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Course Overview

ES 230 Electronics I

• Course description: Theory, characteristics and operation of diodes, bipolar junction transistors and MOSFET transistors.

• When: – TTH 10:45-12:00 (Lectures)– T 1-3:40 (Lab, ES231)

• Classroom: – Salazar Hall 2009A (Lecture, ES230)– Sal 2005 (Lab, ES231)

Course Webpage

Instructor Availability

• Instructor: Dr. Jack Ou• Office: Salazar 2010B• Office hours:–MW 10:30-11:00, TH 3:00 to 4:00

• Email: jack.ou@sonoma.edu– I like to communicate over email.– I do not check my voice mail.

• Do not overlook the opportunity to meet with the instructor.

Prerequisite: Electric Circuits (ES220)• Concepts from ES220– Ohm’s law– Series/parallel circuit– Voltage/current divider– Nodal analysis–Mesh analysis– Dependent sources– Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuit– AC analysis

Prerequisite: Electric Circuits Lab (ES 221)

• Repertoire of skills–Measure voltage/resistance– Build circuits on a breadboard– Troubleshoot circuits– Simulate circuits using Cadence

For Students Enrolled in the lab Session

• Please bring your own laboratory supply (Search with the Part #, broken links)

• You may share with your partner. No more than 2 students per group.

• The ES department will supply the transistors• We will from time to time work on problems

during the lab hours. (No lab today!)

Prerequisite: Physics 214

(BJT transistor)

(PN junction)

Order of Presentation• Diode

– Device Physics

–Circuit Design • Bipolar junction transistor

– Device Physics

– Circuit Design

• Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor– Device Physics

– Circuit Design (NAND Gate)

Math Prerequisite: Calc II

Examples

Textbook

• Required Text: Behzad Razavi, “Fundamentals of Microelectronics”, Wiley, 1st edition. (ISBN-13: 978-0-471-47846-1)

• Reminder: ES230 is a 3 unit course requiring an average of 9-12 hours of study per week!

Course Policies

• Regarding classroom conduct• Regarding homework, exams and

Piazza

Grading

• Three exams – (total: 60 %. Exam #1=15 %, exam #2=20%, and

final=25 %)

• Class participation – (total: 15 %. Attendance=5%, participate in active

learning exercises both in class and out of class=10%)

• Supplemental assignments – (total: 5 %. Supplemental assignments consist of

videos, articles, and other forms of exercises design to stimulate students’ interest in semiconductor industry)

• Homework assignment: – 20 %

Classroom Participation

• Examples of exercises– You are given a blank sheet of paper,

and asked to respond a brief question. You will not be graded.

– You maybe asked to present the solution you have worked on in class.

– You maybe asked to summarized other students’ response

– You maybe asked to complete anonymous survey about the course

Supplemental Assignment• Focus– History of Silicon valley– Engineers’ reflection of their career– Talks given by some interesting

characters

• Format: video/articles

Homework

• 20 % of the final grade– Problems in each assignment are graded

selectively. – Effort based.– Each assignment can take on an average six

hours to complete– Please start your assignment early. Do not

wait till the last minute– Post your questions on Piazza

Homework Tips

• Try to attack the problems from different angles– Ask the what if questions

• Summarize the question in your own words.• “I am stuck because …..”• “This problem frustrates me because….”• “Here is what I do not understand…..”• “Here is what I know about this problem….”• Be self-critical. Be suspicious of assumptions that

you considered to be true.• Be disciplined. If you are truly stuck, move on

and come back to work on the question.

Tests

• Review sheet• Test #2 is difficult for most students

Helpful practices for better grades

• Before class– Download the lecture notes from the website and review

them– Make a list of questions that you want to ask– Make use of instructor’s office hour

• In class– Stay awake and listen actively– Participate in exercises– Take notes. Make a mental list on what is confusing to you.

• After class– Set aside a time to study.– Review the notes . Use the textbook as a reference.– Do assignments/homework before the deadline– Post questions on Piazza

• 9/3 last day to drop a course with adjusted fees (done on-line)

• 9/4-15: drop with a “W” (done on-line)

• 9/16-11/13: petition to withdraw from a class with $20 administrative fee (dropping classes permitted because of serious and compelling reasons)