Fundamentals of Transistors Supplemental Reading

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Fundamentals of Transistors:

Mark Lundstrom
edX Spring 2021

Supplementary reading assignments

Supplementary reading assignments are from:

Fundamentals of Nanotransistors (FoN) by M. S. Lundstrom


(listed in parentheses beside relevant lectures).

A draft copy of this book is available in the “Reading Materials” tab

Unit 1: Transistors, circuits and compact models


Supplemental reading from FoN (in parentheses)

L1.1: The MOSFET as a black box (FoN: 2.1 - 2.3)


L1.2: Digital circuits
L1.3: Analog/RF circuits
L1.4: MOSFET device metrics (FoN: 2.4)
L1.5: Compact models
L1.6: Unit 1 Recap

Unit 2: Essential physics of the MOSFET


Supplemental reading from FoN (in parentheses)

L2.1: Energy Band Diagram Review


L2.2: Energy Band View of MOSFETs (FoN: 3.1 - 3.8)
L2.3: MOSFET IV Theory (FoN: 4.1 - 4.7)
L2.4: The Square Law MOSFET (FoN: Exercises 4.1 and 4.2)
L2.5: The Virtual Source model (FoN: 5.1 - 5.6)
L2.6: Unit 2 Recap

Unit 3: MOS Electrostatics


Supplemental reading from FoN (in parentheses)

L3.1: The Energy Band Diagram Approach (FoN: 6.2)


L3.2: The Depletion Approximation (FoN: 6.4 - 6.8)
L3.3: Gate Voltage and Surface Potential (FoN: 7.1, 7.3)
L3.4 Flat-band Voltage (FoN: 7.2)
L3.5: MOS CV (FoN: 7.4 - 7.7)
L3.6: The Mobile Charge vs. Surface Potential (FoN: 8.1 - 8.4 / 9.1 - 9.5)
L3.7: The Mobile Charge vs. Gate Voltage (FoN: 8.5 - 8.7 / 9.7 - 9.7)
L3.8: 2D MOS Electrostatics (FoN: 10.1 - 10.9)
L3.9: The VS model revisited (FoN: 11.1 - 11.6)
L3.10: Unit 3 Recap

Unit 4: Transmission theory of the MOSFET


Supplemental reading from FoN (in parentheses)

L4.1: Landauer Approach (FoN: 12.1 - 12.9 / 16.1 - 16.7)


L4.2: Current at Low and High Bias (FoN: 12.3)
L4.3 The Ballistic MOSFET (FoN: 13.1 - 13.8)
L4.4 Velocity at the Virtual Source (FoN: 14.1 - 14.6)
L4.5: Transmission Theory of the MOSFET (FoN: 17.1 - 17.9)
L4.6: The VS model Revisited (FoN: 15.1 - 15.7 / 18.1 - 18.6)
L4.7: Analysis of Measured IV Data (FoN: 19.1 - 19.10)
L4.8: Unit 4 Recap

Unit 5: Additional topics


Supplemental reading from FoN (in parentheses)

L5.1: Limits of MOSFETs (FoN: 20.2)


L5.2: Power MOSFETs
L5.3: High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs)
L5.4: Review of PN Junctions
L5.5: Heterostructure Bipolar Transistors (HBTs)
L5.6: A Second Look at Compact models
L5.7: Unit 5 Recap

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