Supplemental Materials

• library_booksAdditional References

  Semiconductor design

  • Archived lecture slides from ECE 581 in Fall 2014:
  • Review of Semiconductor Physics
  • Specific resistance and capacitance
  • FET resistance and WBG materials
  • Die size selection example
  • Trench and Superjunction Devices
  • Superjunction on-resistance
• sim_cardSimulation/Analysis Software

  MATLAB

  Accessing/Downloading

  • UTK OIT instructions for installing MATLAB
  • MATLAB Online
  • Apps@UT Server (includes MATLAB)

  Tips and Tutorials

  • MathWorks Introductory tutorials on MATLAB (opens in new window)
  • Coursera free course on introductory MATLAB programming (opens in new window)
  • Tips for Efficient Coding in MATLAB

  Example Files

  • Synchronous buck converter state plane solution (single point, J4=0)
  • Synchronous buck converter state plane solution (all op points w/ J4=0)
  • Synchronous buck converter state plane solution (all op points)

  LTSpice

  Download

  • LTSpice Download (free)

  Tips and Tutorials

  • LTSpice Wiki (opens in new window)
  • LTSpice Tutorial on Parameter Sweeps

  Example Files

  • Boost converter simulation (Lectures 1-3)

  Additional Tools

  • Online Plot Digitizer
• gradeCourse Materials

  PCB Layout and Supplemental Loss Analysis

  • Supplemental Video Lectures

  Graphing Paper

  • Six Cycle Semilog Paper
  • Impedance Paper