6.012 Microelectronic Devices and Circuits
Spring 2003
General Information
6.003 (corequisite), 8.02, 18.03
Undergraduate subject, 12 units, 4 engineering design points
Two sessions / week
1 hour / session
Two sessions / week
1 hour / session
The TA's will conduct several one-hour tutorial sessions each week for small groups of students. Times and rooms to be arranged shortly.
Howe, R. T., and C. G. Sodini. Microelectronics-An Integrated Approach. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996. ISBN: 0135885183.
Fonstad, C. G. Microelectronic Devices and Circuits. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1994. ISBN: 0070214964.
Sedra, A. S., and K. C. Smith. Microelectronic Circuits. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN: 0195116631.
Pierret, R. F. Semiconductor Device Fundamentals. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995. ISBN: 0201543931.
Brought as appropriate to lecture and recitations. Spare handouts will be available outside the TA's office and through the web.
All the items below will enter into the computation of the final grade.
There will be two evening quizzes. No homework is due on those weeks. To compensate for the evening exam, there will be no formal recitation sessions on those days either. The instructors will be available in their offices to entertain your questions. Quizzes are open book and a calculator is required.
To be scheduled by the Registrar. Open book, calculator required.
There will be seven problem sets that will be handed out on Fridays. The homework is due at recitation the following Friday. This is a firm deadline. No late homework will be accepted. Only the lecturer can handle exceptions to this rule.
There will be three device characterization projects handed out on Fridays. They will be carried out using the MIT Microelectronics WebLab (see tools section), a remote web-enabled microelectronics test station. The characterization projects will be due on Fridays at recitation time. This is also a firm deadline.
There is also one circuit design project. It will require the use of SPICE, a professional circuit CAD tool. Design project turned in late will not be accepted. The course grade will be established in consideration of the following weight factors:
Quiz #1: 15%
Quiz #2: 15%
Final Exam: 20%
Homework: 20%
Characterization Projects: 15%
Design Project: 15%
The final letter grade will also take into consideration non-numerical assessments of your command of the subject matter as evaluated by the lecturer, instructors, and TA's.