Analog Integrated Circuits

The first sessions of the course are devoted to a review of large-signal and small-signal transistor models, as well as to small-signal modeling techniques for basic analog integrated circuits. The second part describes the basic building blocks whose interconnection enables the creation of analog integrated circuits: current/voltage references, current mirrors and current sources, single-transistor active-load amplifiers, and differential pairs. The fundamental principles of CMOS amplifier design are examined in the third part. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between performance and transistor sizing in the context of designing a two-stage Miller amplifier. Several advanced amplifier architectures are presented at the end of the course to highlight the importance of mastering the basic building blocks.

learn the techniques and methods for designing CMOS analog integrated circuits.

• Understanding the difference between polarization (large-signal) and small-signal operation,
• Identify the basic building blocks of an analog integrated circuit: current mirror, common-source, common-gate, or common-drain transistors, etc.
• Large-signal analysis: how to design a circuit for proper bias,
• Small-signal analysis: establish a small-signal model appropriate for the desired analysis,
• Use, modify, and improve a transistor circuit.

• Basic Concepts of Electrodynamics: Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Laws, Millman's Theorem, Thévenin's Equivalent Circuit, Norton's Equivalent Circuit.
• Techniques for analyzing circuits based on generators (Thevenin and Norton), resistors, and capacitors.
• Mathematical Techniques: Derivatives.

Recommended prerequisites*:

• Basics of bipolar and/or MOS transistor circuits.
• Large-signal and small-signal models of the MOS transistor.
• Stability of closed-loop electronic systems.
• Poles and zeros of a transfer function.

• Large-Signal and Small-Signal Models of the MOS Transistor
• Small-Signal Modeling of Basic Circuits
• Self-polarized layers
• Current Sources
• Single-Transistor Amplifiers
• The Two-Stage Miller Amplifier
  • Analysis, Sizing, and Assembly
  • Benefits of Adding an Output Stage
  • Stability Analysis and Stabilization
• Some Advanced Amplifiers
  • Transconductance amplifiers
  • Cascade-Effect Voltage Amplifiers

CM: 9:00 p.m.

 TP: 9:00 p.m.