CMOS Analog Circuit Design

Name: CMOS Analog Circuit Design
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By Prof. Phillip E Allen

Created byPhillip Allen

Last updated 5/2018

English

What you'll learn

Understand a broad perspective of analog IC design
Refresh their understanding of analog IC design if they have been away from the field for a period of time
Understand the requirements for an analog IC designer
See how technology, modeling, and circuit design come together in analog IC design
Have a top-level understanding of sources, amplifiers, op amps, comparators, and DA and AD converters
Look into the future of analog IC design

Course content

1 section • 12 lectures • 3h 0m total length

Introduction12:21
Explore the overview of analog cmos circuit design, compare analog and digital signals, and examine the three foundations—technology, modeling, and circuit understanding—while considering design as science with elements of art.
Technology19:16
Trace the evolution of technology from vacuum tubes to mOSFETs, and analyze core IC process steps, photolithography, planarization, and reliability in analog design.
Modelling13:17
Learn how CMOS analog modeling uses simple thinking models for circuit intuition and accurate simulation models like BSIM3/4 to predict MOSFET performance and evolve with technology.
Analog IC design process12:05
Explore the analog ic design process, from electrical design and schematic verification to physical layout, parasitic extraction, fabrication, testing, and packaging considerations.
Key principles, concepts and techniques16:13
Apply innovation by using the principles, concepts, and techniques of analog design to craft unique solutions, illustrated by poles, zeros, feedback, and worst-case analysis.
Characteristics of an Analog Designer10:16
Explore the analog designer's role within the analog ic design environment, emphasizing troubleshooting, learning from mistakes, and designing for failure. Delve into frequency response and circuit analysis as core skills.
Independent sources17:05
Explore independent voltage and current sources that remain constant regardless of power supply, process, or temperature, and learn bandgap circuits, PTAT methods, and zero temperature coefficient MOSFETs for stable references.
Amplifiers16:17
Explore mosfet and bjt amplifiers, including common source, common gate, and common drain configurations, with diode, current-source, and cascode loads, plus differential amplifiers and slew-rate concepts.
Op-amps18:23
Explore op amps, their negative feedback, stability, and compensation, compare one-pole and two-pole architectures, and learn design methods for unity-gain and gain-bandwidth requirements.
Comparators12:50
Explore comparators in CMOS analog design, from open loop and regenerative types to high-speed latch architectures. Learn about propagation delay, input offset voltage, auto zeroing, and switching dynamics.
DAC and ADC converter18:18
Explore digital to analog and analog to digital converters, covering quantization and sample-and-hold. Review oversampled ADCs and DACs including binary weighted resistor DACs, and serial, pipeline, and flash ADC architectures.
Future of analog IC design13:45
Explores the current state and technology trends shaping analog IC design, including digitally assisted analog circuits, tools and web-based design paradigms, and challenges in teaching.

Requirements

Students should have an interest in the topic of analog IC design or at least the motivation to find out what it is all about
There are no prerequisites but any previous knowledge of the topic will help the student get more from the class

Description

This course serves as a brief overview of the topic of analog IC design. It is a high level view of what analog IC design is all about and discusses the requirements for a designer in this field. In reality, this course is a snapshot of a more detailed, 40 hour course on CMOS analog design found elsewhere.

The target audience for this course should have some familiarity with analog circuits and integrated circuit technology. The terminology used is that found in both academia and industry.

This course is stand alone and has no quizzes or other material - it is designed to be a quick refresher or a introduction to the topic of analog IC design. The course will take approximately 3 hours to complete and consists of 12 lectures of 15-20 minutes in length.

Students new to analog IC design can take this course to gain an overview of the topic. Those who are familiar with IC design or have been away from the field for a while, can use the course to come up to date with the field of analog IC design.

The more detailed 40 hour course on CMOS Analog Design is found on other venues (Continued Professional Development at Imperial College of London) and has quizzes associated with the course. Check with the instructor, Dr. Allen, if you are interested in the in-depth course or go to the Imperial College website.

Who this course is for:

This Overview of Analog IC Design should be taken by anyone who would like to gain a quick refresher or a general introduction into the topic of Analog IC Design
This course will prepare the student to go into a more detailed study found elsewhere (www.aicdesign.org) on the topic.
This course can be taken to determine the students interest in the topic of analog IC design