Email: -- Put EE6312 in the subject of your message; copy the TA as much as possible on your email communications.
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2pm to 4pm or make an appointment by email.
Teaching Assistant: Frank Zhang, CEPSR 422,
212-854-4685, frank AT cisl.columbia.edu
Prerequisite:
Course Topics
Please take a look at the Textbook section for a detailed topic list.
- Main focus will be on CMOS design.
- MOS operation (weak, moderate, strong inversion),
- Basic transistor stages with low voltage supplies.
- Single ended and fully differential operational amplifier analysis and design: telescopic, folded cascode, two-stage OTA, common-mode feedback.
- Switched capacitor 2x amplifier: time-domain settling; switch design and non-idealities.
- Stability and frequency compensation techniques (differential & common mode).
- Noise in circuits; low-noise design.
- Device Mismatch and its impact on circuit performance.
- Temperature- and supply-independent biasing.
Textbook:
We do not formally follow a textbook but use a combination of instructor's notes and technical papers. A lot of the material is available from (see the Textbook section):
Other reference texts on the subject:
- Y. Tsividis: "Mixed Analog Digital VLSI Devices and Technology (An introduction)", World Scientific, New Jersey, 2002.
- Gray, Hurst, Lewis, and Meyer: "Analysis and design of Analog Integrated Circuits", (4th Edition), John Wiley and Sons.
- K. R. Laker, W.M.C. Sansen, "Design of Analog Integrated Circuits and Systems", McGraw-Hill, January 1994
- David Johns, Ken Martin, "Analog Integrated Circuit Design", John Wiley & Sons, November 1996.
- Phillip E. Allen and Douglas R. Holberg, "CMOS Analog Circuit Design", (Second Edition), Oxford University Press, February 2002.
Several copies of these books will be on reserve in the Engineering Library (Mudd 4th floor).
State-of-the-art computer-aided analysis techniques are extensively used. An extensive design project is an integral part of the course.
Remote Students
Remote students need the ability to remotely run
the design tools on our VLSI/CISL Teaching machines in Mudd 12th
floor. There are two ways to remotely login:
Make sure your are confident you have a sufficiently fast internet
connection (broadband). Make sure you understand the use of linux and
the design tools before you register for this course as a remote
student. We will not be able to help you setting
up that connection since it is too specific to your particular computing
setup and internet connection.
Grading:
Homework 10%
Design Project 35%
Midterm (written) 20%
Final (written) 35%