Semiconductors
Calendar 2025 Winter
- Projects (P); 8 total; 64% of final mark; 8% each.
- All Projects are due on Sunday of the week at 11:59 PM.
- Labs (L); 9 total; 18% of final mark; 2% each.
- All Labs are due on Sunday of the week at 11:59 PM.
- Exams (E); 3 total; 18% of final mark; 6% each.
- All Exams are done during class time.
Week | Assessment | Day1 (2 hrs) | Day2 (2 hrs) | Day3 (1 hr) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1-J06 | L1-Diodes | Intro/Diode-Physics | Diode-Models | |
2-J13 | L2-Rectifiers | Rectifiers | Rectifiers | Rectifiers |
3-J20 | L3-Filtering/Reg | Filtering/Regulation | Filtering/Regulation | Filtering/Regulation |
4-J27 | P1-Power-Supply | BJT-Intro | BJT-Switching | BJT-Biasing |
5-F03 | L4-BJT-Switch/Bias |
BJT-Totem-Pole | BJT-H-Bridge | BJT-H-Bridge |
6-F10 | P2-TPole/HBridge L5-FET-Switching |
FET-Intro | FET-Switching | Exam1-Diode-Apps |
F17 | READING-WEEK | READING-WEEK | READING-WEEK | |
7-F24 | P3-Transistors L6-OpAmps |
OpAmps-Intro | OpAmps-Configs | OpAmps-Diff-Amps |
8-M03 | P4-Summing-Amps | Summing-Amps | Summing-Amps | Exam2-Transistor-Apps |
9-M10 | P5-Instrument-Amps | Instrument-Amps | Instrument-Amps | Instrument-Amps |
10-M17 | L7-DAC P7-Adv-Filters/DAC DAC part only |
Dig-Analog-Con | Dig-Analog-Con | Dig-Analog-Con |
11-M24 | P6-Issues/Basic-Filters | OpAmp-Issues | Basic-Filters | Basic-Filters |
12-M31 | P7-Adv-Filters/DAC Adv-Filters part only |
Adv-Filters | Adv-Filters | Adv-Filters |
13-A07 | L8-Comparators | Comparators | Comparators | Exam3-OpAmp-Apps |
14-A14 | L9-ADC | ADC | ADC | EASTER |
15-A21 | P8-Comparators-ADC | EASTER | P8 | P8 |
General Resources
CMPE1400 Lessons, Projects, Labs, and SA’s with NO ANSWERS by Ross Taylor
Semiconductors by Circuit Bread
- youtube video playlist; first 12 are on diodes, next 9 are on transistors.
Transistors, How do they work by Lesics
- youtube video 6.52 min
Why it was almost impossible to make the blue LED by Veritasum
- youtube video 33.44 min; very good history lesson with great animations.