Welcome to the ENEE 417, Microelectronics Design Laboratory, Fall 2006, home page of R. Newcomb

  • Course Description; updated 09/06/06 (417desF06.pdf) here

  • Course Time Schedule updated 10/11/06 [no final] (417timF06.pdf) here

  • first day instructions (1stdayinstructs.txt) here

  • Course Paper Choices updated 11/21/06 (417pprchoice.pdf) here

  • Paper Presentation Schedules (417_presched.pdf) here

  • Oral Presentation Information (PRESNTREQ.pdf) here

  • paper description (417pprdes.pdf) here

  • Base Paper Report Grading Form (ee417rpt_grd.pdf) here


    ------- Weekly Experiments ------

  • Week #1 & 2 familiarization with lab, LabView, DAQ, curve tracing (weeks_1_2.pdf) here

  • Weeks #3 & 4 Op-amp curve tracer (weeks_3_4.pdf) here

  • Weeks #5 & 6 active inductor (weeks_5_6.pdf) here

  • Week #7 astable multivibrator and ring oscillator (week_7.pdf) here

  • Weeks #8-12 Catch up and base paper study (weeks_8-12.pdf) here


    --------Some helpful information--------

  • Helpful curve tracer of E.L.Tan for LabVIEW updated 09/18/06 for LabView 8.0 (ELTan_Guide_RWN.pdf) here

  • LabView curve tracer vi of E.L.Tan_RWN updated for LabVIEW 8.0 09/18/06 (ELTan_curve_RWN.vi) here

  • LabVIEW to control oscilloscope; guide of Y. Zhao (guide_read_waveforms.pdf) here

  • LabVIEW to print curves from X. He (XHHE_use_labview.pdf) here

  • MC4007 CMOS data (CMOS4007_data.pdf) here

  • MC4007 Spice model updated with lib file name 11/02/05 (CMOS4007_model.pdf) here

  • 1458 op-amp details (opamp_1458.pdf) here

  • DAQ pins (DAC_pins.pdf) here

  • LabVIEW Quick Reference (LV_quickref.pdf) here

    The files cross listed below have various items of interest for the course.

  • Microsystems Lab VLSI design page here

    Contains Spice models, MAGIC Layout tutorial, VLSI examples with PSpice evaluation version 8.0 CD added 09/10/06

    URL address, this page: http://www.ece.umd.edu/~newcomb/courses/fall2005/417/ENEE417_fall2006.html