Lecture notes and videos for ECG 720 Advanced Analog IC Design, Spring 2021

    

TBA – final exam (comprehensive) 

May 6 – lec29_ecg720.pdf and lec29_ecg720_video – review for final exam       

May 4 – lec28_ecg720.pdf and lec28_ecg720_video – the cyclic ADC, pipeline ADCs   

April 29 – lec27_ecg_720 – meet with students, grade projects   

April 27 – lec26_ecg720.pdf and lec26_ecg720_video – op–amps in data converters, begin implementing ADCs    

April 22 – lec25_ecg720.pdf and lec25_ecg720_video – start Ch. 30, implementing data converters      

April 20 – lec24_ecg720.pdf and lec24_ecg720_video – finish–up Ch. 29, data converter architectures   

April 15 – lec23_ecg720.pdf and lec23_ecg720_video – discuss projects 

April 13 – lec22_ecg720.pdf and lec22_ecg720_video – more DAC architectures, start ADC architectures     

April 8 – lec21_ecg720.pdf and lec21_ecg720_video – DAC architectures    

April 6 – lec20_ecg720.pdf and lec20_ecg720_video – data converter fundamentals    

April 1 – lec19_ecg720.pdf and lec19_ecg720_video – series–series (transconductance amp) and shunt–series (current amp) feedback amplifiers

March 30 – lec18_ecg720.pdf and lec18_ecg720_video – more transimpedance feedback amplifiers, shunt–shunt feedback  

March 25 – lec17_ecg720.pdf and lec17_ecg720_video – series–shunt feedback (voltage amp) and shunt–shunt feedback (transimpedance amp)

March 23 – lec16_ecg720.pdf and lec16_ecg720_video – start Ch. 31, feedback amplifiers   

March 10 – Midterm, open book and closed notes, 2:30-3:45 PM in TBE B-176 

March 9 – lec15_ecg720.pdf and lec15_ecg720_video – review for the midterm exam  

March 4 – lec14_ecg720.pdf and lec14_ecg720_video – operation of switched–capacitor circuits, finish Ch. 25

March 2 – lec13_ecg720.pdf and lec13_ecg720_video – Ch. 25, fully–differential sample–and–hold circuits  

February 25 – lec12_ecg720.pdf and lec12_ecg720_video – op–amp design using switched–capacitor CMFB

February 23 – lec11_ecg720.pdf and lec11_ecg720_video – more basic op–amp design   

February 19 – lec10_ecg720.pdf and lec10_ecg720_video – biasing and CMFB for differential amplifiers, basic op–amp design   

February 12 – lec9_ecg720.pdf and lec9_ecg720_video – start ch. 26, op–amps II, biasing for power and speed    

February 11 – lec8_ecg720.pdf and lec8_ecg720_video – modeling op–amp noise, examples, wrap–up Ch. 8  

February 9 – lec7_ecg720.pdf and lec7_ecg720_video – averaging thermal noise, introduction to shot noise and flicker noise

February 4 – lec6_ecg720.pdf and lec6_ecg720_video – noise equivalent bandwidth, kT/C noise, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), noise figure (NF)

February 2  lec5_ecg720.pdf and lec5_ecg720_video – introduction to electrical noise, noise measurements, thermal noise, simulating MOSFET noise

January 28 – Lecture 4: 

3.2.part2 Filtering Topologies – 3.2.2 The Biquadratic Transfer Functionch3_msd_3_2_p2_video (45:54) and ch3_msd_3_2_p2_notes.pdf    

January 26 – Lecture 3: 

3.2.part1 Filtering Topologies – 3.2.1 The Bilinear Transfer Function and 3.2.2 The Biquadratic Transfer Functionch3_msd_3_2_p1_video (61:49) and ch3_msd_3_2_p1_notes.pdf  

January 21 – Lecture 2: 

3.1.part2 Integrator Building Blocks – 3.1.3 MOSFET–C Integrators, 3.1.4 gm–C (Transconductor–C) Integrators, and 3.1.5 Discrete–Time Integratorsch3_msd_3_1_p2_video (55:58) and ch3_msd_3_1_p2_notes.pdf   

January 19 – Lecture 1:

3.1.part1 Integrator Building Blocks – 3.1.1 Lowpass Filters and 3.1.2 Active–RC Integratorsch3_msd_3_1_p1_video (61:06) and ch3_msd_3_1_p1_notes.pdf 

     

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