Lecture Plan
Paper Code: ECECC07
Subject: Microelectronics Total Hours: 43 Hours
S.
Topics No of Hours
No.
Review of Small signal operation and models for MOSFET and BJT,
1 1
Multi-stage amplifiers using MOSFETs and BJTs , Cascode amplifier,
2 6
Darlington pair
High frequency models of MOSFET and BJT, Single stage integrated
3 2
circuit (IC) amplifiers,
High frequency response of CS and CE amplifiers with passive and
active loads, high frequency response of CG and CB amplifiers with
4 5
active loads, CS and CE amplifiers with source degeneration, Source
follower and emitter follower
5 IC biasing. Widlar, Wilson and Cascode Current mirrors, 3
6 BJT differential pair and its large and small signal operation, Adm, 3
Acm and CMRR
MOS differential pair and its large and small signal operation,Adm,
7 3
Acm and CMRR
Non ideal characteristics of differential amplifiers, Differential
8 2
amplifiers with active load
MID TERM EVALUATION
Feedback amplifiers and General feedback structure, Properties of
9 negative feedback, four types of basic amplifiers , Four basic feedback 4
topologies, Loop gain, Stability problem,
10 Problems based on feedback topologies 3
Sinusoidal oscillators: RC phase shift and Wien bridge oscillators, LC
10 3
and crystal oscillators.
Typical architectures of internally-compensated-type Bipolar and
CMOS op-amps: Input common mode range and output swing, DC
6 voltage gain, CMRR, Frequency response, phase margin and gain 4
margin, Slew rate and unity gain bandwidth, Power supply rejection
ratio.
Output stages and power amplifiers: Class A, Class B, Class AB output
7 amplifier stages, Class C amplifiers, Power BJTs, MOS power 4
transistor, Discrete and IC power amplifiers.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
1. Adel S. Sedra and K. C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, New York: Oxford University Press,
1998.
2. P. R. Gray, P. J. Hurst, S. H. Lewis Meyer, Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits,
Fourth Edition 2009.
3. Jacob Millman and Arvin Grabel. Microelectronics, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1987.
List of Experiments
1. Evaluation of the performance of BJT Wilson Current mirror
2. Evaluation of the performance of MOS Cascode Current mirror
3. Evaluation of the performance of a Cascode amplifier
4. BJT-based differential amplifier with active load (and current source biasing)
5. MOS differential amplifier
6. Evaluation of the performance of a two-stage CMOS op-amp
7. Study of the properties of negative feedback amplifiers (implementation of series-series, series-parallel,
parallel-series and parallel-parallel topologies)
8. Study of class AB push-pull amplifier
9. BJT-based RC phase shift oscillator
10. Study of Colpitts and Hartley Oscillators
EVALUATION SCHEME FOR CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT:
S.No component Continuous assessment marks
1 TCA (15) Class tests 5
2 Assignments 5
3 Attendance/Teacher’s 5
assessment
4 PCA (15) Lab Test/Viva 5
5 Lab report 10
Attendance/performance
in lab
6 total 30