EE 530
Analog Integrated Circuit Design

Catalog Description   

Advanced treatment of transistor pairs, device mismatches, differential amplifiers, current mirrors, active loads, level shifting, and output stages. Parasitic and distributed device parameters. Economics of IC fabrication and impact on design.

Credits: 3.0

Class Schedule: 2 sessions per week, 75 minutes per session

Prerequisites: EE430 with a grade of C- or better.

Course Objectives      

  • Understand  the operation of transistor pairs used in combinations to achieve stable biasing, requisite input/output impedances, high gain, and good frequency response.
  • Able to calculate the key parameters of the IC circuit including its gain, bandwidth, input impedance, signal swing, etc.
  • Analyze the function and limitations of the circuit’s various subsections.
  • Design an analog IC amplifier to meet performance specifications
  • Write clear technical reports describing the design rationale, circuit’s key features, and tradeoffs made.
  • Give concise oral reports of the design rationale and circuit performance.
  • Employ  an industry standard simulation software (SPICE) that verifies circuit operation and expected performance characteristics.
  • Perform  thorough hand analysis and computer simulation of IC analog circuits and investigate discrepancies between them.
  • Understand and apply compensation techniques used in analog IC amplifiers.

Textbooks and References  

Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits (4th edition) by Gray, Hurst, Lewis, and Meyer, Wiley Press, 2001

Reference Text(s):  A.S. Sedra and K.C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 5th Edition, Saunders, 2004 and M. H. Rashid, Introduction to PSPICE Using OrCAD for Circuits & Electronics, 3rd Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004 (or equivalent reference).

Topics Covered            

  1. Models of Integrated Circuit Active Devices.   [2 lectures]
  2. Single and Two Transistor Amplifiers.  [2 lectures]
  3. Transistor Current Sources & Active Loads.  [3 lectures]
  4. Bipolar, MOS, and BiCMOS IC Technology.   [2 lectures]
  5. Output Stages.  [2 lectures]
  6. Operational Amplifiers.  [4 lectures]
  7. Frequency Response of Integrated Circuits.  [3 lectures]
  8. Feedback.  [3 lectures]
  9. Frequency Response and Stability of Feedback Amplifiers.  [3 lectures]
  10. Nonlinear Analog Circuits and Noise in ICs.  [1-2 lectures]  (as time permits)
  11. Oral Reports on Design Projects and tests [4 lectures]

Prepared by: Dr. Andrew Szeto
Date of preparation: 09/11/2008