EEC210 - MOS Analog Circuit Design
University of California, Davis
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Instructor:

    Prof. Rajeevan Amirtharajah
    3173 Kemper Hall
    E-mail:    ramirtha@ece.ucdavis.edu
    Office Hours: Mon 4-6 PM or by appointment.

    Course Overview

    Fall 2008

    Course Notes Web Page:
    http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~ramirtha/EEC210/F08/F08.html

    Course Time and Location:
    1130 Bainer Hall
    T, Th 4:40-6:00 pm

    Required Text:
    Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, Gray, Hurst, Lewis, and Meyer, 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2001.

    Text Corrections

    Reference Texts:
    1. Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, Razavi, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
    2. Analog Integrated Circuit Design, Johns and Martin, John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
    3. CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, Baker, Li, and Boyce, IEEE Press, 1998
    4. Analog MOS Integrated Circuits for Signal Processing, Gregorian and Temes, John Wiley & Sons, 1986.
    5. Bipolar and MOS Analog Integrated Circuit Design, Grebene, John Wiley & Sons, 1984.

    Prerequisites:
    EEC110A, 110B, 140B

    Objectives:
    This course concentrates on analog circuits using CMOS technologies. After taking this course, a student should understand:
    1. Linear models for CMOS devices
    2. CMOS amplifier and reference circuits
    3. Compensation techniques for electronic linear amplifiers
    4. Simple noise-analysis techniques for CMOS amplifiers
    5. The use of the SPICE circuit-simulation program

    Grading:
    There will be three quizzes, one design project, one midterm exam, and one final exam. The design project will be due before Thanksgiving. Quizzes will be closed book and last 10 minutes. Exams are open book. The midterm exam will be held in class on Tuesday 11/14. The final exam will be held on Wednesday, 12/10 from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM. There will be about nine homework assignments, but they will not be collected or graded. The weighting used for the final course grade will be:

             
         Quizzes        15%
         Project        20%
         Midterm Exam   25%
         Final Exam     40%
    Reading Assignments:
    All reading assignments refer to sections in: Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, Gray, Hurst, Lewis, and Meyer, 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2001.

    TopicReading
    MOS Transistors and Technology Sec. 1.1-1.2, 1.5-1.9
    Basic MOS Amplifiers Sec. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3.2, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.7, 3.3.9, 3.4.2.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4
    Differential Pairs Sec. 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.6.1, 3.5.6.6-3.5.6.9
    Current Sources and Active Loads Sec. 4.1, 4.2.1, 4.2.2.2, 4.2.3.2, 4.2.4.2, 4.2.5.2, 4.2.6.2, 4.3.1-4.3.5, A4.1.2, A4.2.2
    Reference Circuits Sec. 4.4
    MOS Two-Stage Op Amp Sec. 6.1-6.4
    Frequency Response Sec. 7.1-7.3, 7.5 (skip material on bipolar transistors)
    Stability and Compensation Sec. 9.1-9.4, 9.6 (skip material on bipolar transistors)
    Introduction to Noise Sec. 11.1-11.8 (skip material on bipolar transistors)

    Course Schedule

    Lectures

    Future details are tentative.

    Date Reading Lecture Slides Notes
    Thu, September 25 GHLM 1 Course introduction, MOS Transistors    
    Tue, September 30 GHLM 1 MOS Transistors and Technology    Prof. Lewis Guest Lecture
    Thu, October 2 GHLM 3 Basic MOS Amplifiers    Prof. Lewis Guest Lecture
    Tue, October 7 GHLM 3 Basic MOS Amplifiers    
    Thu, October 9 GHLM 3 Differential Amplifiers     Quiz 1 (Solution)
    Tue, October 14 GHLM 3 Differential Amplifiers    
    Thu, October 16 GHLM 4 Current Sources    
    Tue, October 21 GHLM 4 Current Sources    
    Thu, October 23 GHLM 4 Active Loads    
    Tue, October 28 GHLM 4.4 Reference Circuits   Quiz 2 (Solution)
    Thu, October 30 GHLM 4.4  Reference Circuits    
    Tue, November 4 GHLM 6 Operational Amplifiers    
    Thu, November 6 GHLM 6 Operational Amplifiers    
    Tue, November 11   Veteran's Day Holiday  
    Thu, November 13   Midterm
    Midterm Solution    		   Fall 2005 Midterm
    Fall 2005 Midterm Solution
    Tue, November 18 GHLM 7 Frequency Response    
    Thu, November 20 GHLM 9 Stability & Compensation    
    Tue, November 25 GHLM 9 Stability & Compensation    
    Nov. 27-28   Thanksgiving Holiday    
    Tue, December 2 GHLM 14 Noise    Quiz 3 (Solution)
    Thu, December 4 GHLM 14 Noise    

    Homeworks and Homework Solutions:


    1. Homework #1   (solutions) o
    2. Homework #2   (solutions) o
    3. Homework #3   (solutions) o
    4. Homework #4   (solutions) o
    5. Homework #5   (solutions) o
    6. Homework #6   (solutions) o
    7. Homework Spice Solutions
    8. Homework #7   (solutions) o
    9. Homework #8   (solutions) o
    10. Homework #9   (solutions) o

    Project:


    1. Design Project Specification o
    2. Design Project HSPICE template
    3. BPTM 130nm HSPICE model file

    Fall 2005 Project:


    1. Fall 2005 Design Project Specification o
    2. Fall 2005 Design Project HSPICE template

    HSPICE Files and Links

    For information on running HSPICE on the UCD ECE department network, follow this URL: http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/cad/hspice/index.html

    For the class project (but necessarily the homework), this course relies on some of the freeware Predictive Technology Models from the Nanoscale Integration and Modeling Group at Arizona State University. You can access the nominal 130 nm model file here to include it in your Spice decks. You can also access a template for the Spice decks you turn in here.

    In this class, we will assume a generic process based on the MOSIS Scalable CMOS design rules for deep submicron. The design rules are available online at: http://www.mosis.org/Technical/Layermaps/lm-scmos_scn6m.html. Use the DEEP column for the assumed layout rules.




    UPDATES:

    12/08/08 - Added Quiz 3 and 2006 Final Solutions
    12/02/08 - Added Midterm and Midterm solutions
    11/18/06 - Added HW 7-9 solutions and design project files
    10/24/08 - Added HW 3-6 solutions
    10/13/08 - Added Quiz 1 and solutions
    10/07/08 - Added HW 1-2 solutions
    09/25/08 - Created

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