EE584 Course Syllabus, Summer 2001

 

 

Instructor:        Dr. George L. Engel

 

Phone:            (618) 650-2806, (618) 650-2524

 

Office:           Engineering Building Room 3043

 

Email:            gengel@siue.edu

 

WWW:              http://www.ee.siue.edu/~gengel

                  http://www.ee.siue.edu/~mentor

 

Lecture:          T, R        5:30 pm - 7:40 pm     

 

Office Hours:       T, R        4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (or by appointment)

 

 

Course Title:       Analog CMOS Integrated Circuit Design

 

 

Course Description: 

 

Course material includes the study of the operating principles of analog CMOS integrated circuits.  Brief description of the physics of MOS devices, linearized models of MOSFETs, and circuit design techniques for realizing CMOS operational amplifiers, current references, voltage references,etc.  Switched-capacitor filter design and non-filtering applications of switched-capacitor circuits such as analog-to-digital converters, comparators, and gain amplifiers.  Non-ideal effects of switched-capacitor circuits and technology limitations.  Use of Mentor Graphics computer-aided design software.

 

Prerequisites:

 

Students must have knowledge of the Mentor Graphics applications: Design Architect, Accusim, and ICstation.

 

Students should also have taken ECE484 and should have had an analog electronics course as an undergraduate.

 

Course Text:

 

Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits

Behzad Razavi

McGraw-Hill, 2001

ISBN 0-07-238032-2

 

Additional Reference:

 

Design of Analog Integrated Circuits and Systems

Kenneth R. Laker and Willy M. C. Sansen

McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994

 

Analog Integrated Circuits for Signal Processing

Roubik Gregorian and Gabor C. Temes

John Wiley and Sons, 1986

 

Grading Policy:

 

                  Midterm Exam            50%

                  Final Exam              50%

T May 22      Chapter 1: Introduction to analog design

            •      World around us is analog.

            •      Mixed analog/digital ICs abound.

            •      There is no such thing as a digital circuit!

 

Chapter 2: MOS Device Physics

            •      2.1      General considerations

            •      2.2      MOST I-V characteristics (Strong Inversion)

 

R May 24      Chapter 2: MOS Device Physics

            •      2.2      MOST I-V characteristics (Weak Inversion)

            •      2.3      Second-order effects

            •      2.4      MOS device models

 

T May 29      Chapter 2: MOS Device Physics

            •      2.4      MOS device models

                        MOS device capacitances

                        Small-signal model

 

R May 31      Chapter 16: Short-channel effects and device modeling

            •      16.2      Short-channel effects

            •      16.3      MOS device models

            •      16.4      Process corners

            •      16.5      Analog design in a digital world

 

T Jun 05      Chapter 3: Single-stage amplifiers

            •      3.1      Basic concepts

            •      3.2      Common-source stage

 

R Jun 07      Chapter 3: Single-stage amplifiers

            •      3.3      Source follower

            •      3.4      Common-gate stage

            •      3.5      Cascode state

 

T Jun 12      Chapter 4:  Differential amplifiers

            •      4.1      Single-ended and differential operation

            •      4.2      Basic differential pair

            •      4.3      Common-mode response

            •      4.4      Differential pair with MOS loads

 

R Jun 14      Chapter 5: Passive and active current mirrors

            •      5.1      Basic current mirrors

            •      5.2      Cascode current mirrors

            •      5.3      Active current mirrors

 

Chapter 6: Frequency response of amplifiers

            •      6.1      General considerations

 

 

T Jun 19      ---- MIDTERM EXAM  (Chapters 1, 2, 16, 3, 4, 5) -----

 

 

R Jun 21      Chapter 6: Frequency response of amplifiers

            •      6.2      Common-source

            •      6.3      Source-follower

            •      6.4      Common-gate

            •      6.4      Cascode

 

Chapter 7: Noise

            •      7.1      Statistical characteristics of noise

            •      7.2      Types of noise

            •      7.3      Representation of noise in circuits

 

T Jun 26      Chapter 9: Operational amplifiers

            •      9.1      General considerations

            •      9.2      One-stage op amps

            •      9.3      Two-stage op amps

 

R Jun 28      Chapter 9: Operational amplifiers

            •      9.4      Gain-boosting

            •      9.5      Comparison

 

            Chapter 10: Stability and frequency compensation

            •      10.1      General considerations

            •      10.2      Multi-pole systems

            •      10.3      Phase margin

            •      10.3      Frequency compensation

 

T Jul 03      Chapter 11: Bandgap references

            •      11.1      General considerations

            •      11.2      Supply-independent biasing

            •      11.3      PTAT current

            •      11.7      Case study

 

Chapter 12: Introduction to switched-capacitor circuits

            •      12.1      General considerations

            •      12.2      Sampling switches

 

R Jul 05      Chapter 12: Introduction to switched-capacitor circuits

            •      12.3      Switched-capacitor amplifiers

            •      12.4      Switched-capacitor integrator

 

T Jul 10      Chapter 13: Non-linearity and mismatch

            •      13.1      Non-linearity

            •      13.2      Mismatch

 

            Switched-capacitor circuits

            •      Switched-capacitor filters

            •      Switched-capacitor DACs

            •      Switched-capacitor ADCs

 

R Jul 12      --- FINAL EXAM (Chapters 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)----