Analog Chip Design
| Code | Completion | Credits (ECTS) | Range | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE2M34NAIO | Z,ZK | 6 | 2P+2C | English |
- Course guarantor:
- Jiří Jakovenko
- Lecturer:
- Dalibor Barri, Jiří Jakovenko
- Tutor:
- Dalibor Barri, Jiří Jakovenko
- Supervisor:
- Department of Microelectronics
- Synopsis:
-
The course aims to familiarize students with modern trends in the field of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and chips. Students will gradually gain an overview of the role of analog chip designers, specific design methodologies, and the essential integrated structures and design techniques involved. Attention will also be paid to the importance of computer modeling and the creation of the physical chip layout.
- Requirements:
- Syllabus of lectures:
-
1. Role and significance of the analog and digital integrated system designer; IC design methodologies (top-down, bottom-up), design abstraction levels Y-chart.
2. Analog integrated structures, current mirrors, gain stages, differential pair.
3. Design of an integrated two-stage operational amplifier; determination of specifications, stability, gain, and slew rate.
4. Integrated operational amplifier: design procedure, calculation of individual transistor parameters, frequency compensation design, and options for modifying design parameters.
5. Full-custom integrated systems: feasibility studies, specification definition, and criteria for selecting suitable technology.
6. CAD tools and standards for analog and mixed-signal IC design; design of RF systems and low-power integrated systems.
7. Tools for the automatic generation of analog behavioral models, bottom-up design methodology, and macro-blocks.
8. IC design tools; simulation and testing of microelectronic systems. Design methodologies for digital, analog, and mixed-signal integrated systems. Types of analysis (DC, Transient, AC, Noise, PSS, PAC).
9. Design aspects of high-frequency and radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFIC, WLAN); design methods, architectures, technologies, and the Spectre RF simulator.
10. Design principles for mixed-signal (analog-digital) integrated systems; importance of hierarchical design decomposition, interfaces between digital and analog blocks, and CAD tools. Functional and timing simulations, formal verification; Verilog-A, Verilog-AMS, and VHDL-A languages.
11. Analog integrated system design technology requirements, analog design abstraction and hierarchical partitioning (Hierarchy Editor), models and libraries for analog blocks; layout design, design rules, parasitic structures, extraction of parasitic analog structures, creation of analog libraries.
12. Mixed-signal design specifics, technology requirements, design specifications, hierarchical partitioning, libraries and models for analog and digital blocks. Methods for interconnecting analog and digital blocks.
13. Design finalization and technological implementation, integrated system verification, issues regarding system design migration between different technologies.
14. Design finalization and technological implementation, integrated system verification, issues regarding system design migration between different technologies.
- Syllabus of tutorials:
-
weekdescription
1Introduction of the CDN-SKILL language
2Semi-ideal Bandgap (theory + ideal_OpAmp + BJT + Res)
3Introduction to OpAmp (spec + gm/Id methodology)
4Current Mirror (design + multi-factor + Rout)
5Differential pair (design + simulation)
6Two Stage OpAmp (theory + design of the 1st stage)
7Two Stage OpAmp (theory + design of the 2nd stage)
8BGR Design (theory + design +simulation)
9Layout of the BGR (matching, WPE, current mirror)
10Layout of the BGR (antenna diode, diff. pair)
11Layout of the BGR (load + 2nd stage)
12Layout of the BGR (BJT + Res + OpAmp)
13 Check of the tasks, final assessment.
14 one week is off, reserved
- Study Objective:
-
The course aims to familiarize students with modern trends in the field of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and chips. Students will gradually gain an overview of the role of analog chip designers, specific design methodologies, and the essential integrated structures and design techniques involved. Attention will also be paid to the importance of computer modeling and the creation of the physical chip layout.
- Study materials:
-
Complete lecture presentations, as well as presentations and instructions for laboratory exercises (Moodle FEL CTU).
Recommended literature:
Yang, Xiaokun: Integrated Circuit Design: IC Design Flow and Project-Based Learning, Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN: 9781032030791, 2024
Adel S. Sedra, P. Smith: Microelectronic Circuits, 8th Edition, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 9780190853501, 2020
Behzad Razavi: Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, McGraw-Hill Education, 2016
James D. Plummer, Peter B. Griffin: Integrated Circuit Fabrication: Science and Technology, 1st Edition, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 978-1009303583, 2024
J. Vobecký, V. Záhlava: Elektronika součástky, obvody, principy a příklady, Grada, 2010
David J. Kinniment: Synchronization and Arbitration in Digital Systems, Wiley, 2008
- Note:
- Time-table for winter semester 2026/2027:
-
06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri - Time-table for summer semester 2026/2027:
- Time-table is not available yet
- The course is a part of the following study plans:
-
- Electronics and Integrated Systems (compulsory course in the program)