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Topics
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Outcomes
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Activities
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| Part I: Digital Integrated Circuits
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| 1
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- Identify the key characteristics and non-idealities of a CMOS fabrication process.
- Analyze how these key characteristics and non-idealities change the characteristics of the devices that will be built on it.
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| 2
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- Simplify the analysis of a CMOS inverter using switch-level transistor models.
- Determine key CMOS inverter metrics and understand their significance in the analysis and design process.
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- Slides: MOS PDF
- Slides: CMOS Inverter PDF
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- Lab 02: The MOSFET Switch and The Inverter
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| 3
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- Design CMOS static gates
- Estimate delays of cascaded logic gates
- Design multistage networks for optimal speed
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- Slides: CMOS Gates PDF
- Slides: Logical Effort PDF
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- CoE197U-A3.1: Logical Effort
- Lab 03: Inverter Characteristics, Ring Oscillator, and Buffers
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- Identify sources of power and energy consumption in digital circuits
- Evaluate energy efficient techniques for digital logic using defined metrics
- Model interconnects as parasitic resistances and capacitances and estimate corresponding delay
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- Slides: Power and Energy PDF
- Slides: Interconnects PDF
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- Lab 04 : Static Logic Gates and Logical Effort
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- Enumerate and distinguish different memory element classifications
- Identify timing parameters relevant to memory elements and their effects on sequential circuit timing
- Design and characterize basic memory elements
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- Slides: Memory PDF
- Slides: Timing PDF
- Slides: Timing Discussion PDF
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- CoE197U-A5.1: Timing
- Lab 05 : Power Delay Product and Memory Elements
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| Part II: Analog Integrated Circuits
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- MOS Amplifiers: DC and AC Analysis
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- Determine the DC operating point of MOS amplifiers.
- Extract the MOS small-signal parameters depending on the DC operating point.
- Analyze MOS amplifiers in the AC and DC domain.
- Derive the two-port network representation of MOS amplifiers.
- Identify the appropriate application of a MOS amplifier topology based on its two-port parameters.
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- Lab 06: Introduction to Analog Design
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- MOS Amplifiers: Frequency Response
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- Analyze MOS amplifiers in the frequency domain.
- Sketch the Bode plots of the transfer function.
- Estimate the dominant pole using ZVTCA.
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- Lab 07: CS Amplifier and Frequency Response
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- Current Sources
- High-Swing Current Sources
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- Understand ideal and real sources
- Analyze MOS simple current mirror
- Analyze High-swing current sources
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- Slides: Current Sources PDF
- Slides: High-Swing Current Sources PDF
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- Lab 08: Current Mirrors and CS Amplifiers with Active Loads
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- Understand differential circuits
- Analyze MOS differential pairs
- Understand operational amplifier operation
- Analyze Miller Operational Amplifiers
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- Slides: MOS Differential Pairs PDF
- Slides: Miller Op-Amp PDF
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- Lab 09: Differential Pairs and Two-Stage MOS OTA
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- Folded Cascode Operational Transconductance Amplifiers
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- Identify the different stages in a folded cascode OTA.
- Determine the components and/or parameters that affect the DC operating point of a folded cascode OTA.
- Explain how to design a folded cascode OTA.
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- Slides: Folded Cascode PDF
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- Lab 10: (Project) Design of a Folded Cascode OTA
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