[sdiy] EE degrees course content - transistors?

[Eric Brombaugh]

I can remember:

* An entire semester course on basic semiconductor devices - diodes, BJTs, SCRs, MOSFETs, etc. that included simple amplifier design. Things like topologies, load lines, biasing, etc.

* A second course in digital logic that included detailed analysis of the internal workings of various gates down to the transistor level, including buffers, drivers, etc. for TTL, CMOS and even some side trips into esoteric stuff like I-squared-L.

* The course which discussed op-amps was actually earlier in the sequence. That was part of the basic circuit theory curriculum along with simple resistor networks, current/voltage transformations, etc. since op-amps are generally considered "ideal". We never really got into the guts of op-amps but just design of larger circuits including them.

 
On Aug 31, 2013, at 5:50 AM, Justin Owen wrote:

> ...how much time did you spend in course working with larger transistor-based circuits e.g. 'discrete' op-amps, OTA's, computing and logic circuits, etc. - as opposed to working with their 'hardware' equivalents e.g. standard Op-Amps, Logic chips, etc (and as opposed to working with the basic transistor building blocks of e.g. buffer, amplifier, etc.)?