A friend of mine who had taken a circuits class asked me this and at first I was confused. He took a whole circuits class, half of it was spent on resistors. And then I realized it's honestly a really good question. They're presented as a scribble on a chalkboard with no context, you do … Continue reading “So like…what even IS a resistor?”
Multi-Quantum Well Lasers, GaAs-AlGaAs Heterostructures
I took a class on semiconductor physics last semester taught by Professor Benyamin Davaji, ECE 7201, and our final was to write a paper on a solid state device or technology. I've been interested in photonics for a while so I chose GaAs-AlGaAs MQW heterostructures for photonic applications. Below is my short paper submitted on … Continue reading Multi-Quantum Well Lasers, GaAs-AlGaAs Heterostructures
Silicon to Software: how computers work
My interest in electrical engineering started in high school, the day our family computer died -- RIP. Up until this point I had designed some websites, written some code, built some computers. I thought my future was in web development and database management. Lame geek stuff. I opened up the computer, thinking I could fix … Continue reading Silicon to Software: how computers work
My First IC – a mini memoir
I went back to school part-time to pursue analog integrated circuit (IC) design, and my first class for Fall 2021 was Analog IC Design with CMOS Technology. I've added a new page to my list of projects detailing my final project for the class, an instrumentation amplifier for EEG signals. That page goes through the … Continue reading My First IC – a mini memoir
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