Analog Electronics
Analysis and design of electronic circuits and systems. Biasing, small-signal analysis, frequency response, feedback amplifiers, active filters, non-linear op-amp applications, and oscillators.
Analog Integrated Circuit Design
Design of analog circuits using CMOS and bipolar technology.
Interface IC Design for MEMS and Sensors
Design of low-noise interface circuits for sensors and micromechanical devices (MEMS). Design of integrated microsystems.
Power IC Design
Analysis and design of switched-inductor dc-dc supplies with CMOS and BiCMOS integrated circuits (ICs).
Silicon-Based Heterostructure Devices and Circuits
Theory and design of novel silicon-germanium microelectronic devices and circuits. Materials, device physics, fabrication, measurement, circuit design, and system applications.
Analog Integrated System Design
Design of analog systems using CMOS and bipolar technology. A higher level
of design for analog and digital systems is presented.
of design for analog and digital systems is presented.
Neuromorphic Analog VLSI Circuits
Large-scale analog computation for sensory and motor processing. Analog
building blocks are presented, leading to VLSI systems inspired by
neurobiological architectures and computational paradigms.
building blocks are presented, leading to VLSI systems inspired by
neurobiological architectures and computational paradigms.
Measurements, Circuits and Microelectronics Laboratory
Theory and experiments related to the design, analysis, construction, and measurement of elementary passive and active analog circuits using both discrete and integrated devices.
Senior Analog Electronics Laboratory
Theory and experiments related to the design, analysis, construction, and measurement of advanced analog electronic circuits using discrete devices (diodes, bipolar junction transistors, MOSFETs).
RF Engineering I
Radio frequency (RF) electronics concentrating on receiver components and architecture from 1 MHz to 1 GHz, including Smith charts, low noise amplifiers, and mixers.
RF Engineering II
Radio frequency (RF) electronics concentrating on transmitter components and architecture from 1 MHz to 1 GHz, including power amplifiers, oscillators, phase-locked loops, and transmitters.
Digital Integrated Circuits
Analysis and design of MOS digital integrated circuit families
and their applications in modern electronic systems.
and their applications in modern electronic systems.
Analog Integrated Circuits
Analysis and design of analog ICs using analytic techniques and CAD tools.
Topics include amplifiers, current sources, output circuits and other
analog building blocks.
Topics include amplifiers, current sources, output circuits and other
analog building blocks.
Operational Amplifier Design
Analysis and design techniques for the utilization of integrated circuit
operational amplifiers for applications in electronic systems.
operational amplifiers for applications in electronic systems.
Audio Engineering
Concepts of acoustics and electroacoustic modeling for the analysis and design of microphones, loudspeakers, and crossover networks. Methods of analysis and design of audio power amplifiers.
Audio Engineering Laboratory
A companion laboratory to ECE 4445. Design, analysis, construction, modeling, and testing of circuits and systems pertaining to audio engineering.
Analog Circuits for Music Synthesis
Circuits from classic analog synthesizers: voltage-controlled oscillators, filters, and amplifiers; nonlinear waveshapers. Operational transconductance amplifiers. Exploitation of dynamic resistance of semiconductors. Hands-on projects.
RF-Microwave Measurement Laboratory
RF/microwave measurement theory and techniques. Use of state-of-the-art
equipment operating into the GHz range.
equipment operating into the GHz range.
Wireless IC Design
Wireless system specifications are translated to architectures and building
blocks compatible with silicon technology. The course focuses on the
analysis and design of these blocks.
blocks compatible with silicon technology. The course focuses on the
analysis and design of these blocks.
Digital MOS Integrated Circuits
Detailed analysis of the operaration and design of high performance MOS
digital integrated circuits. Emphasis is on current design techniques
with examples from the literature.
digital integrated circuits. Emphasis is on current design techniques
with examples from the literature.