Analog and Mixed-signal Integrated Circuits
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Laboratory exercises
Course Description
Introduction. Limitations in the analog integrated circuit design. Analysis of noise, distortion and offset voltage. Open-loop and dynamic comparators. Advanced configurations of integrated amplifiers. Electronic switches. Switched-capacitor circuits. Sample and hold circuits. Basic architectures of AD and DA converters. AD and DA converter building blocks. System-level integrated circuit design.
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Learning Outcomes
- Identify limitations of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits
- Analyze electrical characteristics of analog integrated circuits
- Design one stage operational amplifiers with respect to basic electrical characteristics
- Explain the operation principle of switched-capacitor circuits
- Explain the basic architectures of AD and DA converters
- Analyze the basic building blocks of AD and DA converters
- Apply EDA tools for integrated circuit design
- Describe the aspects of system-level integrated circuit design
Forms of Teaching
Lectures
Lectures
ExercisesProblem solving
Independent assignmentsExercises solved through seminar/project
LaboratoryLab excercises
Grading Method
Continuous Assessment | Exam | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Threshold | Percent of Grade | Threshold | Percent of Grade | ||
Laboratory Exercises | 0 % | 12 % | 0 % | 0 % | ||
Seminar/Project | 0 % | 8 % | 0 % | 0 % | ||
Mid Term Exam: Written | 0 % | 40 % | 0 % | |||
Final Exam: Written | 0 % | 40 % | ||||
Exam: Written | 0 % | 50 % | ||||
Exam: Oral | 30 % |
Comment:
Before the final exam students must have completed all laboratory exercises.
Week by Week Schedule
- Analog and digital circuits, mixed-signal circuits, Design challenges, Noise, design for reduced noise
- Noise, design for reduced noise, Signal distortion, analysis, design rules
- Mismatch, mismatch sources, reduction of mismatch effects on a circuit performance, Digital circuits as interference generators
- Two-stage comparator, Comparators with hysteresis, High speed comparators
- Fully differential amplifiers
- Fully differential amplifiers, Class AB amplifier
- Integrated feedback amplifiers, Current amplifiers
- Midterm exam
- Analog switches, charge injection, Sample and hold circuits
- Sample and hold circuits
- Amplifiers, Offset cancellation
- Characteristics of analog-to-digital (AD) converters and digital-to-analog (DA) converters, Building blocks of AD and DA (switches, comparators, resistor arrays, capacitor arrays)
- Basic AD architectures, Basic DA architectures
- Supply voltage filtering, electrostatic discharge protection, Routing and protection of sensitive signals, common mode signal suppression, Impact of temperature, device position and orientation on chip, chip packaging
- Final exam
Literature
(.), Behzad Razavi (2000.), Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, McGraw-Hill,
(.), P. Gray, P. Hurst, S. Lewis, R. Meyer (2009.), Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, Wiley,
For students
General
ID 252375
Winter semester
5 ECTS
L1 English Level
L1 e-Learning
45 Lectures
0 Seminar
15 Exercises
12 Laboratory exercises
0 Project laboratory
0 Physical education excercises
Grading System
87 Excellent
75 Very Good
62 Good
50 Sufficient