MOS Transistors

Yannis Tsividis

About This Course

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.
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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.
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This course is based on the book:

Y. Tsividis and C. McAndrew, Operation and Modeling of the MOS Transistor, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2011, ISBN 9780195170153.*

Low-cost MOOC edition available for a limited time from the publisher; see Course Information for details.

*Or its International Edition cousin, The MOS Transistor, by the same authors.
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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.

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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

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Contents, contd
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

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How to Start
Take the beginning survey (about you).
Read the material under Course Information on our website. View the first weeks videos.

Do the 1st problem set.

Take the 1st week survey (about the course).

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