Hello everyone!
I was looking for a good forum to post my question and this forum seems quite busy, so here I am!
I am a masters student in microelectronics, and after two long and hard working 2 semesters, I am now at my third and final semester where I am required to work on my thesis, which in fact the preliminary report is due on 25th July, and the final report to be delivered on the 15th September.
My subject is operation of CMOS circuits in the weak inversion or sub-threshold. Basically I am do simulate a few CMOS circuits both analog and digital, like a CMOS amplifier, or current source, and an adder for example using Spice.
I am very theoretically minded, and I want to add a whole lot of theory to my thesis, however the theory is not original to myself. My whole point of choosing this subject is to actually learn about this area, so what I've been doing is to study this in depth, and I'd like to add all this theory to my thesis, as well as performing the simulations.
My question is, am I allowed to do this? To add someone else's theory to my thesis as long as I reference it? Would it qualify ? I will add simply copy and paste, but to write my own understanding of it.
Thanks a lot and best wishes to everyone!
I was looking for a good forum to post my question and this forum seems quite busy, so here I am!
I am a masters student in microelectronics, and after two long and hard working 2 semesters, I am now at my third and final semester where I am required to work on my thesis, which in fact the preliminary report is due on 25th July, and the final report to be delivered on the 15th September.
My subject is operation of CMOS circuits in the weak inversion or sub-threshold. Basically I am do simulate a few CMOS circuits both analog and digital, like a CMOS amplifier, or current source, and an adder for example using Spice.
I am very theoretically minded, and I want to add a whole lot of theory to my thesis, however the theory is not original to myself. My whole point of choosing this subject is to actually learn about this area, so what I've been doing is to study this in depth, and I'd like to add all this theory to my thesis, as well as performing the simulations.
My question is, am I allowed to do this? To add someone else's theory to my thesis as long as I reference it? Would it qualify ? I will add simply copy and paste, but to write my own understanding of it.
Thanks a lot and best wishes to everyone!
