ECE4902 B2017 Lecture Outline
Date Lec Reading Topics Covered Lab
HW
Oct 26
1



Ch. 1

GHLM
pp. 154-159
Course Introduction / Administrative Details
CMOS Analog Integrated Circuit Design Process
Fabrication: Silicon Run Video (On Reserve)
Die Size / Yield / IC Economics

Lab
1
HW
1
Basics: Semiconductor Physics Review / MOSFET Characterstics
J&M pp. 1-16
2.1
Semiconductor Physics Review: Depletion Region at pn Junction
MOSFET Review
Oct 30
2


Capacitance: Junction, MOSFET Gate
MC14007/CD4007 MOSFET Array Data Sheet
18.1-7
19.1, 19.2
MOSFET Fabrication, Process Parameters
Physical Design (Layout); IC Passives (R, C)
Nov 2
3
2.1
MOSFET as a Switch: Channel Resistance, Triode Region Lab
2
HW
2
2.2-4
MOSFET V-I Characteristic; Operating Regions
MOSFET in 1-Transistor Amplifier (Op-amp Gain Stage) Lab
3

Active region, square law characteristic
Nov 6
4
3.1,2
Common Source Amplifier (R load)
Small Signal Modeling
Lab
4
3.3
Common Source Amplifier
3.4-6
Source Follower; Common Gate; Cascode
Nov 9
5
5.1
Current Mirror; Channel Length Modulation; P-channel MOSFET
Lab
5
HW
3
Nov 13

6
3.3.3,4
6.1, 6.2
Common Source Amplifier, Active Load
Frequency Response; Bandwidth of Common Source Amplifiers
Nov 16
7
MOSFET in Multiple-Transistor Amplifier (Op-amp Input Differential Stage) Lab
6,7
HW
4


4.1-4, 5.3
MOSFET Differential Pair

Differential Pair, Active Load
Nov 20
8
Multi-Stage Amplifier Design: Open-Loop Op-amp Lab
8
9.1-3
Open Loop, DC analysis

Open Loop, Small Signal anlaysis
Nov 30
9
Putting it all Together: Basic Closed-Loop MOS Op-Amp Design Lab
9
8.1
Feedback
10.1-5

Stability of Closed Loop Op-Amp
Op-Amp Compensation; Miller Effect
Dec 4
10
Improving Performance of MOS Op-Amp Design Lab
10
HW
5







3.4-6
Source Follower; Common Gate; Cascode
5.2, 5.3
Improved Current Sources

Cascode Op-Amp
Dec 7
11 Ch. 14
Addressing Nonidealities: Offset Voltage, Nonlinearity

Advanced Techniques
Lab
11
Ch. 12 Bandgap Voltage Reference
15.4
Ch. 16
Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO)
Phase Locked Loop (PLL)
Lab
12
Dec 11

12

13
Optional Topics


Ch. 7

Ch. 13
Noise
Fully Differential Op-Amps
 Switched Capacitor Circuits


Dec 14
Final Exam

Textbook reading:  Razavi, except GHLM: Gray, Hurst, Lewis, Meyer; J&M Johns and Martin