Electronic Engineering: Design, Research and Application of Digital Integrated Circuit

Course 24: Electronic Engineering: Design, Research and Application of Digital Integrated Circuit

I. Course Description

This course will lead students on a journey of exploration of microelectronics, one of the most complex technologies known to humans. It changes the way we work, play, communicate and even health care. The first part of the course will teach students the basic knowledge of microelectronics technology, device and logical circuit design, and students will learn through practical experiences such as simulating and designing prototype circuits and systems. The second part of the course will focus on the applications of microelectronics, such as smart sensors, signal processing of sensor signals, circuit design and testing, such as bionic system circuits and sensory brain-computer interfaces (BMI).

Students will master the basic principles of microelectronics technology, including the characteristics and operating principles of semiconductor chips and microelectronic devices, such as diodes, MOS transistors, as well as the basic knowledge of circuit analysis and logic circuit design, such as Boolean algebra, various logic gates, etc. Capable to use the knowledge to design and simulate circuits, especially in signal processing circuits, process sensor output signals according to specific requirements, improve the signal quality and measurement accuracy; in the brain-computer interface research, understand its principle and explore how to restore sensory information and nerve repair development; and conduct image processing in the application of intelligent vision sensor and feature extraction.

II. Professor Introduction

Ya-Hong Xie – Tenured professor at UCLA

Professor Ya-Hong Xie is a tenured professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and is also vice president of undergraduate education. UCLA is one of the largest number of applicants in the United States, with Samueli School of Engineering ranked 16th and No.8 among public universities in the 2022 U.S. News 2022.

His research covers the fields of electronic engineering, electrical engineering, microelectronics, condensed matter physics, semiconductor and integrated circuit chips. Professor Xie has published more than 190 technical articles and holds 38 US patents and several international patents. In 2012, he received the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award, awarded by the worlds top scientists and funded by 57 Nobel laureates in their history. As an IEEE member, Professor Xie served as chairman of the Electronic Materials Committee of the IEEE Electronic Devices Society for three consecutive years. IEEE is one of the largest professional technical organizations in the world.

III. Syllabus

1. Propernature of charge and circuit foundation concept;
2. Integrated circuit (IC) nature; the popular integrated circuit logic
3. Solid state physics; intrinsic semiconductors and external semiconductors
4. pn junction and MOS, the capacitor
5. MOSFET: pn junction + MOS capacitor
6. Integrated circuit manufacturing process flow
7. The nature of the short channel effect and the historical development of remedial measures
8. 8 Boolean algebra
9. The CMOS circuit
10. The parasitic effect from the perspective of resistance and capacitance