Integrated Circuit Design

Technology of fabrication of Integrated Circuits (ICs) (crystal growth, wafer production, epitaxy, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation and film deposition), methods of layout design, layout rules for nMOS and CMOS ICs, microlithography. MOSFET models for DC operation. Basic digital MOSFET ICs (inverter, pass gate, combinational logic circuits, sequential circuits, memories). MOSFET polarisation principles (circuits for voltage polarisation, current sources and active loads). Amplifiers with one and more stages (small signal models, basic analogue amplifier stages, differential amplifier, operational amplifier). Frequency response of MOSFET circuits (HF equivalent circuits, frequency compensation). Switched capacitor circuits (principles of operation, applications).