Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Program
Overview
The analog/mixed-signal IC design field of study is based on the use of standard fabrication technologies (e.g., CMOS and BiCMOS) to realize analog and mixed-signal functions on monolithic integrated circuits. Pushing standard technologies to the highest possible performance in terms of speed, throughput, power efficiency, density, and signal integrity is emphasized. Students enrolled in this field of study learn practical circuit design techniques as well as device characteristics and the mathematical theory of circuit synthesis and analysis.
Subjects include: op-amps, phase-locked loops (PLL), high-speed RF circuits, high- speed broadband circuits, phase-locked loops (PLL), clock/data recovery (CDR) circuits, analog and optical signal processing, and CMOS digital camera technologies.
Syllabus
The analog/mixed signal IC design field of study contains the following subject matter:
- Amplifier design: Operation amplifiers, differential amplifiers, operational transconductance amplifiers
- RF circuits: Low-noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, mixers, oscillators, frequency synthesizers, RF transceiver architectures.
- Broadband circuits: Phase-locked loops (PLL), clock/data recovery (CDR) circuits, serializers/deserializers, adaptive equalizers, broadband transceiver architectures.
- CMOS imaging: CMOS digital camera technologies, analog to digital converters, low-noise techniques, focal-plane memory and processing.
Graduate Courses
EECS270A Advanced Analog Integrated Circuit Design I (3) F. Basic transistor configurations; differential pairs; active load/current sources; supply/ temperature-independent biasing; op-amp gain and output stages; amplifier frequency response and stability compensation; non-idealities in op-amps; noise and dynamic range in analog circuits. Prerequisites: EECS170C and 113LC, or equivalent; or consent of instructor.
EECS270B Advanced Analog Integrated Circuit Design II (3) W. Advanced transistor modeling issues; discrete-time and continuous-time analog Integrated Circuit (IC) filters; phase-locked loops; design of ICs operating at radio frequencies; low-voltage/low-power design techniques; A/D and D/A converters; AGC circuits. Prerequisite: EECS270A or consent of instructor.
EECS270C Design of Integrated Circuits for Broadband Applications (3) S. Topics include: broadband standards and protocols; high-frequency circuit design techniques; PLL theory and design; design of transceivers; electrical/ optical interfaces. Prerequisite: EECS270A or consent of instructor.
EECS270D Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuit Design (3) F. Topics include: CMOS RF component modeling; matching network design; transmission line theory/ modeling; Smith chart and S-parameters; noise modeling of active and passive components; high-frequency amplifier design; low-noise amplifier (LNA) design; mixer design; RF power amplifier. Prerequisite: EECS270A or consent of instructor.
EECS275A Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Project (4) S. Students create VLSI design projects from conception through architecture, floor planning, detailed design, simulation, verification, and submission for project fabrication. Emphasis on practical experience in robust VLSI design techniques. (Successful students are expected to take EECS275B.) Prerequisite: EECS170D, EECS115, or consent of instructor. Concurrent with EECS175A.
EECS275B Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Project Testing (3) F. Test and document student-created Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) projects designed in EECS275A. Emphasis on practical laboratory experience in VLSI testing techniques. Prerequisite: EECS275A. Concurrent with EECS175B.
Faculty
The following faculty members are affiliated with the analog/mixed-signal IC design field of study:
