The topics covered include modeling of microelectronic devices, basic microelectronic circuit analysis and design, physical electronics of semiconductor junction and MOS devices, relation of electrical behavior to internal physical processes, development of circuit models, and understanding the uses and limitations of various models.
6.012 is the header course for the department's "Devices, Circuits and Systems" concentration. The topics covered include modeling of microelectronic devices, basic microelectronic circuit analysis and design, physical electronics of semiconductor junction and MOS devices, relation of electrical behavior to internal …
This book is based on the textbook Microelectronic Devices and Circuits by Clifton G. Fonstad, which was published by McGraw-Hill in 1994 (ISBN 0-07-021-496-4). McGraw-Hill has declared the original textbook “out of print” and has transferred the copyright to the author, Clifton G. Fonstad.
Digital circuits, which represent information in a discrete encoded fashion, are now widely used in applications ranging from digital modelers to the most sophisticated supercomputers.