14MVD15 ANALOG VLSI CIRCUITS

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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Given fundamental knowledge on Analog Electronics, Linear Integrated Circuits the I year students of M.E VLSI
Design will
acquire knowledge on CMOS models
be able to analyze and design analog CMOS Circuits and Amplifiers, high performance CMOS
operational amplifiers, switched capacitor circuits and Data Converters
COURSE OUTCOMES:
After completion of this course the students of I year M.E. VLSI Design will be able to demonstrate
CO1. an ability to identify , formulate, model, analyze and design analog CMOS circuits
CO2. an ability to analyze and design high performance CMOS operational amplifiers, switched capacitor

circuits and Data Converters

CMOS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICE MODELING
Basic MOS semiconductor fabrication processes - other considerations of CMOS technology - MOS large signal
model and parameters - Small signal model for the MOS transistor - Computer simulation models -Sub threshold
MOS model.
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ANALOG CMOS SUB CIRCUITS, CMOS AMPLIFIERS
MOS switch - MOS diode and active resistor - Current sinks and sources - Current mirrors - Current and voltage
References - Band gap References Invertors - Differential amplifiers - Cascode amplifiers Current amplifiers Output amplifiers - High gain amplifiers architectures.
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HIGH-PERFORMANCE CMOS OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS
Buffered operational amplifiers - High speed and frequency operational amplifiers - Differential output operational
amplifiers - Microwave operational amplifiers - Low noise operational amplifiers - Low voltage operational
amplifiers.
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SWITCHED CAPACITOR CIRCUITS
Switched Capacitor Circuits - Switched Capacitor amplifiers - Switched Capacitor integrators - z domain models of
two phase switched capacitor circuits - First order switched capacitor circuits - Second order switched capacitor
circuits - Switched Capacitor Filters.
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DIGITAL TO ANALOG AND ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS
Introduction and characterization of DAC - Parallel DAC - Extending the resolution of parallel DAC -Serial DAC Introduction and characterization of ADC - Serial ADC - Medium ADC - High speed ADC.
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TOTAL: 45
REFERENCES
1. Phillip E.Allen and Douglas R.Holberg, CMOS Analog Circuit Design, Oxford University Press, 2002.
2. Malcom R.Haskard and Lan C.May, Analog VLSI Design - NMOS and CMOS, Prentice Hall, 1998.
3. Jose E.France and Yannis Tsividis, Design of Analog-Digital VLSI Circuits for Telecommunication and
Signal Processing, Prentice Hall, 1994.
4. Randall L Geiger, Phillip E. Allen and Noel K.Strader, VLSI Design Techniques for Analog and Digital
Circuits, Mc Graw Hill International Company, 1990.
5. K.Radhakrishna Rao, Electronics for Analog Signal Processing-I, NPTEL, Courseware, 2005.

14MVD22 MIXED SIGNAL CIRCUIT DESIGN

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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Given fundamental knowledge on Analog Electronics, Linear Integrated Circuits, Analog VLSI circuits the I year
students of M.E VLSI Design will

be able to analyze and design single stage amplifiers , differential amplifiers & current mirrors
be able to analyze and design operational amplifiers
acquire knowledge on switched capacitor circuits, PLLs and Data Converters
COURSE OUTCOMES
After completion of this course the students of I year M.E. VLSI Design will be able to demonstrate
C01. an ability to analyze and design single stage amplifiers , differential amplifiers and current mirrors
C02. an ability to analyze and design operational amplifiers, switched capacitor circuits, PLLs and Data
Converters
SINGLE STAGE AMPLIFIERS AND DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS
MOS I/V characteristics - Transistor second order effects - Small signal analysis - Small signal model -Gain of
common - source stage amplifier using small signal analysis - Common -source stage with resistive load - diode connected load - current -source load - triode load - source degeneration - Source follower stage - Common -gate
stage - Cascade stages -Single - ended and differential operation - Basic differential pair - Common-mode response Differential pair with MOS loads. Gilbert Cell.
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CURRENT MIRRORS AND NOISE CHARACTERISTICS
Basic and cascode current mirrors - Using active current mirrors as loads - The Miller theorem - Frequency response
of source follower - common-gate amplifier - cascade stage - differential pair -Noise characteristics - Noise types:
thermal noise - flicker noise - Representation of noise in circuits - Properties of feedback circuits - Feedback
Configurations - Effect of loading in feedback.
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OPEARTIONAL AMPLIFIERS
Operational amplifiers performance parameters - One -Stage Op Amps - Two -Stage Op Amp - Op Amps Gain
Boosting - Op Amps Common - Mode Feedback - Op Amps Input Range Limitation: unity -gain buffer - extension
of input CM range - variation of equivalent transconductance with the input CM level - Op Amps Slew Rate - Noise
in Op Amps and Power Supply Rejection - Stability and Frequency compensation.
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NON LINEARITY AND SWITCHED CAPACITOR CIRCUITS
Supply - independent biasing - Temperature - independent references: negative -TC voltage - positive - TC voltage bandgap reference - PTAT current generation - Speed and noise issues - Continuous-time feedback amplifier using
resistors - capacitors - switched-capacitor amplifier in sampling mode - amplification mode - transfer of capacitors
charges - Sampling switches - Switched -capacitor amplifiers - Switched -capacitor integrator - Nonlinearity
Mismatch - Ring oscillators - LC oscillators - Voltage -controlled oscillators - Mathematical models of VCOs. (9)
PLLs AND DATA CONVERTORS
Simple PLL - Charge - pump PLLs - Non ideal effects in PLLs: PFD/CP non idealities - jitter in PLLs -Delay locked loops - PLL applications - Analog versus discrete time signals - Sample and hold characteristics - ADC and

DAC specifications - DAC architectures -ADC architectures - Sampling and aliasing - Quantization noise & Data
converter SNR CCD imaging and architecture.
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THEORY: 45
TUTORIAL: 15
TOTAL: 60
REFERENCES
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R.J. Baker, H.W. Li, D.E. Boyce, CMOS Circuit design, Layout, and Simulation , 2nd Edition, 2005.
P. Horowitz, W. Hill, Electronic Circuit Design: Art and Practice, 2001.
B. Razavi, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, 2000.
R.J. Baker, CMOS Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, 2002.
B. Razavi, Principles of Data Conversion System Design, 1994.