Analogue Integrated Circuit Design

An intermediate course in analog circuit synthesis for microelectronic designers.

Topics include:

- review of analog design basics (i.e., frequency response, feedback and stability, noise analysis);

- MOS models for short-channel modern devices;

- gm/ID design methodology for modern analog circuits;

- physical layout (e.g., device matching) for robust analog circuits;

- design of voltage sources ranging from simple voltage dividers to high-performance bandgaps, and

- current source implementations from a single resistor to high-quality references based on negative-feedback structures;

- biasing techniques;

- high-performance analog filters, from impulse response or transfer function down to circuit-level design;

- quality aspects, such as accuracy, noise and impedance levels are treated within the context of power and area consumption requirements.