Calendar

This section provides topic calendars for the lecture and recitation sessions.

Lecture Schedule


	LEC #				TOPICS


					Fundamentals


	1				Overview of 6.012


	2				Intro to Semiconductors: Electrons and Holes, Donors and Acceptors


	3				Carrier Transport: Drift and Diffusion


					MOSFET


	4				Electrostatics in Semiconductors; the "60 mV rule"


	5				p-n Junction Electrostatics in Thermal Equilibrium


	6				p-n Junction Electrostatics Under Bias, Depletion Capacitance


	7				MOS Electrostatics in Thermal Equilibrium


	8				MOS Electrostatics Under Bias, MOS Capacitance


	9				MOSFET: I-V Characteristics


	10				MOSFET: Backgate Effect


	11				MOSFET Equivalent Circuit Models


					Digital Circuits


	12				Logic Concepts; Inverter Characteristics; NMOS Inverter


	13				CMOS Inverter: Transfer Characteristics


	14				CMOS Inverter: Delay; CMOS Scaling, VLSI


					Bipolar Transistor


	15				p-n Junction Diode I-V Characteristics


	16				p-n Junction Equivalent Circuit Models, Charge Storage, Diffusion Capacitance


	17				BJT Electrostatics, Forward Active Regime


	18				Other Regimes of Operation of BJT; Equivalent Circuit Models


					Analog Circuits


	19				Single-stage Amplifiers; Common-source Amplifier Stage


	20				Other MOSFET Amplifier Stages


	21				Multistage Amplifiers


	22				Current Sources and Sinks


	23				Frequency Response of Common-source Amplifier; Miller Effect


	24				Frequency Response of Other Amplifier Stages


	25				Differential Amplifier: DC Aanalysis, Incremental Analysis


	26				Differential Amplifier: Large-signal, ECL; 6.012 Wrap-up: Key Conclusions

Recitation Schedule


	REC #				TOPICS


	1				Basic MOSFET Description; Video: "Silicon Run I (2nd edition)"


	2				WebLab Tutorial


	3				Examples of Drift: Integrated Resistor; Resistor Design


	4				Examples of Diffusion


	5				Examples of QN Situation in Thermal Equilibrium


	6				Examples of Electrostatics of pn Junction in Thermal Equilibrium


	7				Examples of Electrostatics of pn Junction Under Bias, Depletion Capacitance


	8				Examples of Electrostatics of MOS in Thermal Equilibrium


	9				Examples of MOS under Bias, C-V Characteristics


	10				Examples of MOSFET I-V Characteristics


	11				Examples of MOSFET Equivalent Circuit Models including SPICE Model


	12				Inverter with Resistor Pull-up


	13				Inverter Examples


	14				Dynamic Power of CMOS Inverter


	15				Examples of pn Diode Currents


	16				Examples of pn Diode Equivalent Circuit Models


	17				Examples of BJT in Forward Active Regime


	18				Small-signal Equivalent-circuit Model of BJT in Forward Active Regime


	19				Discussion of Design Problem


	20				BJT Single-stage Amplifiers


	21				Cascode Amplifier


	22				Cascode Current Source


	23				Open-circuit Time Constant Technique: Common-emitter Stage


	24				Frequency Response of Cascode Stage


	25				Example of Differential Amplifier