Analog Integrated-Circuit Design

(3-0-0-3)

CMPE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the CMPE degree.

EE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the EE degree.

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

Technical Interest Group(s) / Course Type(s): Electronic Design and Applications

Course Coordinator: Gabriel A Rincon-Mora

Prerequisites: ECE 4430

Catalog Description

Design of analog circuits using CMOS and bipolar technology.

Textbook(s)

Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, CMOS Analog Circuit Design

Course Outcomes

Not Applicable

Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)

Outcome 1 (Students will demonstrate expertise in a subfield of study chosen from the fields of electrical engineering or computer engineering):
1. Design op amps, linear regulators, comparators, & reference circuits.

Outcome 2 (Students will demonstrate the ability to identify and formulate advanced problems and apply knowledge of mathematics and science to solve those problems):
1. Analyze & quantify the operational limits of the analog building blocks listed in 1.1.

Outcome 3 (Students will demonstrate the ability to utilize current knowledge, technology, or techniques within their chosen subfield):
N/A

Topical Outline

  1. Analog Electronics
    1. Two-Port Models
    2. Electronic Devices
    3. Transistor Circuits
    4. Frequency Response
  2. Analog Primitives
    1. Cascode
    2. Current Mirror
    3. E/S-Coupled Pair
    4. B/G-Coupled Pair
  3. Feedback
    1. Feedback Loop
    2. Impedances
    3. Analysis
    4. Configurations
    5. Stability
  4. Differential Stage
    1. Differential Input
    2. Common-Mode Noise
    3. Power-Supply Noise
    4. Electronic Noise
    5. Mismatches
    6. Summing Stage
  5. Operational Amplifiers
    1. Introduction
    2. Input
    3. Output
    4. Class-A Op-Amp Example
    5. Class-AB Op-Amp Examples
    6. Current-Mode Op Amp
  6. Linear Voltage Regulators
    1. Functionality
    2. Frequency Response
    3. Power-Supply Rejection
    4. IC Design
  7. Comparators
    1. Introduction
    2. Open Loop
    3. Hysteretic
    4. Regenerative
    5. High Speed
  8. Reference Circuits
    1. Voltage Primitives
    2. PTAT Core
    3. Temperature Independence
    4. Current References
    5. Voltage References