavior, in the presence of many real effects • Be able to understand the principles and considerations behind modern CAD models for MOS transistors, and even begin to create such models yourself • If you are a circuit designer, use this detailed knowledge to advantage, in the design of high-performance circuits. 2 Y. Tsividis, MOS Transistors Background • Calculus • Basic circuits and electronics • Basic facts about semiconductors and pn junctions (a quick review will be given in the first week of the course). 3 Y. Tsividis, MOS Transistors What is expected of you To be able to meaningfully take this course, you need to: • View the video lectures • Study the book • Do the problem sets • Participate in discussion forums as needed • Participate in the course surveys • Take a midterm and a final exam. 4 Y. Tsividis, MOS Transistors Learning in this course • This course is not “just math”; you need to develop a physical feel for the phenomena we will cover. • Problem sets: – Quiz-type problems: Needed to help you understand the meaning, and assumptions behind, various results. – Quantitative problems: Needed for a sense of magnitude and a general quantitative feeling. – Analytical problems: Needed for getting the general picture, and for connecting various results together. 5 Y. Tsividis, MOS Transistors Additional information • Lectures: about 2 hours per week • Problem sets: Weekly assignments • Exams: Midterm and final • Grading: 20% homework, 35% midterm, 45% final • Math software: Any package for basic computation and plotting is fine. 6 Y. Tsividis, MOS Transistors 7 Y. Tsividis and C. McAndrew, Operation and Modeling of the MOS Transistor, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2011, ISBN 9780195170153.* This course is based on the book: *Or its International Edition cousin, The MOS Transistor, by the same authors. Low-cost MOOC edition available for a limited time from the publisher; see Course Information for details. Y. Tsividis, MOS Transistors 8 This course presents the results of ingenious, hard work by many people over several decades. There are numerous references to such work, but it is not convenient to give them on the slides; for references, please consult the book. Y. Tsividis, MOS Transistors 9 COURSE CONTENTS • Intuitive overview of the MOSFET; CMOS fabrication processes; review of semiconductors and pn junctions • The 2-terminal MOS structure (gate-body) • The 3-terminal MOS structure (gate, body, and source) • The 4-terminal MOS transistor • Small-dimension effects • Modeling for circuit simulation Y. Tsividis, MOS Transistors 10 Contents, cont’d • Large-signal dynamic operation; quasi-static and non-quasi-static operation • Low-frequency small-signal modeling; noise • High-frequency small-signal modeling • Substrate nonuniformity and structural effects Y. Tsividis, MOS Transistors How to Start • Take the beginning survey (about you). • Read the material under Course Information on our website. • View the first week’s videos. • Do the 1st problem set. • Take the 1st week survey (about the course). 11 Y. Tsividis, MOS Transistors