ECE 5/411 CMOS Analog IC Design
Spring 2015, Boise State University
Previous year’s course page is here: s11 (with videos), s12, s13, s14
Lecture notes are here, and the Course Handouts are posted here.
Homework assignments, project information, and due dates are located here.
Current grades are here.
Cadence Wiki with FAQs is here.
Instructor : Vishal Saxena
Time : Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00–7:15 PM
Course dates : Jan 12 – May 1, 2015
Location : MEC 309
Office Hours : Tue/Thu 3-4 PM or by appointment
Holidays : March 25 & 27
Final Exam time: Tuesday,
May 5, 5:30-7:30 PM
Course TA: Xinyu (Tomas) Wu
Textbook
· Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, B. Razavi, McGraw-Hill, 2002 (Chap. 3-6, 9-11).
· CMOS Circuit Design, Layout and Simulation – R. J. Baker, 3nd Edition, Wiley-IEEE, 2010 (Chap. 9, 20-25).
For detailed references and handouts see this page.
Course content – Current
mirrors, voltage references, negative feedback systems and stability,
amplifiers, frequency compensation, opamps.
PREREQ: ECE 5/410.
For Graduate credit (ECE 511): A more complex design project will be assigned and additional homework and exam problems may be given.
Note: This course is fast-paced and assumes that the students have a fundamental understanding of Microelectronic Circuits (which amounts to Chapters 1-3 & 6-9 of the undergraduate text-book) and ECE 510. ECE 411 students are advised to discuss with the instructor before registering for this course.
CAD software information
The course will require extensive use of Cadence Design System in Linux environment. Set up your account to remotely use Cadence using the wiki.
The course Google group is (http://groups.google.com/group/ams-bsu) and the email address is ams-bsu@googlegroups.com
Workload (Grading)
20% Midterm1
20% Midterm2
20% Homeworks
20% Project
20% Final
Policies
No late work accepted. All assigned work is due at the beginning of class. No
exceptions.
Neither the final exam nor final project will be returned at the end of the semester.
Cheating or plagiarism will result in an automatic F grade in the course (so do your own homework and projects!). Students should review Section 18/18A/18B of the Boise State University Student Code of Conduct (http://www.boisestate.edu/policy/policy_docs/2020_studentcodeofconduct.pdf) for more detailed information regarding academic dishonesty.