ECEN 4827 - Analog IC Design
Elective - 3 credit hours
Meets with ECEN 5827
On-Line Course Materials
Catalog Description: Covers the fundamentals of transistor-level
analog integrated circuit design. Starting from device models,
introduces principles of dc biasing, frequency response analysis and
feedback techniques, as well as the use of CAD tools for simulation,
circuit design, layout and verification of single-stage and multi-stage
amplifiers, operational amplifiers and comparators.
Prerequisite:
ECEN 3250, Circuits/Electronics 3.
Textbook: No textbook required. Recommended reference books are:
- Sedra, Smith, Microelectronics Circuits, 5th Edition,
Oxford (ECEN 3250 textbook).
- P. Gray, P. Hurst, S. Lewis, R. Meyer, Analysis & Design of
Analog Integrated Circuits, 4th Edition,Wiley, 2001.
- P. Allen, D. Holberg, CMOS Analog Circuit Design, Second Edition,
Oxford, 2002.
- D. Johns, K. Martin, Analog Integrated Circuit Design, Wiley, 1997.
Course objectives: Basic knowledge of semiconductor devices and
microelectronic circuits is assumed, as presented in ECEN3250. Starting
from this background, the course objectives are to introduce principles
of analog integrated-circuit analysis, modeling and design. With the
emphasis on CMOS technology, basic device models are reviewed and
developed further to cover sub-threshold and short channel effects, as
well as device parasitic capacitances. Integrated-circuit dc biasing
techniques are presented starting from simple to more complex current
mirrors, leading to analysis and design of current and voltage
references. Temperature and power supply sensitivity, as well as
absolute and mismatch parameter variations are introduced.
Integrated-circuit amplifier realizations are studied, starting from a
review of basic gain stages, leading to analysis and design of
operational amplfiers and comparators. Frequency response limitations
are addressed through the zero-value time constant method and the
extra-element theorem. In the context of operational amplifiers,
feedback, stability and compensation topics are introduced. Students
learn how to use simulation tools to verify integrated-circuit designs
across process and temperature corners.
Topics:
- CMOS technology and device models
- DC biasing in analog integrated circuits
- Current sources and voltage references
- Small-signal modeling and analysis
- Multi-stage and differential amplifiers
- Output stages
- Frequency response
- Operational amplifiers and feedback techniques
- Fully differential op-amps
- Comparators
Class schedule: 3 hours of lecture per week
Contribution of course to meeting Criterion 4, the professional
component: This course provides 3 semester hours of electrical
engineering topics consisting of engineering sciences and engineering
design.
Relationship of course to program outcomes:
This course is not required and is not included in outcomes assessment.
Prepared by: Dragan Maksimovic and V. Heuring
June 6, 2005
