Syllabus Rev. 0

M501 - Basic BiCMOS Analog IC Design
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Textbook:
CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, Second Edition, 
R. Jacob Baker, Wiley-IEEE, 2005.

Additional reading:
CMOS Analog Circuit Design, Second Edition,
Phillip E. Allen and Douglas R. Holberg.

1.0 A Brief Overview of Physical Design
    Chapter 1 - Introduction to CMOS Design 31p
    Chapter 2 - The Well 28p
    Chapter 3 - The Metal Layers 24p
    Chapter 4 - The Active and Poly Layers 22p
    Chapter 5 - Resistors, Capacitors, MOSFETs 26p
    Chapter 6 - MOSFET Operation 30p
    Chapter 7 - CMOS Fabrication 52p

2.0 Analog Basics
    Chapter 8 - Electrical Noise: An Overview 56p
      8.1 Signals 
      8.2 Circuit Noise
      8.3 Discussion
    Chapter 9 - Models for Analog Design 42p
      9.1 Long-Channel MOSFETs
      9.2 Short-Channel MOSFETs
      9.3 MOSFET Noise Modeling
      
3.0 Analog Design
    Chapter 20 - Current Mirrors 44p
      20.1 The Basic Current Mirror
      20.2 Cascoding the Current Mirror
      20.3 Biasing Circuits
    Chapter 21 - Amplifiers 54p
      21.1 Gate-Drain Connected Loads
      21.2 Current Source Loads
      21.3 The Push-Pull Amplifier
    Chapter 22 - Differential Amplifiers 34p
      22.1 The Source-Coupled Pair
      22.2 The Source Cross-Coupled Pair
      22.3 Cascode Loads (The Telescopic Diff-Amp)
      22.4 Wide-Swing Differential Amplifiers
    Chapter 23 - Voltage References 28p
      23.1 MOSFET-Resistor Voltage References
      23.2 Parasitic Diode-Based References
    Chapter 24 - Operational Amplifiers I 56p
      24.1 The Two-Stage Op-Amp
      24.2 An Op-Amp with Output Buffer
      24.3 The Operational Transconductance Amplifier (OTA)
      24.4 Gain-Enhancement
      24.5 Some Examples and Discussions

Additional topics, where appropropriate:
 o BiCMOS versus CMOS design. (Covering with Term Paper.)
 o Simplified BW and high-frequency analysis 
   - Zero-valued time constant (ZVTC) method for BW estimation
   - n-extra element theorem (n-EET) for high frequency dynamics
 o Voltage regulators
 o Reference temperature and power supply sensitivity
 o Output stages for audio power amps
 
- 10-week course, meeting 3-sessions per week. (30-units)
- Covering chapters 1-7 at rapid speed.
- Schedule: See "M501 Assignments 2006 Fall Q.txt"