Advanced analog integrated circuit design
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 |
Resources
Bibliography
- Lecture slides
- Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, 2nd Edition, B. Razavi, McGraw-Hill
- Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits / Gray, 5th Edition, Paul R. Gray, Paul J. Hurst, Stephen H. Lewis, and Robert G. Meyer, Wiley
Ressources en bibliothèque
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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