EEC213

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EEC 213

Data-Conversion Techniques and Circuits

Preliminary Course Overview

Spring 2026
Web Page:
https://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~lewis/213/index.html

Course Location and Time:
107 Cruess on TuTh 4:40-6:00 pm.

Instructor:
Stephen Lewis
Office Hours will be on Zoom on Fridays from 3:00 to 4:30 pm
Please talk with me in office hours or after class instead of contacting me by email.

Recommended Text:
High Speed Data Converters, A. M. A. Ali, IET 2016.

The book is not required, and the class will be taught so you do not need to buy it.

Reference Texts:
  1. Data Converters, Maloberti, 2008.
  2. Principles of Data Conversion System Design, Razavi, 1995.
  3. Delta-Sigma Data Converters Theory, Design and Simulation, Edited by Norsworthy, Schreier, and Temes, 1997.
  4. Integrated Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Converters, van de Plassche, 1994.
  5. Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, 5th ed., Gray, Hurst, Lewis, and Meyer, 2009.

Prerequisites:
EEC 210

Objectives: After taking this course, a student should understand:
  1. A/D and D/A building blocks (passive components and comparators),
  2. sample-and-hold circuits,
  3. digital-to-analog-converter characteristics, error sources, architectures, correction techniques, and limitations, and
  4. analog-to-digital-converter characteristics, error sources, architectures, correction techniques, and limitations.

Homework:
Six homework assignments will be given but will not be collected or graded this term. Homework solutions will be available about a week after the homework is posted.

Grading:
The grades will be based on three quizzes one HSPICE-based design project, and one exam. The quizzes will be in the classroom. They will be closed book and closed notes. Each quiz will be about 10 minutes, starting at about 5:50 pm on Thursdays: May 2, May 16, and May 30. The project will be assigned by the end of April and due on Thursday, May 23. The exam will be in the last class period (Thurs. June 4). It will be closed book and closed notes, but you will be allowed to use both sides of one sheet of notes, 8.5 inches by 11 inches. The final-exam time slot is Mon. June 8 from 8:00-10:00am. (To see the final-exam schedule, click the following link Campus final-exam schedule and then click "Final Exam Period Groupings.") If the enrollment is low enough, we will use this time for student presentations. Otherwise, we will not use this time. The weighting used for the final course grade will be:

         Quizzes                15%
         Project                25%
         Exam                   40% if we have oral presentations or 60% otherwise
         Oral Presentation      20% if we have them
Recommended Reading:
The following table gives an outline for the course. I will cover everything you need to know in class for the graded material in this course; however, the recommended and reference texts are well written, and I recommend that you read them eventually, especially the parts identified in the table below using the following abbreviations:
  1. Ali = The Ali Book
  2. Maloberti = The Maloberti Book
  3. Razavi = The Razavi Book
  4. van de Plassche = The van de Plassche Book
  5. GHL&M = The Gray, Hurst, Lewis, and Meyer Text (used for EEC 210)

TopicReading
Passive Components GHL&M pp. 146-151,
Sample-and-Hold Circuits Ali pp. 147-165, Maloberti Ch. 5, Razavi Ch 2 and 3, van de Plassche Ch. 8
Comparators Ali pp. 191-218, Maloberti pp. 146-147 and 150-155, Razavi Sec. 7.2 and 8.1
van de Plassche Ch. 5,
Digital-to-Analog Converters Ali, pp. 124-140, Maloberti, Ch. 3, Razavi Ch. 4 and 5, van de Plassche Ch. 6
Analog-to-Digital Converters Ali pp. 84-124, Maloberti, Ch. 4 and Ch. 6-9, Razavi Ch. 6 and Sec. 8.3 and 8.4
van de Plassche Ch. 7, 10, and 11