Last Update: 08/30/2023

Course Overview:

Course Description	Lab Information	*Sample Notebook Page
Course Information	Lab Report Format	*Sample Lab Report
Course Schedule	Lab Grading Criteria	*Who's Notebook?
Help Sessions	Lab Strategy
Academic Honesty Policy
WPI Consequences of Academic Dishonesty

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Problem Sets:

HW1

HW2

HW3

HW4

HW5

HW6

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Homework and Exam Solutions:

HW1 Solution	HW3 Solution	HW5 Solution
HW2 Solution	HW4 Solution	HW6 Solution
Exam1 Solution	Exam2 Solution	Exam3 Solution

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Lab Investigations:

LAB1 Video (Curve Tracer)	LAB5A Video (MOSFET Amplifier)
Diode V-I Characteristic - Multisim Example
LAB2 Video(Prelab2 Simulations)	LAB5B
LAB3 Video(Prelab3 Simulations)	LAB6
LAB4A Video (CMOS Inverter)	LAB7x (audio amp)Filter Review
LAB4B	Prelab7 Partial Calculations

Lab Notebook Check-Off

Diode V-I Characteristic

How to Find Diode Parameters IS & n

How to Find MOSFET Parameters Vt & Kn'(W/L)

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Lecture Notes:

LEC 01 - Semiconductor Intro / Periodic Table	LEC 13a - CMOS Logic Inverter Video
LEC 02 - The PN Junction	LEC 13b - CMOS Logic Gates Video
LEC 03 - Diode V-I Characteristic	LEC 14 - Pulse-Width-Modulation(PWM)
LEC 04 - Diode Signal Processing (Prelab4)	LEC 15 - MOSFET Amplifier
LEC 04 - Lab1 Follow-Up
LEC 05 - Homework-1 Examples	LEC 16 - MOSFET Models / Example
LEC 06 - Diode Applications / DC Power Supply	LEC 17 - BJT Introduction
LEC 07 - Lab1 Report Info / Lab2 Prep Video	LEC 18 - BJT V-I Characteristic / Models / Exam2 Review
LEC 08 - Lab2 Follow-Up Video	LEC 19 - BJT Common Emitter (CE) Amplifier
LEC 09 - Homework-2 Prep Video	LEC 20 - Voltage Divider Bias & Capacitive Coupling Extra
LEC 10 - MOSFET Intro Video MOSFET Physical Structure	LEC 21 - Lab6 Follow-up/BJT Small-Signal Model
LEC 11 - MOSFET Eqs./Turn-On Resistance Video	LEC 22 - Voltage Gain Amp Topology / Multi-Stage Amps
LEC 12 - NMOS Logic Inv. / Propagation Delays Video	LEC 23 - Negative Feedback / Differential Pair

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Some of My Favorite YouTube Videos

Steve Mould - Why hitting crystals makes electricity

Steve Mould - How a quartz watch works - its heart beats 32,768 times a second

Steve Mould - How diodes, LEDs and solar panels work

Steve Mould - Why all solar panels are secretly LEDs (and all LEDs are secretly solar panels)

Transistorized! History of the Transistor

Spark of Genius: The Story of John Bardeen at the University of Illinois

AT&T Archives: Dr. Walter Brattain on Semiconductor Physics

Harold S. Black and the Invention of the Negative Feedback Amplifier

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Camtasia Videos

Diode V-I Characteristic - Multisim Example
Half-Wave Rectifier - HW2
Diode Characteristic - Plotting With Excel - (Part 1)	Diode Characteristic - Plotting With Excel - (Part 2)
MOSFET V-I Characteristics	MOSFET Supplement
Lecture MOSFET Transconductance and Models
BJT Common Emitter (CE) Amplifier - Frequency Response	How to Find the Average of a Time Varying Signal
Multisim DC Analysis	Multisim Transient Analysis
Multisim AC Analysis	Plotting Frequency Response in Multisim
Dexuan Tang Video	Dexuan Tang Pic

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Resources & Handouts:

The P-N Junction Diode	BJT CE Amp w/ Base Bias
The Diode Equation	BJT CE Amp w/ Voltage Divider Bias & Re
Diode V-I Characteristic	BJT CE Amp w/ Emitter Bypass Cap
Iteration Example	BJT CC (Emitter Follower) Amp
Diode Model Comparison	BJT CB Amp
Load Line Example	BJT CE Amp DETAILED EXAMPLE
MOSFET Equations	MOSFET Physical Structure
Limiting/Clipping/Clamping Circuits	Dual Power Supply

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Specification Sheets:

1N4001	MC14007	LM741 Schematic
1N4001 Catalog Page	BS170	IRF530 , IRFZ44
1N751A , 1N5231B	2N3904 / 2N3906	TIP 31 & TIP32
LM7805 VREG	Fairchild Cellphone Charger IC	TI LM7805 (Thanks Sage A2022!)