EE 114: Analog Circuit Design (Caltech). Instructor: Professor Ali Hajimiri. The subject of this course is the analysis and design of analog integrated circuits at the transistor level, with an emphasis on intuitive design methods, quantitative performance measure and practical circuit limitations.
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The course deals with analog circuits in which the information is represented by signals that are continuous both in time and amplitude. Circuit performance is evaluated by means of hand calculations and computer simulations. Topics include: review of physics of bipolar and MOS transistors, low-frequency behavior of single-stage and multistage amplifiers, current sources, active loads, differential amplifiers, operational amplifiers, high-frequency circuit analysis using time- and transfer constants, high-frequency response of amplifiers, feedback in electronic circuits, stability of feedback amplifiers, and noise in electronic circuits, and supply and temperature independent biasing.
Course Currilcum
- 01. Basic Solid State Physics: Energy Bands, Electrons and Holes Unlimited
- 02. Basic Solid State Physics: Holes and Electrons, Doping, Carrier Density Unlimited
- 03. Basic Solid State Devices: Distributions, Drift and Diffusion, Mobility, PN Junction Diode Unlimited
- 04. Basic Solid State Devices: PN Junction, Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) Basics Unlimited
- 05. Basic Solid State Devices: BJT continued, Forward Operation, Large Signal Model Unlimited
- 06. Basic Solid State Devices: BJT, Various Effects, Charge Control Model Unlimited
- 07. Basic Solid State Devices: Ebers-Moll Model, Small-signal Model, Cut-Off (fT) Unlimited
- 08. Basic Solid State Devices: MOS Capacitor, Accumulation, Inversion, Threshold Voltage Unlimited
- 09. Basic Solid State Devices: MOS-capacitor (Cont.), MOSFET, Threshold Calculation Unlimited
- 10. Basic Solid State Devices: MOSFET, I-V Characteristic Detail, Modes of Operation Unlimited
- 11. Basic Solid State Devices: MOSFET I-V, Body-Effect, Velocity Saturation, … Unlimited
- 12. Basic Solid State Devices: MOSFET Capacitance, Small-Signal Model, Cut-Off (fT) Unlimited
- 13. Economics of Integrated Circuits, Yield Unlimited
- 14. Basic Amplifier Stages (Low Frequency): Common Emitter, Small-Signal Gain, Load Line Unlimited
- 15. Basic Amplifier Stages (Low Frequency): Common Emitter, Emitter Degeneration, … Unlimited
- 16. Basic Amplifier Stages (Low Frequency): Common Collector, Common-Base, Cascade Unlimited
- 17. Basic Amplifier Stages (Low Frequency): Increasing the Gain, Active Load Unlimited
- 18. Basic Amplifier Stages (Low Frequency): MOS Common Source Amplifier, … Unlimited
- 19. Basic Amplifier Stages (Low Frequency): Various Loads for MOS Amplifier, … Unlimited
- 20. Basic Amplifier Stages (Low Frequency): Common Drain, Common-Gate, Darlington Pair Unlimited
- 21. Basic Amplifier Stages (Low Frequency): Differential Signal, Differential Pair, … Unlimited
- 22. Basic Amplifier Stages (Low Frequency): Differential and Common-Mode Gain, … Unlimited
- 23. Basic Amplifier Stages (Low Frequency): Differential Pair, Input Range, Active Load Unlimited
- 24. Biasing: Basic Biasing Techniques, Self-Biasing, Discrete Circuit Biasing Unlimited
- 25. Biasing: Integrated Biasing Techniques, Bipolar Current Mirrors, Current Sources Unlimited
- 26. Biasing: Integrated Biasing Techniques, MOS Current Source, Headroom Improvement Unlimited
- 27. Supply-, Process-, and Temperature-Independent Biasing Unlimited
- 28. Compound Amplifier Stages (Low Frequency): Differential-to-Single Conversion, … Unlimited
