EE338 L Analog Integrated Circuit Design

UT Austin, Spring 2007

Instructor: Axel Thomsen

Axel.thomsen@silabs.com

http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~athomsen

office hours: tu 4-5pm, th 6:15-7pm at ENS 620

 

Cadence Tutorial

Nmodel

Pmodel

*example level 1 model

.model pfet pmos level=1 vto=-.9 kp=60e-6 lambda=0.003

.model nfet nmos level=1 vto=.7 kp=150e-6 lambda=0.002

 

TA: pu@mail.cerc.utexas.edu

syllabus

1/16: class cancelled due to weather

1/18: introduction: why is analog design still important (book chapter 1)

1/23: operation of the MOS device (book chapter 2)

1/25: second order effects, capacitors, resistors (book chapters 16.2, 17.7.2)

1/30: cmos technology, inductors, small signal model (book chapter 17, 2.4.3

2/1: amplifier characteristics, single stage amplifiers: common source, source follower, common drain (book chapter 3.1-3.4)

2/6: common source amplifier: different implementations, gain vs frequency, dominant pole, Miller effect (book chapter 3.2)

2/8: noise analysis (book chapter 7)

2/13: current sources (book chapter 5) instructors notes

2/15: current mirrors (book chapter 5) instructors notes

2/20: differential amplifier (book chapter 5)

2/22: differential amplifier (book chapter 5)

2/27: review

3/1: review

3/6: review

3/8: review

3/13: spring break

3/15: spring break

3/20: midterm open book, open notes)

3/22: midterm solutions, feedback and stability

3/27: switched capacitors, single stage opamp design

4/3: single stage opamp design

4/5: two stage opamp design example

4/10: two stage opamp design

4/12: opamp design examples

4/17: bandgap reference

4/19: no class

4/24: introduction to digital to analog converters

4/26: introduction to analog to digital converters

5/1: review

5/3: review, last day of class

 

handouts:

single stage opamp design flow

single stage opamp design spreadsheet

two stage opamp design flow

two stage opamp design spreadsheet

two stage opamp design flow for switched cap

two stage opamp design spreadsheet

two stage opamp transistor names

 

assignments:

lab1 (due 2/8)

homework1 (due 2/1) solution

lab2 (due 3/1)

homework2 (due 2/27) solution

homework 3 (due 3/6) solution

midterm formula sheet

midterm practice problems solution_part1 solution_part2

midterm exam midterm solution

lab 3 (due 4/5)

homework4 (due 4/12) data for simulation

homework5 (due 4/26)

lab4, lab5 (due 5/3)