ECE-UY-3114, Solid State Electronic
Devices and Circuits I
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tandon School of
Engineering, New York University
This course is the first part of the undergraduate Solid State Electronics Sequence ECE-UY-
3114-3124. ECE-UY-3114 is a required course for all EE/CompE students, whereas ECE-
UY-3124 is an elective. ECE-UY-3114 will be based on basic circuit theory covered in the
Circuits ECE-UY-2004 class. It will first introduce analysis and applications of electronic
circuits using ideal amplifier blocks called operational amplifier (OP-AMP). The internal
circuitry of such microelectronic amplifiers use different kinds of semiconductor components
called diodes and transistors. We will discuss basic physical operation of diodes and
transistors, followed by the analysis and design of practical electronic circuits employing
such semiconductor components. Transistors based on bipolar junctions (BJT) as well as
field-effect operations (FET) will be studied. Examples of practical circuits that use diodes
and transistors include ac-to-dc converters, amplifiers and digital switching gates. Such
electronic circuits are building blocks of all modern communication and computer systems.
Text: A. Sedra and K. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, Latest (8th) Edition,
Oxford University Press (2020).
Course Outline
Topic Description
ESTIMATED
LECTURE HOURS
1(ChI.1)
Introduction, amplifier basics, circuit model
and frequency response of amplifiers
6
2(ChI.2)
Operational amplifier, inverting and non-
inverting configuration, close and open-
loop
response, gain-bandwidth product, slew rate
6
3(ChI.3,4)
Diode, rectifier, limiter,
clamp, semiconductor physics
9
4(ChI.6,7)
Bipolar junction transistor (BJT), basic
operation, small signal model; cut-
off, active
and saturation regions, biasing; different
amplifier configurations; BJT as a digital
switch.
10
5(Ch.5,7)
Field-Effect Transistors (FET and
MOSFET), basic operation, biasing, small
signal model, amplifier configurations.
8
