Analog Integrated Circuits

(3-0-0-3)

CMPE Degree: This course is Selected Elective for the CMPE degree.

EE Degree: This course is Selected Elective for the EE degree.

Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.

Technical Interest Groups / Course Categories: Threads / ECE Electives

Course Coordinator: Jennifer Olson Hasler

Prerequisites: ECE 3050 [min D] or ECE 3400 [min D]

Catalog Description

Analysis and design of analog ICs using analytic techniques and CAD tools. Topics include amplifiers, current sources, output circuits and other analog building blocks.

Textbook(s)

Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits

Course Outcomes

Describe IC design capabilities and constraints in an Integrated Circuit (IC) process.

Demonstrate a mastery of device and circuit modeling for transistor devices.

Analyze analog and mixed-signal circuits employing 1 to 100 transistors found on typical IC processes. 

Synthesize previous circuit knowledge towards design of IC circuits.

Design small to medium scale Analog and Mixed-Signal ICs that includes selecting circuit approaches, as well as simulating and laying out of that design.

Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)

N/A

Topic List

  1. Introduction, MOS Technology
  2. CMOS and BJT Technologies, Layout and Design Rules
  3. MOS models-Large signal, small signal
  4. MOS models-Capacitive, other regions, measurements
  5. BJT models:  Diode, dc, ac, high frequency, measurement
  6. SPICE simulation - MOS and BJT models
  7. Switches and active resistors
  8. Current sinks and sources
  9. Current mirrors and amplifiers
  10. Voltage and current references
  11. MOS inverting amplifiers
  12. BJT inverting amplifiers, cascode amplifiers
  13. Differential amplifiers
  14. Output amplifiers
  15. MOS operational amplifiers
  16. BJT operational amplifiers