Advanced techniques in analog integrated circuits design
Course Description
General Competencies
Students will be introduced with the advanced models of active and passive components used in the circuit simulators. They will gain understanding of the limitations of CMOS and bipolar technologies. They will be able to estimate how technology scaling and technology integration influence analog circuit performance. Students will learn circuit techniques and analog layout design techniques for good component matching. They will be able to assess linearity and noise requirement for circuit blocks within electronic system. Students will understand operation principle of the analog circuit blocks used in analog-to-digital conversion. They will be introduced with the switched-capacitor circuits and their applications. They will understand limitations and learn design techniques for their reduction.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply active and passive device models in circuit simulators
- Estimate the limitations of CMOS and bipolar technology
- Analyze noise and linearity performance of basic analog integrated circuits
- Analyze the operation of switched-capacitor circuits
- Apply auto-zero techniques for offset voltage compensation
- Explain circuit techniques for reducing the effects of Op-Amp imperfections
- Apply analog layout techniques
Forms of Teaching
Exams
Laboratory Work
Experimental Exercises
Seminars
Grading Method
Continuous Assessment | Exam | |||||
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Type | Threshold | Percent of Grade | Threshold | Percent of Grade | ||
Class participation | 0 % | 20 % | 0 % | 20 % | ||
Seminar/Project | 20 % | 40 % | 20 % | 40 % | ||
Mid Term Exam: Written | 0 % | 20 % | 0 % | |||
Final Exam: Oral | 20 % | |||||
Exam: Written | 50 % | 20 % | ||||
Exam: Oral | 20 % |
Week by Week Schedule
- CMOS and bipolar transistor models used in circuit simulators.
- Integrated passives: resistors, capacitors and inductors.
- Comparison of bipolar and CMOS technology. BiCMOS technology. Technology caracterization with respect to gain, linearity, noise and component matching.
- Linearity and noise. Calculation of noise figure and linearity in cascaded system.
- Linearity and noise. Example of radio receiver. Setting the specification for low-noise amplifier and mixer.
- Electronic switches. Driving circuitry for electronic switches. Problem of charge injection during turn-off.
- Sample and hold circuits. Asymmetric and fully-differential circuits. Setting the value of sampling capacitor. kT/C noise.
- Sample and hold circuits. Auto-zeroing techniques. Demands on Op-Amp specification.
- Switched capacitor circuits. Amplifier, integrator. Application in filters.
- Techniques for reduction of Op-Amp imperfections: finite gain, offset voltage and 1/f noise.
- Techniques for reduction of Op-Amp imperfections: finite gain, offset voltage and 1/f noise.
- Voltage comparators. Open-loop Op-Amp as a comparator. Propagation delay and resolution of comparator.
- High-speed comparators. Auto-zeroing techniques. Comparators with pre-amplifier and latch.
- Setting the specifications of the circuit blocks in a more complex electronic systems.
- Final exam