Analog IC Design / Electrincs 4

Analog IC Design
ECEN 4827/5827 -- Fall 2006

Updated 08/26/06

Course Vitals, Policies, & Syllabus

Course Objective

To learn fundamentals of CMOS analog IC design and applications of analog integrated circuits

Meeting times

M,W,F 10:00am - 10:50am, ECEE 1B28

Textbook

No textbook is required. However, it is highly recommended to have a reference text on analog IC design. All students are encouraged to search out and study at least one reference for each lecture topic. The four recommended texts will also be on reserve (4 hours or overnight checkout). The recommended textbooks are given below (reference in brackets will be used in lecture notes):

[Gray] P. Gray, P. Hurst, S. Lewis, R. Meyer, "Analysis & Design of Analog Integrated Circuits," 4th Edition,WILEY, 2001.
[Allen] P. Allen, D. Holberg, "CMOS Analog Circuit Design, Second Edition," Oxford, 2002.
[Johns] D. Johns, K. Martin, "Analog Integrated Circuit Design," Wiley, 1997.
[Sedra] Sedra, Smith, "Microelectronics Circuits," 4th Edition, Oxford (from ECEN3250).

Instructor

Computer requirements

Grading and required work

HW assignments (total): 20%
Quiz #1: 5%
Quiz #2: 5%
Quiz #3: 5%
Midterm exam #1: 15%
Midterm exam #2: 15%
Final exam (comprehensive): 35%

Course Policies

Deadlines:

No late homeworks will be accepted, one HW will be dropped
Exams or quizzes: no make-up or early exams

Integrity:

All Honor Code applies to all students
Zero tolerance for cheating: at any level in any form cheating will result in automatic F for all parties involved (giving and receiving)
Homework: Collaboration is allowed with other students taking the course in this semester. You must turn in your own work. Copying someone else's work in any form is not allowed.
Exams and quizzes: No collaboration of any kind is allowed
See the additional notices below, which generally apply to all CU students in all courses

Additional notices:

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ECEN4827/5827 Syllabus / Course Outline

Op-amp application circuits and op-amp characteristics
Transistor-level view of a two-stage op-amp

Review of CMOS process technology and device characteristics
-- processing, large-signal device equations, operating modes

Review of DC bias solution principles using the two-stage op-amp as an example

Review of the device small-signal models using the two-stage op-amp as an example
-- basic gain stages: common-source, common-drain stages
-- differential amplifier, active loading, half-circuit analysis, CMRR
-- body effect

Basic principles of analog IC design
-- Matching
-- Process and temperature variations

Introduction to feedback circuits

Loop gain

Reference circuits and voltage regulators

Current and voltage references

Temperature and power supply sensitivity

Bandgap references

Output stages

Audio and RF power amplifier examples

Device high-frequency small-signal models & capacitances

Simplified BW and high-frequency analysis
-- Zero-valued time constant (ZVTC) method for BW estimation
-- n-extra element theorem (n-EET) for high frequency dynamics

BW limitations of basic gain stages: common-source and cascode amplifiers

Slew-rate and BW limitations of op-amps

Frequency-response and stability of feedback circuits

Phase and gain margins

Frequency compensation techniques

Examples of analysis and design of more advanced analog building blocks

Op-amp design procedures

Fully differential amplifiers
--common-mode feedback

Current-mode circuits

Modulators and demodulators

Courses in Custom IC Design

Analog IC Design ECEN4827/5827 -- Fall semesters

Covers the fundamentals of transistor-level analog integrated circuit design. Starting from device models, introduces principles of dc biasing, basic amplifier structures, frequency response and feedback techniques, and multi-stage differential amplifier design. Design oriented techniques and CAD simulation tools are emphasized. Prerequisites: ECEN 3250 (Circuits III or equiv).

Mixed-Signal IC Design ECEN 5837 -- Spring semesters

(1) Design of core analog circuits in mixed analog and digital systems, including data converters and sampled-data circuitry, and (2) system level IC design methodologies and CAD based circuit design and layout techniques in mixed analog and digital ICs. Prerequisites: Analog IC Design (or equiv).