University of
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Integrated
Circuit Design and Fabrication
ECE
120B – Spring 2019
Instructor: Dr. Ilan Ben-Yaacov
Schedule:
Mon/Wed 9:30 - 10:45am, GIRV 2112
Announcements
6/3/19: Additional TA
lab hours will be held in the instructional cleanroom (test area only) at the following days/times:
Fri 6/7 from 10am-1pm (Suraj)
Sat 6/8 from 12-3pm (Suraj)
Sun 6/9 from 12-3pm (Xiaowen)
Mon 6/10 from 12-3pm (Xiaowen)
5/13/19:
Ilan will hold additional office hours on
Tues 5/28 from 11am-1pm in HFH 5111.
5/13/19:
Homework 5 is now posted on the class website.
5/1/19:
Homework 4 is now posted on the class website.
4/29/19:
Homework 3 due date has been
moved to 5/6/19.
4/17/19:
Homework 3 is now posted on the class website.
4/9/19:
Homework 2 is now posted on the class website.
4/1/19:
First day of class will be Wed 4/3. Make-up class will be held on Friday 4/5
from 9:30-10:45am in PHELPS 1437.
4/1/19: TA
lab hours during weeks 2-4 will be held in the ECI lab at the following
days/times:
Suraj Dhanak: Tues/Thurs 10am-1pm
Xiaowen Guo: Mon/Wed 1-4pm
4/1/19:
Welcome to ECE 120B! Homework 1 along with various other handouts are
available on the class website.
Syllabus
(click here for syllabus in .pdf format)
Time: Mon/Wed
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Place: GIRV
2112
Instructor: Dr.
Ilan Ben-Yaacov, HFH Room 5111, ilan@ece.ucsb.edu
Office Hours: Mon/Wed
11:00-11:50am or by appointment, HFH Room 5111
Teaching Assistants: Suraj Dhanak
(dhanak@umail.ucsb.edu), office/lab hours Tues/Thurs 10am-1pm
Xiaowen Guo
(xguo@umail.ucsb.edu), office/lab hours Mon/Wed 1-4pm
Lab Supervisor: Bob
Hill, Engineering II Room 1141, ext 4142, bob@ece.ucsb.edu
Required Text: Device Electronics for Integrated Circuits, 3rd edition,
by Richard S. Muller and Theodore I. Kamins, 2002,
ISBN 0-471-59398-2. Handouts and class
notes will complement the text.
Prerequisites: ECE
132, ECE 137A, and ECE 120A or equivalent, or consent of the instructor.
Topics to be covered:
MOS transistors
p-n junctions and heterojunctions
Bipolar transistors / HBT’s
JFETs, HFETs
VLSI technologies
Advanced processing techniques
Course Description: There will be homework assignments, a midterm, a presentation
and laboratory work. Laboratory work will consist of designing, fabricating and
testing of something interesting such as a simple MOS circuit. You will design
the entire process sequence, simulate the expected device characteristics and
circuit performance, and compare it with your experimental results. Homework,
midterm, and laboratory project/presentation will each contribute 15%, 30%, and
55%, respectively, to the final grade. The laboratory will include a final
report and a presentation to the class.
Homework Assignments – turn into box on 3rd floor
of HFH
Homework 1 – due 4/8/19 by 5:00pm (there is nothing to turn in
for this assignment)
Homework 2 – due 4/18/19 by 5:00pm
Homework 3 – due 5/2/19 5/6/19 by 5:00pm
Homework 4 – due 5/16/19 by 5:00pm
Homework 5 – due 5/23/19 by 5:00pm
Homework Solutions (requires password)
Midterm
Midterm will be on Wednesday, 5/29/19. You will be
allowed a calculator and 3 pages of notes (8.5 by 11 inch, you may write on
front and back). BRING A BLUE BOOK
TO RECORD YOUR ANSWERS! Midterm
review will be in class on Wednesday 5/22/19.
Handouts
L-Edit tutorial - note: L-Edit has been installed on all of the PCs in the
ECI lab.
L-Edit Template File (will be emailed to everyone in
the class)
Tasker / Hughes paper on effects of source and drain resistance on RF
performance
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