ECE 412:        Introduction to Mixed-signal Circuit Design             Fall 2008 
 

Term:  Fall 2008.
Instructor:  Dr. Shantanu Chakrabartty (shantanu@msu.edu).

Office Hours:  Tuesday 2-4PM at EB3530.

Abstract and Course Summary
This course will cover basics of analog circuit design and systematic methods for designing CMOS integrated circuits. The students will learn popular algorithms that are used for optimizing the performance of analog circuits and apply the techniques to their projects and assignments. The course will also cover a brief survey of popular circuits and systems that are currently used in industry and research.  

Course Syllabus

Textbook:  Analog Integrated Circuit Design by D.A. Johns and K. Martin (John Wiley and Sons 1997) .

Announcements

• ECE412 does not require ECE410 as a corequisite as indicated previously. Please see the undergraduate academic advisor for override. Also, the laboratory component of this course will have open hours (The indicated time-slot on Friday will serve only as a place holder)
• Homework 1 (Due Friday 09/12/2008)
• Homework 2 (Due Friday 09/19/2008)
• Homework 3 (Due Friday 09/26/2008)
• Homework 4 (Due Friday 10/03/2008)
• Mid-term exam is scheduled for October 15th from 4:10 PM - 6:30 PM in Room 1234.
• Homework 5 (Due Monday 10/24/2008)
• Homework 6 (Due Monday 11/07/2008)
• Homework 7 (Due Monday 11/14/2008)
• Homework 8: Solve the sample final exams (See examples and notes) Due Monday 11/21/2008
• Final Exam during the first week of december.

Lecture slides and Handouts

• Introduction to Analog World (Posted)
• MOS Transistors (Posted)
• MOS Transistors Supplementary Materials (Posted)
• CMOS Fabrication (Posted)
• Basic Current Mirrors and Single-Stage Amplifiers (Posted)
• Chapter 3 Extra slides (Amplifier Basics) (Posted)
• Chapter 3 Cascoded and Differential amplifiers (Posted)
• Differential amplifiers and Advanced current mirrors (Posted) [Also see example notes]
• Analysis of differential amplifiers (Posted)
• Multi-stage amplifiers (Posted)
• Review lecture slides (Posted)
• Basic Frequency Analysis (Posted)
• Frequency analysis of CS and cascoded amplifiers (Posted)
• Frequency analysis of source follower and differential pair (Posted)
• Stability and Frequency compensation (Posted)
• Stability and Frequency compensation Part II (Posted)
• Complete Opamp Design (Posted)
• Comparators (Posted)
• Basic Switched Capacitor Circuits; Sample and Hold(Posted)
• Analog and Mixed-signal Layout(Posted)
• Shielding and Analog design methodology(Posted)
• Final Course Review Lecture Slides (Posted)

Examples and notes

• Small signal analysis examples
• Small signal analysis of current mirrors
• Sample Mid-term exams (2005)
• Sample Mid-term exams (2006)
• Analysis of a folded cascode amplifier
• Sample Frequency Analysis
• Sample Final exams

      More details can be found at http://www.egr.msu.edu/classes/ece418/mason

• Cadence Setup
• Cadence Tutorial I
• Cadence Tutorial II

Other Useful Links and Tutorials

• MOSIS Semiconductor Prototyping Facility
• NCSU Cadence Toolkit
•  Cadence Tutorial (JHU)