ECE 5/411 CMOS Analog IC Design: Assignments and Projects information for Spring 2012

Homework Assignments

· Turn in your neatly done homework in class or email your homework PDFs to the grader.

· Additional problems from the book website require 1um and 50n CMOS models. These models are at following file ocation on the AMS servers:

/home/pdks/Cadence_IC61_CMOSedu/models/cmosedu_models.txt

· Few HW problems and the course project specifically require 180n CMOS models. These models are located at:

/home/pdks/Cadence_IC61_CMOSedu/models/tsmc018.scs

· See 180n CMOS simulation setup information slides

HW 1– due Monday, Jan 23: HW1.pdf

HW 2– due Wednesday, Feb 8:  HW2.pdf

HW 3– due Monday, Feb 13:  HW3.pdf

HW 4– due Wednesday, Feb 22:  HW4.pdf

HW 5– due Wednesday, Feb 29:  HW5.pdf

HW 6– due Wednesday, Mar 7:  HW6.pdf

HW 7– due Wednesday, Mar 21:  HW7.pdf,

HW 8– due Monday, Apr 2:  HW8.pdf,

Practice Problem Set (Diff-amps). Not to be submitted.

Design Project

High-speed Opamp design due Saturday, May 5.

· Loop stability analysis slides

· 180n CMOS simulation setup information slides

Reading Assignments

It is recommended that the students:

(i) Keep up with the textbook reading assignments in parallel to the lectures,

(ii) Diligently go through the example simulations in the textbook, and

(iii) Solve back of the chapter and extra problems on their own.

Jan 23 – Textbook Chapter 9: Sections 9.1-9.2

Jan 30 – Textbook Chapter 20: Sections 20.1

Feb 13 – Textbook Chapter 20: Sections 20.2-20.3

Mar 6 – Textbook Chapter 21: Sections 21.1-21.2

Mar 22 – Textbook Chapter 21: Sections 21.3

Apr 10 – Textbook Chapter 24: Sections 24.1-24.4

Apr 26 – Textbook Chapter 23

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