ECE 423- CMOS Integrated Circuits - II

Catalog Description: Analysis and design of analog integrated circuits in CMOS technology; cascoded current mirrors, cascaded gain stages, single-ended and fully differential operational amplifier, common-mode feedback, noise, and distortion.

Prerequisites:

By course: ECE 422
By topic: Fundamental electronics, transistor characteristics, large and small- signal analyses, single-ended op amp, frequency response, feedback, fluent SPICE usage.

Courses that require this as a prerequisite: ECE 520

Credits: 4 Terms Offered: Winter annually

Instructors:

Primary: U. Moon
Secondary: K. Mayaram

Textbook: Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, Gray and Meyer, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-57495-3, 2001.

References:

• Microelectronic Circuits, A. Sedra and K. C. Smith, Oxford University Press, Fourth Edition, 1998, ISBN 0-19-511663-1.
• Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, B. Razavi, McGraw-Hill, 1999, ISBN 0-07-237371-0.

Course Learning Objectives:
Students are expected to demonstrate the ability to:

1. Analyze and design advanced opamp configurations; fully differential, folded cascode, common-mode feedback circuits. (ABET Outcomes a, c)
2. Analyze noise and distortion in amplifiers. (ABET Outcome a)
3. Use IC Layout. (ABET Outcome a)
4. Design advanced opamp circuits that meet certain performance specifications. (ABET Outcomes a, b, c, k)
5. Proficiently use the circuit simulator SPICE for design and analysis of electronic circuits. (ABET Outcomes a, b, k)

Topics

• Physical properties of mixed-signal circuits in CMOS technology.
• Large- and small-signal analysis of cascoded configurations.
• Fully differential operational amplifier.
• Common-mode feedback circuits.
• Stability analysis of differential and common-mode feedbacks.
• Noise analysis and dynamic range.
• Source and analysis of distortion.
• Effect of feedback on noise and distortion.

Structure: Two 110-minute lectures per week.

Original: 1/01
Revised: 9/01