Course Code and Title

CMOS Analog and Digital Integrated Circuit Design (EE3601)

Course Category

PME

Course Credit

3-0-0-3 (Lecture-Tutorial-Practical-Total Credits)

Prerequisite Course

EE3010A Analog Circuits, EE2070 Digital Systems

Learning Objectives

This intermediate-level course in circuit design assumes a background in Digital and Analog Circuits. It introduces students to the area of integrated circuit design of both analog and digital circuits using a standard CMOS workflow. Students will learn to use CAD tools for moving from circuit schematic to layout, along with SPICE-based simulation. This course prepares students for advanced circuit design topics such as RF Circuit Design and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify challenges in integrated circuit design versus discrete components.
  • Understand MOS transistor non-idealities and their impact on circuit performance.
  • Analyze noise effects on circuit behavior.
  • Design simple CMOS-based digital and analog circuit blocks.
  • Understand operational amplifier design principles.
  • Explain key aspects of oscillators, filters, and phase-locked loops.

Syllabus

  • CMOS Device Physics: IV Characteristics, Capacitances, Higher-order effects, Noise, Introduction to SPICE models.
  • CMOS Inverters - Digital: Voltage Transfer Characteristics, Noise Margins, Capacitances, Layout, Parasitics, Propagation delay, Device sizing, and optimization for combinational and sequential circuits.
  • CMOS Amplifiers - Analog: Basics of CS/CG/CD Amplifiers, Current mirrors, Cascode amplifier, Frequency response, Noise in amplifiers.
  • Operational Amplifier Design: Differential Amplifiers, Single and multi-stage Op-Amps, Negative feedback, and compensation techniques for stable operation.
  • Other Circuit Elements: Overview of Phase-Locked Loops, Oscillators, Active Filters, and Power amplifiers.

Textbooks

  • Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective by Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Borivoje Nikolić
  • Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits by Behzad Razavi