Course Instructors:

Debashish Nandi, PhD Scholar, IIT Kanpur

Md. Ateeb Naseer, PhD Scholar, IIT Kanpur

Musaib Rafiq, PhD Scholar, IIT Kanpur

Course logistics/Assignment submission: ateeb20@iitk.ac.in, debashish21@iitk.ac.in, musaib20@iitk.ac.in  

Course Contents:

• FCH (Tentative First Course Handout)

Module-1 (SPICE, Linearity, Network Theorems, Passive Circuit Elements, DC, AC, Transient simulations)

Lecture 1:

• Introduction to SPICE (Link)

• Additional lecture link of Prof. Baquer Mazhari's distinguished lecture on the biography of Transistors!

Lecture 2:

• SPICE, Passive and Active Elements, Linearity, KCL, Device Models, Diode I-V relation and other salient features (Link)

• Additional lecture links (link1 link2 link3 link4 link5) of Prof. Nagendra Kishnapura's NPTEL Basic Electrical Circuit lecture course!

• Lab Files: LT-SPICE files (Voltage Divider Circuit, Diode I-V, 1st order R-C network)

• Homework (interested students may send their solutions to debashish21@iitk.ac.in):

1. Watch the additional lectures posted above.

2. Read Thevenin and Norton's Theorem.

3. Solve any one GATE-EC-2024 Network Theory Problem in LT-SPICE.

Lecture 3:

• Newton-Raphson Method, Thevenin's Theorem: Fundamentals and Proof (Link)

• Lab Files: LT-SPICE files (1st order passive filters: LPF, HPF, BPF, Half-wave rectifier)

• Homework (interested students may send their solutions to ateeb20@iitk.ac.in):

1. Prove Norton's Theorem using the same concept of superposition as shown in class.

2. Simulate a diode bridge-rectifier circuit in LT-SPICE.

3. Solve the attached problem using the self-consistent method discussed in class. (Link)

Module-2 (Circuital analysis of CMOS inverters, logic gates, transient and steady-state responses)

Lecture 1:

• Introduction to CMOS Inverters (Link)

• Additional lecture links (link1 link2 link3) of Dr. Shubham Sahay of IIT Kanpur.

• Lab Files: LT-SPICE files (Inverters: NMOS-Resistor, NMOS with diode-connected load, CMOS, Pseduo)

• Homework (interested students may send their solutions to musaib20@iitk.ac.in):

1. Watch the additional lectures posted above.

2. Implement the inverter circuits discussed in class, replacing NMOS with PMOS.

Lecture 2:

• CMOS Logic Gates (Link)

• Additional lecture links (link1 link2) of Dr. Shubham Sahay of IIT Kanpur.

• Lab Files: LT-SPICE files (Inverter-1, Inverter-2, NAND Gate)

• Homework (interested students may send their solutions to musaib20@iitk.ac.in):

1. Watch the additional lectures posted above.

2. Solve the problems in this link.

Module-3 (Two-port Networks, parameters, ideal OPAMP and circuits)

Lecture 1:

• Two-Port Networks and parameters (Z, Y, ABCD, H), Reciprocity, Symmetry and circuit implementation  (Link)

• Supplementary Information (link) from Won Y. Tang et al.

• Lab Files: LT-SPICE files (Band Pass Filter - Detailed AC Analysis)

• Homework (interested students may send their solutions to debashish21@iitk.ac.in):

1. Solve the problems in this link.

Lecture 2:

• OPAMP: An Introduction, Practical vs. Ideal, TI-LM741, CMRR, Negative Feedback, Virtual Short, Basic Circuits, Filters (Passive and Active), Inside of LM-741, and Different Stages. (Link)

• Supplementary Information (MIT-OPAMP, TI LM-741 Datasheet, An Intro to OPAMP).

• Lab Files: LT-SPICE files (Inverting Amplifier, Non-inverting Amplifier, Voltage Buffer, LPF, HPF, BPF,  AntiLog Amplifier)

• Homework (interested students may send their solutions to debashish21@iitk.ac.in):

1. Solve the problems in this link.

Module-4 (MOSFETs—introduction, I-V, SPICE models, MOSFETs as amplifiers, MOSFETs as bi-directional switches)

Lecture 1:

• MOS Varactors, Compact Models and MOSFET - BSIM4   (Link)

• Supplementary Information (link1 and link2) from Prof. Yogesh Singh Chauhan, IIT Kanpur.

• Lab Files: LT-SPICE files (Ideal MOSFET I-V vs. Practical TSMC 45nm PDK MOSFET I-V and Length Scaling)

• Homework (interested students may send their solutions to debashish21@iitk.ac.in):

1. Derive the small signal model shown in class for a MOSFET.

2. Determine the two-port y-parameters of the small-signal model discussed in class.

Lecture 2:

• MOSFET Amplifiers: Common Source, Common Drain and Common Gate configurations (Link)

• Supplementary lecture series (link) from Dr. Imon Mondal, IIT Kanpur.

• Lab Files: LT-SPICE files (CS, CD, CG, CS-pmos, CS-resistance sweep, CS-Diode connected)

• Homework (interested students may send their solutions to ateeb20@iitk.ac.in):

1. Derive the small signal models of each of the amplifier stages

Lecture 3:

• MOSFET as Transmit/Receive Bi-directional Switch—Basics (Link)

• Lab Files: LT-SPICE files (MOSFET as switch)

• Homework (interested students may send their solutions to debashish21@iitk.ac.in):

1. Simulate one SPST switch using 4 MOSFETs (45 nm pdk).

COURSE PROJECT: Link (Submission is due by the 3rd week of your summer vacation.)

Important Lecture Links related to this course and also helpful for GATE):

• Signals and Systems: NPTEL Lectures by Prof. Suhas Chandra Dutta Roy (IIT Delhi)

• Basic Electrical Circuits: NPTEL Lectures by Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura (IIT Madras)

• Solid State Devices / Electronic Devices and Circuits: NPTEL Lectures by Prof. Sreepad Karmalkar (IIT Madras)

• Analog Circuits: NPTEL Lectures by Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura (IIT Madras) + Remaining Lectures

• Digital Electronics: NPTEL Lectures by Prof. S Srinivas (IIT Madras)

• Analog Communications: NPTEL Lectures by Prof. S Prasad (IIT Delhi)

• Digital Communications: NPTEL Lectures by Prof. S Prasad (IIT Delhi)

• Transmission Lines and Electromagnetic Field Theory: NPTEL Lectures by Prof. R K Shevgaonkar  (IIT Bombay)

• Control Systems: (Classical) -  NPTEL Lectures by Prof. M Gopal  (IIT Delhi), (Modern) - NPTEL Lectures by Prof. Y V Hote  (IIT Roorkee)

Other important Links:

Prof. Baquer Mazhari (IIT Kanpur) - YouTube (UG)

Prof. Yogesh Singh Chauhan (IIT Kanpur) - Short Course on Nano-Transistors  (Advanced UG/PG)

Prof. Mark Lundstrom (Purdue University) - Essentials of MOSFETs (Advanced UG/PG)

Prof. Behzad Razavi (UCLA) - Lectures on Analog Circuits (UG)

Prof. Ali Hajimiri (CalTech) - Lectures on Circuits and Systems (UG) and Analog Circuit Design (Advanced UG/PG)

Prof. Jan M Rabaye (UC Berkeley) - Lectures on Digital Circuit Design (Advanced UG/PG)