EE114S: Fundamentals of Analog Integrated Circuit Design

Mohammad Hekmat
Department of Electrical Engineering
Summer 2010

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Overview of EE114S

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Basic Information (I)

Instructor: Mohammad Hekmat
PhD student in Professor Bruce Wooleys Group Research: High-Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Email: hekmat@stanford.edu Office:
Center for Integrated Systems (Allen Building), 2nd floor, #70 RF Lab, Allen 219

Office Hours:
M-W 12pm (Allen 201) By appointment

Class
Time: M&W 11am-12:15pm Location: Skilling 191

Website: http://ccnet.stanford.edu/ee114s
Check regularly for lecture notes, homeworks, and supplementary material.

EE114S is televised; however, your presence in class is highly appreciated.

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Basic Information (II)

Prerequisites
EE101B or equivalent. Basic understanding of circuits (basic linear systems, resistors and capacitors, familiarity with frequency response, poles and zeros). Basic device physics (doped semiconductors, PN junctions, etc.).

Suggested References

EE214 Reference

P. R. Gray, P. J. Hurst, S. H. Lewis, R. G. Meyer, Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, 5th Edition, Wiley, 2009 B. Razavi, Fundamentals of Microelectronics, Wiley, 2008 B. Razavi, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, McGraw-Hill, 2000 R. J. Baker, CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2007

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Basic Information (III)

Grading Policy
Homework: 30% Midterm: 30% Final: 40% Bonus points for finding conceptual mistakes (not typos) in lecture notes. 4 in total Handed out on Mondays and due Wednesday of the following week. Homework due by 5pm Off-campus students should fax/email to SCPD before the deadline on the handout.

Homeworks

Late Homework Policy

Each student is allowed to submit one homework late (by a week).

Project
No project in EE114S due to time limitation. No free pass to knowing how to approach a design problem. The last homework will be a mini-project to prepare you for EE214.

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Software
HSPICE is the tool we use in this course. We do not use the graphical user interface (through Cadence or any other package). There are many other options:
Spectre LTSpice
Free simulator by Linear Technologies Runs on Windows

PSpice Eldo

Feel Free to use any simulator you like or have access to, at your own risk.
Support is provided only for HSPICE.

MATLAB knowledge will be helpful but not required. Good practice to get started on CAD Basics posted on the website.

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Stanford Honor Code Reminder

As a Stanford student you are bound by the Stanford Honor Code in all aspects of the course (exams, homeworks, etc.).
The instructor trusts you not to cheat. The instructor will not tempt you to cheat.

Remember that Honor Code violations may inflict severe consequences on you. For more info please visit:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/vpsa/judicialaffairs/guiding/pdf/honorcode.pdf

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Analog Course Sequence at Stanford

We are at the beginning of the road.
Analysis and design techniques for high-performance circuits in advanced Technologies Fundamentals for upper-level undergraduates and entry-level graduate students

Design of application and function- specific mixedsignal/RF building blocks

RF modeling Resonant circuits Transceiver building blocks Transceiver architectures Switched capacitor circuits Active filters Precision sensor interfaces OTA design ADC and DAC architectures Voltage comparators Calibration techniques

Biasing and small-signal analysis Elementary transistor stages Introduction to feedback Voltage and current references

Device models for advanced technology Noise and distortion analysis Feedback, root locus Wideband gain stages

Chart courtesy of Professor Murmann

EE414 and EE344 are circuits lab courses mostly focused on discrete RF circuit design.
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EE114S Goals
Demystify analog circuit design by teaching you its fundamental elements. Develop a firm understanding of MOS transistor behavior relevant to analog design. Prepare you for advanced courses on this subject (EE214, EE314, EE315A, EE315B, ) Provide you with skills to analyze more complex systems. Develop a systematic design style. Familiarize you with an advanced circuit simulator.

Good preparation for EE qualifying exam.

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Topics
Integrated circuits technology Long-channel MOSFET MOS modeling for analog design Single-stage amplifiers Back-gate effect Frequency Response Bias network design Differential amplifiers Multi-stage amplifiers Feedback Basic OTAs

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Acknowledgements
Most of the material in EE114S is based on notes by Professor Robert Dutton and Professor Boris Murmann, who kindly allowed me to use their slides.

Gordon Moore

Prof. R. Dutton

Prof. B. Murmann

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