CMOS Analog Circuit Design

This course covers the analysis and design of analog circuits in CMOS technology. The course includes coverage of fundamental material, such as MOS device modeling, simple CMOS subcircuits, and device noise theory. Analog circuits and systems discussed in depth include op amps, active filters, comparators, digitial-to-analog coverters, and analog-to-digital converters.

This course is for engineers with a basic understanding of MOS devices or bipolar circuits who are interested in learning more about CMOS analog circuit design. By the end of the course, participants will be comfortable with the analysis, design, and proper application of analog circuits in CMOS technology.

Course Contents

  1. MOS Device Modeling:
    Large-Signal Models. Small-Signal Models. Fabrication Technology.

  2. Analog Subcircuits:
    Gain Stages. One and Two Transistor Amplifiers. Current Mirrors and Sources.

  3. Noise in CMOS:
    Types of Noise. Sources of Noise. Noise Models. Things That Are Not Noise.

  4. CMOS Op Amps I:
    Overview. One-Stage and Two-Stage Designs. Frequency Response and Compensation.

  5. CMOS Op Amps II:
    Fully Differential Topologies. Common-Mode Feedback.

  6. CMOS Op Amps III:
    Input Stages. Output Stages. Rail-to-Rail Topologies.

  7. Comparators:
    Single Ended. Differential. Hysteresis.

  8. Filters:
    Switched Capacitor Filters. Transconductors. Sample and Holds.

  9. Digital-to-Analog Converters:
    Voltage. Current. Charge.

  10. Analog-to-Digital Conversion:
    Flash and Interpolating. Pipeline. Successive Approximation.

Schedule

Weekly four-hour lectures, usually 1pm-5pm with breaks and problem sessions. Weekly practice problems.

Instructor

Kent H. Lundberg attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering in 2002. He is currently a Lecturer with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. His research and teaching interests include the application of classical control theory to problems in analog circuit design. He consults for several industry corporations and organizations.

Dr. Lundberg has been involved in teaching MIT courses in circuit design and feedback systems as recitation instructor and lecturer for ten years. He is Associate Editor for History of IEEE Control Systems Magazine, and he collects old textbooks on radar, nuclear energy, and control.

Last updated: Thu Jul 15 17:22:58 EDT 2004, by Kent Lundberg.