IN3170 – Microelectronics
Course description
Course content
Integrated electronics is the backbone of the electronics revolution that started with the first integrated circuit in 1958 and at present is embodied by the smart-phones in everybodies pocket. Their central processing units contain billions of integrated transistors on a few square-millimeters. Furthermore, a plethora of integrated sensor interfaces and antenna drivers connect it with the real world.
The course gives an introduction to modern?electronics (CMOS) technology and full custom integrated circuit design for both fundamental analog and digital circuits.
Learning outcome
You?shall learn the foundations of integrated circuit design, i.e the very basic circuits upon which all integrated electronics is built upon. This includes basic analog CMOS circuits including fundamental circuit analysis and the necessary signal processing tools, as well as the basic structure of digital logic gates and analysis of their performance limitations.
After the course?you shall be able to:
- Conceive and design simple CMOS integrated cicuit schematics.
- Analyze and optimize simple CMOS integarted circuits such as simple amplifiers and logic gates
- Measure and characterize simple CMOS integrated circuits in an electronics lab.
- Understand and use circuit analysis concepts such as small signal analysis, gain, transfer function, bandwidth, gate delay, power delay product etc.
Admission to the course
Students at UiO?register for courses and exams in Studentweb.
IN3170 and IN4170 will be assessed together in regards to the number of admissions, with priority given to bachelor's students in the study programmes Informatics: Robotics and intelligent systems or?Elektronikk, informatikk og teknologi
Special admission requirements
In addition to fulfilling the?Higher Education Entrance Qualification, applicants have to meet the following special admission requirements:
- Mathematics R1 or Mathematics (S1+S2)
The special admission requirements may also be covered by equivalent studies from Norwegian upper secondary school or by other equivalent studies. Read more about?special admission requirements?(in Norwegian).
Formal prerequisite knowledge
FYS1210 - Elementary electronics with project work?or?IN1080 - Mecatronics
Recommended previous knowledge
FYS3220 - Linear circuit electronics?and?FYS2210 - Semiconductor components
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with IN4170 – Microelectronics.
- 5 credits overlap with INF3400 – Digital nanoelektronikk (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with INF3410 – Analog microelectronics (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with INF4400 – Digital mikroelektronikk (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with INF4410 – Analog Microelectronics (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with INF4411 – Analog microelectronics (discontinued).
Teaching
2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of excercises a week, 3 mandatory labassignments (2h per week with lab assistant and free access to the lab otherwise).
1 labassignment is?mandatory and must be?approved before you can take the exam. ?Read more about requirements for submission of assignments, group work and legal cooperation under guidelines for mandatory assignments.
2 labassignments each contributing to the final grade (see details under exam).
Examination
2 labassignments each contributing 20% to the final grade.
4 hours written digital exam contributing 60% of the points for the final grade.
1 labassignment is?mandatory and must be?approved before you can take the exam. All parts of exam must be passed and all parts must be passed in the same semester.
It will also be counted as one of?your three?attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: IN4170 – Microelectronics
Examination support material
All written material.
Language of examination
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are?offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester. Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.