Instructor - Robert Brodersen, University of California, Berkeley

4 Semester Credit Hours

Course Description

This course covers the fundamentals of the analysis and design of analog integrated circuits. It is geared towards those with limited or NO background in analog ICs, and provides a thorough introduction to this material. It begins by reviewing transistor device models, progresses to single and two-stage amplifiers, and moves on to multi-stage amplifiers. A variety of techniques for implementing current sources, and temperature and supply-independent bias sources are covered, and the tradeoffs between them. A large portion of the class then covers feedback theory and application, and frequency response of linear analog circuits and the design of operational amplifiers. Primarily MOS is covered with some discussion of Bipolar. By the end of this course, the student should have a firm grasp of fundamental analysis and design techniques required for the proper design and implementation of analog ICs.

Prerequisites

A course that covers (1) the basic properties of semiconductors, such as the p-n junction; (2) a description of MOS capacitors; and (3) how MOSFET is modeled as a large-signal device.  Additionally, the student should have been introduced to (4) sinusoidal steady-state signals and the techniques of phasor analysis, including impedance and the magnitude and phase response of linear circuits; (5) the frequency responses of single and multi-stage amplifiers; and (6) an introduction to the study of differential amplifiers. Students need NOT have a background in analog circuit design to take this course and do well in it.

At the completion of this course, the student will be well-prepared to master more advanced IC courses.

Required: Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, Gray, Hurst, Lewis and Meyer, Wiley, 4th edition, 2001, ISBN 0471321680;

Required: Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, Behzad Razavi, McGraw Hill, 2001, ISBN 0-07-238032-2;

Optional: The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits, Second Edition, Thomas Lee, Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (December 22, 2003), ISBN 0521835399;

Optional: The SPICE Book, Andre Vladimirescu, John Wiley and Sons, 1994 , ISBN 0471609269.

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