EE-320: Analog IC design

Lectures in this course (43)

Explores the differential operation in high-performance analog circuits and its immunity to common-mode noise.

Explores common-mode response in differential pairs and the concept of current mirrors.

Explores a five-transistor OTA with a differential pair and active load, analyzing gain approximations and common-mode properties.

Explores MOS transistors in saturation, covering I/V characteristics, pinch-off behavior, and transconductance.

Explores large signal analysis, output swing, gain, and small-signal models.

Explores the Body Effect, Channel-Length Modulation, and Subthreshold Conduction in MOSFETs, crucial for circuit design.

Covers the MOS device capacitances in different regions and their impact on circuit performance.

Simplifies MOS device analysis with the small-signal model, including body effect.

Covers CMOS amplifiers, small-signal model, tradeoffs, and amplifier topologies.

Explores load impedance, current sources, linearity, and gain optimization in CS stages.

Covers the analysis of a common-source amplifier and the impact of source degeneration.

Explains the operation of a source follower stage and the importance of impedance matching.

Explores the source follower as a voltage buffer and level shifter.

Covers the analysis of the common-gate stage and introduces the cascode topology.

Covers the analysis of cascode circuits, focusing on output impedance and gain calculations.

Explains the differential operation of circuits and the immunity to common-mode noise.

Covers the analysis of large signals in differential pairs and maximum output swing.

Explores how differential amplifiers suppress common mode noise and the impact of imperfections on circuit performance.

Covers the layout of analog CMOS ICs, including matching transistors and dealing with parasitics and fabrication asymmetry.

Covers the analysis of differential pairs with MOS loads and the impact of cascoding.

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