Analog CMOS Design

Part I
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell' Innovazione
Universita' degli Studi di Lecce

Andrea Baschirotto
andrea.baschirotto@unile.it
http://microel.unipv.it/~andrea

Course Summary

I.

The MOS transistor

II.

Passive components

II.

Analog switches

III. Bias circuits

IV. Basic gain stages

A. Baschirotto Introduction

Reference books
Gray, Hurst, Lewis, Meyer, "Analysis and design of analog integrated circuits" 4th
edition, John Wiley & Sons
F. Maloberti, "Analog design for CMOS VLSI systems", Kluwer Accademic Publishers
B. Razavi, "Design of analog CMOS integrated circuits", McGraw-Hill, 2000
K.R. Laker, W.M.C. Sansen, "Design of analog integrated circuits and systems",
McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1994
R. Gregorian, G.C. Temes, "Analog CMOS integrated circuits for signal processing",
John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1986
D. A. Johns, K. Martin, Analog Integrated Circuit Design, John Wiley & Sons, New
York, NY, 1997

A. Baschirotto Introduction

Typical mixed-mode (analog & digital)

integrated circuit
Supplies & Bias voltages/currents

Integrated circuit

Voltage / Current
reference
Bias circuit
Processing circuit
(amplifiers, filters,
etc...)

Digital section

Output signals

Input signals

Analog section

Output stage

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Typical mixed-mode (analog & digital)

integrated circuit
Typical performance
Power supply
Power consumption
Clock frequency (input/output data rate)
Frequency behaviour
Linearity (THD, IP3, SFDR)
Noise
Dynamic range
Power Supply Rejection Ration (PSRR)
Common Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR)
......................
These performances are typically in trade-off
A. Baschirotto Introduction

System design example

Compact disc system
Overall architecture
Compact Disc ROM

CD-ROM
decoder

Pick-up

4Mbit / 16Mbit
DRAM

User MPU

Disc Motor

Driver IC

Subcode
& CD Text
Decoder

32Kbit
CD-Tex
RAM

Shock
proof memory
controller

System
MPU ST7

Performance
Bipolar devices are indicated for
analog circuits
CMOS devices are indicated for
digital circuits

IIC I/F

Analog
Front-end

Data
Acquisition

CLV&CAV
motor
controller

Error Correction
SPDIF

AudioI/F
RF-AMP
Servo ADC
HF ADC
Audio D/A
Laser controller

Disturbance
detector

Decimation
filter

Delta Sigma Modulation

for Audio D/A

F4CMOS 44pin

Digital Servo
and
Audio processing
DSP

Timing
generator
PLL

PDM/PWM

HCMOS6 80pin

Fig. 1 - CD two-chip set application scenario

Cost
Bipolar / BiCMOS technology
presents a higher cost than
CMOS
Area

Digital part is larger than analog

A two-chip solution was chosen

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System design example

Compact disc system
Several functions are present:
Input signal preamplification and
filtering

CKIN

FILT

SDA

SCK

MD

LD

MUTER
MUTEL

Overall architecture of the analog frontend

A/D conversion and output driving

DAC
FILTER

LASER I2C
DRIVER

RF
MON
RF
AC

MULTIPLEXER

BD
E
F

CLOCK
MANAGER

Clock signal generator

Analog filter for a D/A converter

RF
ADC

SERVO
ADC

MULTIPLEXER

BSL
BSR
OL
OR

B7
B6
B5
B4
B3
B2
B1
B0

Control of the laser diode current

SYNC
6

PREAMPLIFIERS

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System design example

Preamplifier architecture
Analog functions

4bit

2bit
2bit

AC pick-up

Input signal selection

(current or voltage)

F chain
E chain
BD chain

I-V

Gain adjustment

Servo
ADC

Servo
Anti-Aliasing
Filter
Offset
DAC

6bit

I-V

Offset cancellation

MUX

Compact disc system

RF
ADC

Multiplex for ADC sharing

BD chain

Amplifier circuit
VB2

Current level control (for

optimum noise/power trade-off)

VB1
Vo
Vi+

Vi+

Gain
Control

Vi

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System design example

Compact disc system

Servo ADC

RF ADC

CD front-end layout

PLL

Stereo DAC

Preamplifiers

UART

Laser Driver

Mainly analog layout ('caotic')

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System design example

Compact disc system
Performance

Process Technology
Power Supply (V)
Full chain accuracy (ENOB)
Power Consumption
Power Consumption (Stand-by mode)
Active Area
Package

HF4CMOS
0.8m BiCMOS
5V
6.2
635 mW
5mW
21.5mm2
TQFP 44

A. Baschirotto, G. Brasca, V. Colonna, P. Cusinato, G. Gandolfi, "A Compact-Disc analogto-digital front-end in BiCMOS technology", IEEE Transactions on Consumer
Electronics - May 2000 - pag. 343-352
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