Textbook: Sedra, Adel S.; Smith, Kenneth C.; Microelectronic Circuits (ISBN-13: 978-0195323030), 6th Edition, Oxford University Press, New York, 2010.
References:
- Microelectronic Circuit Design, 2nd Edition, Jaeger & Blalock.
- Microelectronics Circuit Analysis and Design, 3rd Edition, Neamen, McGraw Hill, 2007
- On-line textbook Principles of Electronics
Course Description: Semiconductor Device characteristics; diodes, field effect and bipolar junction transistors. Amplifier models. Basic analog circuit analysis, Analysis and design considerations of transistor amplifiers. Introduction to integrated circuits.
The course is expected to be presential. This modality allows for up to 25% of the lectures to take place on-line. However, the university administration can decide to change the modality of the course.
Presentations and other material will be available on UPR's Moodle platform.
Department's Syllabus

Activity	Quantity	Weight
Partial exams	3	25% each
Final exam	1	25%

The final exam will cover all the course topics.
Students are responsible for attending or watching recorded lectures and studying the corresponding material.

Students will identify themselves with the Institution and the instructor of the course for purposes of assessment (exams) accommodations. For more information please call the Student with Disabilities Office which is part of the Dean of Students office (Chemistry Engineering, room 019) at (787)265-3862 or (787)832-4040 extensions 3250 or 3258.

Exam 1: Introduction to amplifiers and diodes
Item	Subject	Secs 6th	Probs 6th	Secs 7th	Probs 7th
1	Introduction	1.1-1.3	16, 22, 23, 25,	1.1-1.3	16,23,24,26,
			28, 29		29,30
2,3	Amplifiers	1.4,1.5	39, 40, 43, 45,	46, 1.4,1.5	39, 40, 43, 45, 46,
			49, 51, 52, 53, 54		49, 51, 52, 55, 56
4,5	Diodes	4.1-4.3	1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10,	4.1-4.3	1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10,
			18, 19, 20, 21, 23,		18, 19, 20, 21, 23,
			29, 33, 34, 35, 40,		30, 33, 35, 37, 41,
			41, 42, 44, 45		42, 44, 45, 46, 47
6,7	Rectifiers	4.5	65, 69, 70, 71, 74,		67,71,72,73,76,
			75, 78, 79, 81, 82		77,80,81,83,84
8	Zener diodes	4.4	59, 62, 64		61,64,66
9,10	Regulators
11	Review Exam 1
12, 13	Exam 1

Exam 2 Bipolar Junction Transistors
Item	Subject	Secs 6th	Probs 6th	Secs 7th	Probs 7th
14	Bipolar transistors(BJT)	6.1	1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 15, 17	6.1	1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 15, 17
15,16	BJT characteristics	6.2	28, 29, 32, 34, 35,	6.2	28, 29, 32, 34, 35, 36,
			36,39, 40, 47 6.2		39, 40, 46
17,18	DC analysis	6.3	52, 53, 54, 55, 57,	6.3	51, 52, 53, 54, 56,
			60, 62, 63, 68		59, 61, 62, 67
19	Biasing	6.7	128, 129, 130, 131,	7.4.2	104, 105, 106, 107,
			135, 136, 137		111, 112, 113
20,21	Small signal amps	6.5	87, 88, 89, 91, 95,	7.2.2	36, 37, 38, 40, 48,
			96, 104, 105		49, 56
22	Common-emitter amps	6.6/6.8	142, 144, 146, 147	7.5.2/3	125, 127, 129, 130, 131
			148
23,24	CB/CC amps	6.6/6.8	150, 151, 152,153, 1	55 7.5.4/5	133, 134, 135, 136
25,26	Exam 2

Exam 3 MOSFETs
Item	Subject	Secs 6th	Probs 6th	Secs 7th	Probs 7th
27,28	MOSFETs	5.1/5.2	18, 19, 20, 22, 31,	41 5.1/5.2	18,19,20,22,31,41
29,30	DC analysis	5.3	45, 49, 40, 53, 55	5.3	49, 50, 53, 55
31	Biasing			7.4.1	95,97,98,101,102
32	Depletion MOSFETs	5.9.6	121, 122, 123	5.4.5	65, 66, 67
33,34	MOSFET amplifiers	5.5, 5.6	71, 72, 77, 78, 79,	7.2.1/7.3.3	25, 26, 31, 32, 33,
			85, 86, 88, 91		64, 65, 67, 72, 118
35	CG amps	5.6/5.8	93, 94	7.3.5	77, 78
36	CD amplifiers	5.6/5.8	95,96	7.3.6	82,83,122
37,38	Exam 3

Extra Topics (take-home problem that will count for points in Exam 3)
Item	Subject	Secs 6th	Probs 6th	Secs 7th	Probs 7th
39	Current mirrors	7.4	46, 47, 48, 53,	8.2	1,2,3,8,9,10,12
			55, 56, 58
40, 41	Differential amps	8.1-8.4	13, 25, 29, 61,
			62, 63, 64
42	Active loads	8.5.2/5	85, 86, 93, 94, 97

[] Prepared by Manuel Toledo, Associate Professor and Dr Guillermo Serrano, Electronics Coordinator.