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Reception hours for the test:

• Submission date of HW 10 is postponed to 24/1/05.
• On HW 8, question 2 is optional; you'll get a 30% bonus on the exercise if you solve it.
• The submission date of HW 7 is postponed to the 21/12/04.
• The submission date of HW 6 is postponed to the 13/12/04.
• Because of a mistake in HW5, I am postponing the submission of the exercise to the 5/12/04.
• Our policy for HW grades transfer can be found here.
• The reception hours of Amir Rosenthal has been changed.
• updated 11.10.04: the tutorials and workshops of the first week are being held as scheduled.
• Please, any questions regarding SPICE refer to Arye Nahmany (and not to Amir)
Find a partner for HW exercises: Listed below are students who need a partner (if you want to add your name to the list send mail to Amir Rosenthal ).

The list:

1. Sonia Tilim soniat@t2.technion.ac.il

2. Kupershtein Evgeny skuper@t2.technion.ac.il

3. Daghash Wassim swassim@techst02.technion.ac.il

 

Partnerless students for the design exercise:

1. Rony Ru`ach sroniru@techst02.technion.ac.il

2. Yaron Brlb  syarron@techst02.technion.ac.il

 

 

 

  Lecturers

 

• Dr. Moshe Porat (In Charge)
  • Lecture: Monday 14:30-17:30, Fishbach 405  
  • Rception hours: Sun & Thu, both 15:30-16:20.
  • Office: Meyer 705, Tel: 829-4684
   
• Dr. Daniel Lubzens

• Lecture: Monday 09:30-10:30, Fishbach 402; Tuesday 08:30-10:30, Fishbach 402
• Reception hours: Monday 10:30-11:30; Tuesday 10:30-11:30
• Office: Wolfson 204, Tel: 829-4204

 

  Teaching Assistants

 

• Amir Rosenthal (in charge)
  • Class exercises:  Tuesday 15:30-16:30
  • Workshops: Sunday 13:30-14:30, Fishbah 402; Tuesday 14:30-15:30 Fishbah 504
  • Reception hours:  Tuesday 17:30-19:30
  • Office:  Meyer 557, Tel: 829-4665.

   

   
• Rafi Weill

• Class exercises: Wednesday 9:30-10:30 Wednesday 15:30-16:30,
• Reception hours: Wednesday 14:30-15:30, Monday 11:30-12:30
• Office: Meyer 610, Tel: 829-4725.

 

• Moshe Toito

• Class exercises: Tuesday 11:30-12:30 Fishbach 403, Tuesday 13:30-14:30 Fishbach 403
• Reception hours: Tuesday 12:30-13:30, Monday 12:30-13:30.
• Office:  Meyer 953, Tel: 829-4739.

SPICE Teaching Assistant & Grader

Arye Nahmany

• Reception hours: Monday 11:30-12:30.
• Office: Fishbach 348, Tel: 829-5744. (DURING RECEPTION HOUR ONLY!)

Homework Grader

Rafi Weill

Zohar Barzily

• Reception hours: Tuesday, 14:30-16:30.
• Office: Fishbach 346, Tel: 829-3272. 

 

 
 
 

   Course Topics

 

• Introduction. Transistors' Models.
• Basic amplifier stages. Multistage amplifiers.
• Frequency response. Wideband amplifiers.
• Direct Current sources. Active load.
• Bipolars Transistors
• Differential and Operational amplifiers.
• Feedback systems.
• Power amplifiers.
   
   
   
   
   

  Grading Policy

• Weekly homework exercises, 9 exercises out of 12 : 10% - optional.
• Design exercise: 20% - compulsory.
• Final exam : 70% - 80%.

 
 
 
 
 

  Exams

• Moed A                  : 16.02.2005              Solution of exam A Histogram of Moed A - final grades
• Moed B                  : 11.03.2005  
         Solution of exam B

 
  Previous Semesters' Exams
 
Download exams
 
   

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Lecture Notes:

 

    

       - by Dr. Moshe Porat

       Text files- pdf format

 

 - by Dr. Daniel Lubzens

Text files- pdf format
Power Point Presentation - pdf format

 

  Class Exercise Notes

Class Exercise 1
Class Exercise 2
Class Exercise 3
Class Exercise 4
Class Exercise 5
Class Exercise 6
Class Exercise 7
Class Exercise 8
Class Exercise 9
Class Exercise 10
Class Exercise 11
Class Exercise 12
Class Exercise 13
Class Exercise 14

 Workshop Notes

Notes for the video workshops

Disclaimer - The partial solutions bellow were summarized in class by Orly Katzaf. They are informal solutions and should be regarded as such.  

Workshop 1 - Partial solution

Workshop 2 - Partial solution

Workshop 3 - Partial solution

Workshop 4 - Partial solution

Workshop 5 - Partial solution

Workshop 6 - Partial solution

Workshop 7 - Partial solution

Workshop 8 + Partial solution

Workshop 9  - Partial solution - Correction

Workshop 10 -  Partial solution

Workshop 11 - Partial solution

Workshop 12 - Partial solution

Workshops 13+14  - Partial solutions: 13 14

 

 

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Spice Tutorial:

     Spice Video Tutorials

              Introduction

               tutorial 1

              tutorial 2

              toturial 3

Download Spice here (OrCAD 10.0 Demo Software)

SPICE Notes
  

              tutorial

              device catalog

  Weekly Homework Assignments

Important!- all works must be submitted until 12:30 !!!!!!!!

 

Assignments	Submission Date	Solutions
Homework Exercise 1	03.11.04
Homework Exercise 2	10.11.04
Homework Exercise 3	17.11.04
Homework Exercise 4	24.11.04
Homework Exercise 5	5.12.04
Homework Exercise 6	13.12.04
Homework Exercise 7	21.12.04
Homework Exercise 8	30.12.04
Homework Exercise 9	17.01.04
Homework Exercise 10	24.01.04
Homework Exercise 11	31.01.04
Homework Exercise 12	10.02.04
Homework Exercise 13	not to submit

Spice Homework Assignments
 
 

Assignments	Submission Date
Design Exercise	10.1.05

 
 

  Literature

• Sedra & Smith: Microelectronic Circuits, HRW, 1998 or 1991 (Hebrew version available)
• Gray & Meyer: Analysis & Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, Wiley, 2001 or 1993.

 

• B. Razavi: Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, McGraw-Hill 2001.

 
 

Frequently Asked Questions

A very short summary about Cramer's rule (matrix theory)
 
 
 

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