| | Standard Course Syllabus | Course Supervisor | Date of Approval |
| | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Ismail | January 20, 1999 |
| | 820 | Analog VLSI Design |
| | 2. | CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
| | Introduction to analog VLSI design with emphasis on the hardware implementation of analog signal processing VLSI circuits |
| | and systems. |
| | Quarters of Offering | Credits | | Level | Class Meeting |
| | Sp Qtr. | 3 | G | 3 cl. |
| | Course Prerequisites |
| | Prereq: 720, and prereq or concur 721; or grad standing. |
| | 3. | PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC |
| | Transistor models and biasing techniques, VLSI (Chip) computer-aided design tools, basic statistics |
| | Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite |
| | none |
| | 4. | Text(s) and Other Course Materials | Author(s) | Publisher |
| | Notes from UniPrint |
| | References (supplemental reading) |
| | [1] Handouts of current international publications |
| | [2] Behzad Razavi, "Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits", McGraw-Hill, 2000. |
| | 5. | COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| | 1. Learn design techniques of analog VLSI circuits. Design a VLSI chip and submit it over the internet for fabrication. |
| | Students are encouraged to enroll for one credit hour after the course to test the chips after fabrication. |
| | 2. Provide students an opportunity to practice team work and communicate their design experience orally and in writing. |
| | 6. | TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES) |
| | CMOS Current division analog VLSI circuits (4) |
| | Gain boosting techniques (4) |
| | Rsil to Rail input and output stages (4) |
| | Analog design in BiCMOS technologies (4) |
| | Sigma delta data converters (4) |
| | Statistical design of analog VLSI circuits (4) |
| | Layout techniques for analog and mixed signal VLSI (4) |
| | Presentations by Chip design teams (poster sessions) (2) |
| | 7. | CLASS MEETING PATTERN | (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.) |
| | 3 cl. |
| | Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:23 AM |
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