Welcome to the ENEE 417, Microelectronics Design Laboratory, Spring 2017, home page of R. Newcomb

  • Course Description updated 01/31/17(417desS17.pdf) here

  • Course Time Schedule updated 03/01/17 (417timS17.pdf) here

  • Course Paper Choices updated 04/05/17 (417_S17_pprs.pdf) here

  • Paper Presentation Schedules updated 04/25/17 (417prsnschdS17.doc) here

  • Oral Presentation Information (417pres_info.pdf and presentation schedule) here

  • paper description (417pprdes.pdf) here

  • Design Report Grading Form (ee417rpt_grdForm.pdf) here


    • ------- Weekly Experiments ------

  • Week #1 & 2 familiarization with lab, LabView, DAQ (weeks_1_2S17.pdf) here

  • Week #3 Op-amp curve tracer updated 02/14/17 (week_3S17.pdf) here

  • Weeks #4 Ring and phase shift Oscillator design (week_4S17.pdf) here

  • Week #6b Solar Cell night light; updated 02/29/17 (Week_6b_SolarCell.pdf) here


    ------- Other Useful Information ------

  • Guide to use of E. L. Tan curve tracer virtual instrument; need to reverse < (ELTan_Guide_RWN.pdf) here

  • LabView curve tracer vi of E.L.Tan_RWN updated for LabVIEW 8.0 09/18/06 {this still requires the inputs of the < symbol reversed} (ELTan_curve_RWN.vi) here

  • DAQ pins - NI USB-6216 (NI6216Terminals.pdf) here

  • 1458 op-amp data & pins (1458_data.pdf) here

  • 4558 op-amp info (4558_data.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

    URL address, this page: http://www.ece.umd.edu/~newcomb/courses/spring2017/417/ENEE417_spring2017.html