Winter 2003/04 - Homepage

 
 
 
 
 

Announcements

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• updated 29.6.04: Tirgul hashlama for Moshe groups- Thursday, room 402 at 17:30
• updated 30.5.04: The next class exercise (#10) will be in different format from the one you have in your papers, so make sure to attend the class.
• updated 30.5.04: Design exercise is postponed till 17.6.04
• updated 30.5.04: Midterm solution has been updated
• updated 11.5.04: Rafi won't be here in the next two weeks (starting Sunday) so if you have questions direct them to the other staff. Amir will replace him in the tutorial on Thursday 20.5.04
• updated 5.5.04: Moshe has now changed reception hours (look below)
• updated 21.4.04: some changes: 1. next week we will not hold tutorials (the ones on Thursday 29/4 are cancelled ! ) and 2. Tutorial 9 will be given before tutorials 7 and 8 ("active load" before "bipolar") !
• updated 18.4.04: tirgul hashlama this Thursday, instead of 12:30 it will be on 14:30 in room 354
• updated 14.4.04: Hw4 is postponed to 22.4.04 !
• Please, any questions regarding SPICE refer to Arye Nahmany (and not to Rafi)
• updated 31.3.2004: Due to some mistake, question 3 is HW3 is cancelled!!!!! 
• Hw3 has been updated today (25.3) - the corrections are very small, but still, if you downloaded the previous version, download this one instead.
• I've added new help documents for SPICE (In the Spice Tutorial section)
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 Rafi Weill ).

The list:

1. Arik Alon- sarikal@t2 tel:  052-616340

2. Gil Zemer 051-306200 065-639361

3. Natasha - tel: 055-982490

4.Fadi Sweid- sfadis@t2...

5.Amir Tal -tel: 051-242377

6.Elias Shehadi , E-mail: shehadi@t2

7. Stas, tel: 067-209403

 

 

  Lecturers

• Dr. Daniel Lubzens (In Charge)

• Lecture: Monday 08:30-10:30, Meyer 280; Tuesday 08:30-09:30, Meyer 280
• Reception hours:
• Office: Wolfson 204, Tel: 829-4204

 

• Mr. Oded Katz

• Lecture: Wednesday 10:30-12:30, Ulman 204; Thursday 08:30-09:30, Ulman 204
• Reception hours: Thursday 9:30-10:30
• Office: Wolfson 306, Tel: 829-3882

 

  Teaching Assistants

• Rafi Weill

• Class exercises: Thursday12:30-13:30, Mayer 352
• Reception hours: Sunday 11:30-12:30, Wednesday 15:30-16:30
• Office: Meyer 610, Tel: 829-4725.

 

• Amir Rosenthal

• Class exercises:  Wednesday 15:30-16:30, Fishbah 403.
• Workshops: Monday 11:30-12:30, Fishbah 405; Wednesday 9:30-10:30 Fishbah 405
• Reception hours: Wednesday 10:30-12:30
• Office:  Meyer 557, Tel: 829-4665.

 

• Moshe Toito

• Class exercises:  Tuesday 11:30-12:30, Fishbah 403; Tuesday 16:30-17:30, Fishbah 403.
• Reception hours: Tuesday 15:30-16:30, Monday 15:30-16:30.
• Office:  Meyer 811, Tel: 829-3272.

SPICE Teaching Assistant & Grader

Arye Nahmany

• Reception hours: Monday 13:00-14:00
• Office: Meyer 811, Tel: 829-3272. (DURING RECEPTION HOUR ONLY!)

Homework Grader

Moshe Toito (details are above)

 
 
 

   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: 15% - compulsory.
• Midterm quiz: 25% - optional.
• Final exam : 50% - 85%.

 
 
 
 
 

  Exams

• Midterm quiz         : 13.05.2004
•        Solution of the midterm
• Moed A                  : 05.07.2004       Solution of exam A 
• Moed B                  : 19.10.2004  
     Solution of exam B    
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  Previous Semesters' Exams
 
Download exams
 
   

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Lecture Notes:

 - by Dr. Daniel Lubzens

Text files- pdf format
Power Point Presentation - pdf format

 

- by Oded Katz: lecture 7  ,  lecture 9

       

       - by Dr. Moshe Porat

       Text files- 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

 

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Spice Tutorial:

                download instruction, click here .

                download spice help document1, click here .

                download spice help document2, click here .

                download the movies :

                Movie #1 :  click here .

                Movie #2 :  click here .

                Movie #3 :  click here .

                Movie #4 :  click here.

                download Camplay, click here .
 

SPICE Notes
 

For SPICE downloads, click here .

  Weekly Homework Assignments

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

 

Assignments	Submission Date	Solutions
Homework Exercise 1	01.4.04
Homework Exercise 2	01.4.04
Homework Exercise 3	13.4.04
Homework Exercise 4	22.4.04
Homework Exercise 5	29.4.04
Homework Exercise 6	10.5.04
Homework Exercise 7	20.5.04
Homework Exercise 8	10.6.04
Homework Exercise 9	17.6.04
Homework Exercise 10	24.6.04
Homework Exercise 11	01.7.04
Homework Exercise 12	01.7.04
Homework Exercise 13	not to submit

Spice Homework Assignments
 
 

Assignments	Submission Date
Design Exercise	17.6.04

 
 

  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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