Instructor

Marek  Syrzycki

marek@cs.sfu.ca

Course Schedule and Grading Scheme.

Restricted Use and Confidentiality Agreement.

LECTURES

1. Introduction

2. Basic Semiconductor Processes; CMOS Technology.

3. Active CMOS Devices.

4. Passive CMOS Devices.

5. CMOS IC Layout.

6. CMOS Layout Design Example.

7. Large signal model of MOS transistor.

8. Small signal model of MOS transistor.

9. SPICE simulation models.

10. CMOS subcircuits: MOS switch, MOS diode, resistor.

11. Current sinks and sources. Current mirrors.

12. Current and Voltage references.

13. MOS inverter amplifiers.

14. CMOS differential amplifiers.

15. Cascode amplifiers.

16. Current amplifiers.

17. CMOS output amplifiers.

18. CMOS operational amplifiers.

19. Compensation of operational amplifiers.

20. Design of the two-stage operational amplifiers.

21. Power Supply Rejection Ratio of the two-stage operational amplifiers.

22. Cascode operational amplifiers.

23. Simulation and measurement of operational amplifiers.

24. Macromodeling of operational amplifiers.

25. Low voltage operational amplifiers.

26. High performance buffered operational amplifiers.

27. High speed/frequency operational amplifiers.

28. Differential-output operational amplifiers.

29. Low power operational amplifiers.

HOME WORK

Home Work 1 - due Jan.29

Home Work 2 - due Feb.26

Home Work 3 - due Mar.19

PROJECT

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