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The midterm syllabus covers topics from 'Microelectronic Circuits' including amplifiers, MOSFET device structure, biasing techniques, small-signal operation, and single-stage MOS amplifiers. Additional materials from lectures and CMS resources are included, while LTSPICE is excluded from the exam. Allowed materials for the exam include the textbook, handwritten notes, and calculators.

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MEC_MidSem_Syllabus_2025

The midterm syllabus covers topics from 'Microelectronic Circuits' including amplifiers, MOSFET device structure, biasing techniques, small-signal operation, and single-stage MOS amplifiers. Additional materials from lectures and CMS resources are included, while LTSPICE is excluded from the exam. Allowed materials for the exam include the textbook, handwritten notes, and calculators.

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Syllabus for Midterm (OPEN BOOK)

Text Book:

Adel. S. Sedra, Kenneth C Smith, “Microelectronic Circuits,” Oxford University Press, Fifth Edition, 2004.

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Chapter: Introduction to Electronics


Amplifiers
Circuit Models for Amplifiers
Frequency response of Amplifiers
Chapter: MOSFET
Device Structure and Physical Operation
Current Voltage Characteristics
MOSFET Circuits at DC
The MOSFET as an Amplifier and as a switch
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Biasing in MOS Amplifier Circuits

• Biasing by Fixing VGS


• Biasing by Fixing VG and Connecting a Resistance in the Source
• Biasing Using a Drain-to-Gate Feedback Resistor
• Biasing Using a Constant-Current Source
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Small-Signal Operation and Models
• The DC Bias Point
• The Signal Current in the Drain Terminal
• The Voltage Gain
• Separating the DC Analysis and the Signal Analysis
• Small-Signal Equivalent-Circuit Models
• The Transconductance gm
• The T Equivalent-Circuit Model
• Modeling the Body Effect
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Single-Stage MOS Amplifiers
• The Basic Structure
• Characterizing Amplifiers
• The Common-Source (CS) Amplifier
• The Common-Source Amplifier with a Source Resistance
• The Common-Gate (CG) Amplifier
• The Common-Drain or Source-Follower Amplifier
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The MOSFET Internal Capacitances
• The Gate Capacitive Effect
• The Junction Capacitance
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Note:

1. In addition to the above-mentioned, the topics discussed in the lecture class related to the mentioned topics, materials
uploaded on CMS (Lecture slides, Tutorials, homework) are included

2. LTSPICE is not included in the Midterm exam

Allowed Material:
1. Adel. S. Sedra, Kenneth C Smith, “Microelectronic Circuits (Text Book). Photocopy of textbook allowed
2. Handwritten Notes
3. Calculator allowed

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