Analog IC design (for MNIS)
Summary
This course deals with the analysis, design, and optimization of CMOS analog circuits, emphasizing low-power solutions required in a broad range of applications (e.g., IoT, wearables, Biosensors ...). Some examples of mixed-signal design are also addressed.
Content
- Introduction: Low-Power AMS design and application (IoT, Wearable, Sensors, Healthcare,  )
- MOS Transistor: Modelling, Operation, and trade-offs
- Voltage references and regulators
- Supply and temperature-independent biasing
- Low-Voltage solution
- Operational-Amplifiers:
- Applications (Amplification, Filtering, and Regulation)
- Frequency analysis and Stability
- Noise, Offset, and Mismatch
- Filly Differential and common mode feedback
- LV solution: Rail to Rail Amp.
- Mixed-Signal Design examples:
- Digital calibration of analog circuits
- Comparators
- Practical aspects in MS-SOC
Keywords
- MOS transistor, Modelling, Analog Design, Current Mirrors, Voltage references, Regulators, Amplifiers, Stability, low-power, Low-noise, Low Voltage, digital calibration
Learning Prerequisites
Required courses
Electronics I, II, IC Design I, (Analog Design for MNIS)
Recommended courses
- Analog Design Essentials / Sansen
- CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation / Baker
- Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits / Razavi
In the programs
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Analog IC design (for MNIS)
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks