EE-523 / 3 credits

Teacher: Shoaran Mahsa

Language: English


Summary

Introduction to advanced topics in analog and mixed-signal CMOS circuits at the transistor level. The course will focus on practical aspects of IC design, quantitative performance measures, and design trade-offs to develop an intuitive understanding of circuit behavior.

Content

  • Advanced topics on CMOS operational amplifiers
  • Review of noise, feedback and stability
  • Switched-capacitor circuits
  • Design of low-power, low-noise analog front-ends
  • Noise efficiency and gain-bandwidth considerations
  • Comparators and data conversion circuits
  • Data compression and machine learning circuits
  • Layout, short-channel effects, IC fabrication

Keywords

CMOS, advanced analog integrated circuits, mixed-signal IC design, low-noise analog front-end, noise efficiency factor, biomedical circuits, biopotential amplifier

Learning Prerequisites

Recommended courses

  • Analog IC design (EE-320)
  • Fundamentals of analog & mixed signal VLSI design (EE-424)

Important concepts to start the course

  • MOS transistor operation, large/small signal models, parasitics
  • Time and frequency (Laplace) domain analysis
  • Single-stage, multi-stage, and differential CMOS amplifiers
  • Noise, stability, and feedback concepts

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

  • Design and analyze large, complex circuits
  • Develop an intuition for analog and mixed-signal circuit behavior
  • Design and layout a circuit in Cadence
  • Recognize fundamentals of low-power sensor interfaces

Transversal skills

  • Demonstrate the capacity for critical thinking
  • Access and evaluate appropriate sources of information.

Teaching methods

Weekly 2 hour lectures, 1 hour exercise sessions, homework, and several weeks of practical work (use of CAD tools for IC design)

Expected student activities

Following the lectures and exercise sessions, completing the assigned homeworks and circuit design problems, simulating circuits in Cadence

Assessment methods

Written

Supervision

Office hours Yes
Assistants Yes
Forum Yes

In the programs

  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: Written (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced analog integrated circuit design
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: optional
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: Written (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced analog integrated circuit design
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: optional
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: Written (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced analog integrated circuit design
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: optional
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: Written (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Advanced analog integrated circuit design
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: optional

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