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PHY668: Microelectronics 4 CH (L60+T20) Nature of the course: Theory Full Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50 Course description:

This course deals with Microelectronics. The course is designed to fulfill the following objectives.

Course objective:

To give the adequate knowledge in designing digital electronics circuits Course content: 1. Integrated Circuit Fabrication and Design: [20 hours]

1.1 Monolithic Integrated Circuit Technology, 1.2 Fabrication of Bipolar Transistor, FET, IC Diodes, Metal-Semiconductor Contacts, IC

Resistors, Capacitors and Inductors, 1.3 Logic Gate Characteristics, 1.4 NMOS Logic Gates, 1.5 CMOS Logic Gates, 1.6 BJT Inverter, 1.7 TTL Logic Gates, 1.8 TTL Output Stages, 1.9 Emitter Coupled Logic Circuits, 1.10 Comparison of Logic Families.

2. Signal Processing and Data Conversion: [8 hours]

2.1 Signal and Signal Processing, 2.2 Sample and Hold System, 2.3 Analog Multiplexer and Demultiplexer, 2.4 D/A Converters, 2.5 A/D Converters.

3. Combinatorial Digital Circuits: [20 hours]

3.1 Standard Gate Assemblies, 3.2 Binary Adders, 3.3 Arithmetic Functions, 3.4 Digital Comparator, 3.5 Parity Checker-Generator, 3.6 Decoder-Demultiplexers, 3.7 Data Selector Multiplexers, 3.8 Encoder, 3.9 Read Only Memory (ROM), 3.10 Two-Dimensional Addressing of a ROM, 3.11 ROM Applications, 3.12 Programmable ROMs (PROMs), 3.13 Erasable PROMs, 3.14 Programmable Array Logic, 3.15 Programmable Logic Arrays.

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4. Very Large Scale Integrated System: [12 hours] 4.1 Dynamic MOS Shift Registers, 4.2 Ratioless Shift-Register Stages, 4.3 CMOS Domino Logic, 4.4 Random Access Memory (RAM), 4.5 Read Write Memory Cells, 4.6 Bipolar RAM Cells, 4.7 Charge-Coupled Device (CCD), 4.8 CCD Structures.

Text Books: 1. Millman J., Grabel A. – Microelectronics, McGraw Hill International Edition, New York (1987). Reference Books: 1. Smith Sedra - Microelectronics circuits, Fifth Edition, New York Oxford, Oxford University Press

(2004).