Integrated Circuits Design

The course is a substitute for:

Design of Integrated Circuits (34NIO)

Lecturer:

Jiří Jakovenko (gar.)

Tutor:

Jiří Jakovenko (gar.), Jan Novák

Supervisor:

Department of Microelectronics

Synopsis:

Analog integrated circuits design methods. Analog ICs modeling and simulations. Operational amplifiers and comparators design. Design of integrated active filters. Digital-Analog, Analog-Digital converters. Chip architecture, principles of place and route techniques. Current and voltage sources. High power devices on chip.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Analog ICs design and signal processing. Feedback theory.

2. Noise sources. Thermal, shot and 1 / f noises. Noise models.

3. Layout design, signal interference, parasitic effects in ICs.

4. Operational amplifiers design. Analysis of OA circuits. Inverting and noninverting configurations.

5. OA characteristics - Gain bandwidth and compensation, slew rate, DC offsets and DC bias currents, noise.

6. High speed, low noise, differential output Op Amps.

7. Characterization and design of Comparators.

8. Fundamentals of active filters, frequency response specifications. Dynamic range and noise.

9. Design of integrated active filters. Design of integrated filters components. Parasitic.

10. Active filters types. Tuning filters.

11. Digital-Analog Converters.

12. Analog-Digital Converters.

13. Current and voltage sources. High power devices on chip.

14. Chip architecture, principles of place and route techniques, post-layout simulation.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. CADENCE design tools, CMOS library, devices model.

2. Operational amplifiers design.

3. Operational amplifiers design.

4. Operational amplifiers design.

5. Mixed analogue-digital circuits simulations.

6. Layout - automatic routing methods.

7. Layout - parameter extraction, post-layout simulations.

8. Project - practical design of analog integrated circuit.

9. Project - practical design of analog integrated circuit.

10. Project - practical design of analog integrated circuit.

11. Project - practical design of analog integrated circuit.

12. Project - practical design of analog integrated circuit.

13. Project - practical design of analog integrated circuit.

14. Presentation of project, account.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Michael Smith: Application-Specific Integrated Circuits. Add.-Wesley, 1998

2. Pucknell, D., Eshraghian, K.: Basic VLSI Design. Prentice Hall, 1988

3. Weste, N., Eshraghian, K.: Principles of CMOS VLSI Design. Add.-Wesley, 1992

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Electronics - Electronic Applications- structured studies (compulsory course)