Analogue Circuit Design Fundamentals

Introduction to analog design: motivation of analog design; introduction to integrated circuits and CMOS. of basic analog circuits (single-transistor stages, differential pairs, current mirrors).

Transistor device physics: brief review of MOSFET device physics; MOSFET static and dynamic characteristics; device large-signal behavior, small-signal model.

Single-stage amplifiers: common-source, common-gate, common-gate amplifier stages, including large-signal behavior, small-signal behavior, input/output impedance.

Differential amplifiers: large-signal and small-signal analysis; differential-mode and common-mode behavior.

Current mirrors and biasing: basic current mirrors; cascode current mirrors; current mirror as active load of a differential pair; biasing of common-source, common-gate and common-drain stages; biasing of differential pairs.

Frequency response of amplifiers: frequency response of common-source, common-gate and common-drain stages; frequency response of differential pairs.

Noise: review of basic noise principles (amplitude distribution, power spectral density, signal-to-noise ratio), type of noise in electronic devices; input- and output-referred noise; noise in single-stage amplifiers, current mirrors and differential pairs.

Beside the above-mentioned common part, the students will be able to select a track-specific part among several proposed options.