This book describes device physics and circuit design in
the context of modern microelectronics integrated circuit
technology. It introduces approaches to learning the core
device physics and analog/digital circuit concepts that
make the subject more accessible to the current generation
of students. The authors have designed a concise,
concentrated presentation, limiting coverage to only those
concepts necessary for the understanding of devices and
circuits.
Contents
1. Introduction to Microelectronics.
Introduction. The Digital
Inverter. Microelectronic Sensing Systems. Memories.
2. Semiconductor Physics and IC Technology. Pure Semiconductors.
Generation, Recombination, and Thermal Equilibrium. Doping.
Carrier Transport. Silicon Integrated Circuit Technology. C
Resistors.
3. pn Junction and MOS Electrostatics. Applied Electrostatics.
Carrier Concentration and Potential in Thermal Equilibrium.
The PN Junction in Thermal Equilibrium. The PN Junction
Under Reverse Bias. Depletion Capacitance. The MOS
Capacitor: A First Pass. The Electrostatics of the MOS
Capacitor. Capacitance of the MOS Structure.
4. The MOS Field-Effect Transistor. Introduction. Device
Physics of MOSFET: Drain Current and Channel Charge. MOSFET
Device Physics: A First Pass. MOSFET Device Physics: the
Gradual Channel Approximation. MOSFET Circuit Models. Level
I DC Model 35.
5. Digital Circuits Using Mos Transistors. Logic Concepts. Inverter
Characteristics. MOS Inverter Circuits. CMOS Inverter
Analysis. Static CMOS Logic Gates. Dynamic Logic. Pass
Transistor Logic.
6. The pn Junction Diode. pn Diode Circuit Symbol
and Terminal Characteristics. Integrated Circuit pn Diodes.
The pn Junction Diode: A First Pass. pn Junction Diode
Circuit Models. SPICE Model of the pn Junction Diode.
Device Physics of the pn Junction Diode:Non-Equilibrium
Minority Carrier Recombination. The Continuity Equation.
Minority Carrier Distributions and Current Components: A
Second Pass. Diode Applications.
7. The Bipolar Junction Transistor. Introduction. Bipolar
Junction Transistor Physics: A First Pass. Reverse Active
and Saturation Operating Regions. The Ebers-Moll Equations.
Small-Signal Model of the npn BJT. BJT Device Physics.
Lateral pnp Bipolar Transistor. SPICE Models for Bipolar
Junction Transistors.
8. Single-State Bipolar/MOS Transistor Amplifiers.
General Amplifier
Concepts. Common-Emitter Amplifier-Introduction.
Common-Source Amplifier-Introduction. Current Source
Supplies. Common-Source Amplifier with Current Source
Supply. Common-Emitter Amplifier with Current Source
Supply. Improved Transconductance Amplifier with Emitter
Degeneracy Resistor. Common-Base/Gate Amplifier.
9. Multistage Amplifiers. MOS Multistage
Amplifiers-Small Signal Description. BiCMOS Multistage
Amplifiers-Small Signal Description. BiCMOS Multistage
Amplifiers-Small Signal Description. Direct-coupled
Amplifiers-Large Signal Analysis. DC Voltage and Current
Sources. A Two-Stage Transconductance Amplifier. Analysis
of a BiCMOS Voltage Amplifier. Exercise and Problems.
10. Frequency Response. Bode Plots. Device Models
for Frequency Response Analysis. Short-Circuit Current
Gain. Voltage Gain Amplifiers. Frequency Response of
Common-Collector/Drain Voltage Buffer. Common-Base/Gate
Amplifier-Current Buffer. Frequency Response of Multistage
Amplifiers.
11. Differential Amplifiers. General Concepts for
Differential Amplifiers. Small Signal Analysis of
Differential Amplifiers. Two-Port Model for the
Differential Amplifier. Frequency Response of Differential
Amplifiers. Differential Amplifiers with Single-Ended
Outputs. Large Signal Analysis of Differential Amplifiers.
Exercises and Problems.
12. Feedback and Operational Amplifiers. Introduction: Amplifier
Models and the Feedback Concept. Frequency Response of
Feedback Amplifiers. Large-Signal Benefits of Feedback.
Practical Feedback Amplifiers. Integrated Operational
Amplifiers. BiCOMS Operational Amplifiers.
13. MOS Memories. Memory Classification. MOS
Memory Architecture. Memory Cells. Sense Amplifiers.
Address Decoders and Buffers. SRAM Design Example.
Exercises and Problems.