- 29. Compound Amplifier Stages (Low Frequency): Differential-to-Single-Ended Conversion, … Unlimited
- 30. Output Drivers (Low Frequency): Push-Pull, Class-A, Class-B, Efficiency, Distortion Unlimited
- 31. Make a Basic BJT Op-Amp (Low Frequency): The Design Process (Part-I) Unlimited
- 32. Make a Basic BJT Op-Amp (Low Frequency): The Design Process (Part-II) Unlimited
- 33. Compound Stages (Low Frequency): MOS Differential-to-Single Ended Converters, … Unlimited
- 34. MOS Op-Amp (Low Frequency): Folded Cascade, Two-Stage, Op-Amp Analysis Unlimited
- 35. Low Frequency Behavior Summary (Part-I) Unlimited
- 36. Low Frequency Behavior Summary (Part II) Unlimited
- 37. High Frequency Behavior: Introduction, Transfer Function, Poles, Zeros Unlimited
- 38. High Frequency Behavior: Complete First Order Response Evaluation Unlimited
- 39. High Frequency Behavior: Common Source, Common Drain, Common Gate Unlimited
- 40. High Frequency Behavior: Zeros in the Transfer Function, Time-Domain Response, … Unlimited
- 41. High Frequency Behavior: Nth Order System (first term), Bandwidth Estimation, ZVT Unlimited
- 42. High Frequency Behavior: Design Example, Zero-Value Time Constant, … Unlimited
- 43. High Frequency Behavior: Zero-Value Time Constants with Zeros, Complex Poles, … Unlimited
- 44. High Frequency Behavior: Higher Order Terms, Generalized Time and … Unlimited
- 45. High Frequency Behavior: Applications of Generalized Time- and … Unlimited
- 46. High Frequency Behavior: Applications of Generalized Time- and … Unlimited
- 47. High Frequency Behavior: Generalized Time and Transfer Constant (TTC), … Unlimited
- 48. High Frequency Behavior: Creation of Zeros, Infinite Value Time Constants, Low Cut-Off Unlimited
- 49. Feedback Viewpoint: Introduction, Asymptotic Equality Principle, Types of Feedback Unlimited
- 50. Feedback Viewpoint: Effect on Bandwidth, Nonlinearity, Dynamics, Sensitivity Unlimited
- 51. Feedback Viewpoint: Asymptotic Gain Formula, Return Ratio, Gain Correction Factors Unlimited
- 52. Feedback Viewpoint: Asymptotic Gain Formula, Return Ratio, More Examples Unlimited
- 53. Feedback Viewpoint: Asymptotic Gain Formula, Cherry Hooper, Pole Splitting/Root Locus Unlimited
- 54. Feedback Viewpoint: Limitations of Return Ratio, General Definition of Return Ratio Unlimited
- 55. Feedback Viewpoint: Impedance Change, Blackman Formula, Examples, … Unlimited
- 56. Feedback Viewpoint: Loop Gain, Breaking the Loop, Current and Voltage Loop Gain Unlimited
- 57. Feedback Viewpoint: Properties of Loop Gain, Bilateral Loop Gain, Nested Loops Unlimited
- 58. Stability: Introduction, Transfer Function under Feedback, Peaking, … Unlimited
- 59. Stability: Stability Criteria (cont), Conditional Stability, Circuit Example Unlimited
- 60. Stability: Nyquist Criterion (+derivation), Phase and Gain Margin Unlimited
- 61. Stability: Nonlinear Stability Criteria, Circle Criterion Unlimited
- 63. Noise: Random Processes Review, Auto- and Cross Correlation, Power Spectrum Unlimited
- 64. Noise: Spectrum Transfer Function, Johnson(Thermal) Noise Derivation, KT/C Noise, … Unlimited
- 65. Noise: Physics of Shot Noise, Burst Noise, Flicker Noise (1/f Noise), Power Laws Unlimited
- 66. Noise: Circuit Noise Models in PN Junction Diode, BJT, MOSFET, Noise Corner Frequency Unlimited
- 67. Noise: Noise in Simple Amplifiers, Input Referred Voltage and Current Noise Unlimited
- 68. Noise: Power Spectrum of Input and Output Noise for Single Stage Amplifier Unlimited
- 69. Noise: Differential Amplifier Noise, Multi-Stage Amplifier Noise Unlimited
- 71. Broadband Amplifiers: Trade-Offs, Gain-Bandwidth vs. Delay Tradeoff, … Unlimited