ECE 595B - CMOS Analog IC Design

Course Details

Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3

Counts as:

Experimental Course Offered:

Fall 2007

Requisites:

Prerequisites: ECE 255 Concurrent Prerequisites: ECE 455

Requisites by Topic:

Prerequisites: General knowledge of terminology and concepts from undergraduate courses in circuit design and microelectronics; familiarity with SPICE. Concurrent Prerequisites: General knowledge of terminology and concepts from undergraduate courses in circuit design and microelectronics; familiarity with SPICE.

Catalog Description:

The course covers general topics in CMOS analog IC design; biasing, noise, single stage amplifiers, differential amplifiers, OP-Amp, OTA, frequency domain analysis, active filter, oscillator, and PLL. While the focus of the course is on CMOS IC design, design in bipolar and BiCMOS technologies are introduced as well. A design project is a key component of the course. The students conduct group design projects. Process Design Kit and EDA tools are provided for the design project.

Required Text(s):

  1. Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits , Behzad Razavi , McGraw-Hill , ISBN No. 0-07-238032-2

Recommended Text(s):

  1. Analog Integrated Circuit Design , David Johns and Ken Martin , Wiley , ISBN No. 0-471-14448-7
  2. CMOS Analog Circuit Design , Phillip e. Allen , Oxford , ISBN No. 0-19-511644-5

Learning Outcomes:

A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will have demonstrated:
  1. a basic knowledge of bias circuit using CMOS current mirror. [a;c]
  2. a basic knowledge of noise analysis. [a;c]
  3. an understanding of single stage amplifiers - gain / bandwidth /noise/stability. [a;c]
  4. an understanding of differential operational amplifier and OTA. [a;b;c;e]
  5. an understanding of basic active filter. [a;b;c;e]

Lecture Outline:

Lectures Topics
2 Device physics, SPICE model, and layout
2 Current biasing
2 Voltage reference
4 Noise Analysis
7 Single Stage Amplifiers
10 OP-Amp/OTA Design & Compensation
1 Design Project Review I
1 Exam 1
6 Integrated Filter Design
6 Oscillator and Phase-Locked Loop
1 Design Project Review II
1 Exam 2
1 Design Project Presentation

Assessment Method:

2 midterms and 1 design project: 1. The first midterm exam covers bias circuit design, noise analysis, single stage amplifiers, and differential operational amplifiers. 2. The second midterm exam covers frequency domain analysis, active filter design, an oscillators 3. The students are asked to present their project design at the end of the semester.