UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BEC058

CMOS Analog VLSI Design

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 2 semesters · 2 branches

B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering · Sem 5 (Department Elective-II) · B.Tech Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design & Technology) · Sem 5 (Department Elective-II)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Introduction to MOS

8 hrs

MOS device models and short channel effects MOSFET level 1 and level 2 models, threshold voltage model, MOSFET basics, Single stage amplifiers, Basic concept, Common source stage: with resistive load, with diode connected load, with current-source load, with triode load, with source degeneration Source follower (common-drain) and common gate with various loads.

Unit2

Unit 2: Scheme and Implementation

8 hrs

basic current mirrors, cascode current mirrors and active current mirrors with large and small signal analysis, CMOS amplifier Frequency response: Miller effect, common source (CS), common gate (CG), common drain (CD) stages.

Unit3

Unit 3: Noise

8 hrs

types of noise, significance of flicker and thermal. Analysis and representation of noise in single stage amplifiers: CG, CS, CD (source follower) and cascode stage and noise in differential pairs. Feedback: Feedback topologies (voltage-voltage, current-voltage, voltage-current, current-voltage) and the noise and the loading effect analysis.

Unit4

Unit 4: Design of the CMOS Operational Amplifiers

8 hrs

One-stage opamps and two stage opamps, Gain boosting techniques, folded cascode, telescopic amplifier and common mode feedback (CMFB) amplifier, Design of high speed and high gain amplifiers.

Unit5

Unit 5: Stability and Frequency Compensation

8 hrs

Specification analysis, multi-pole system, three stage opamp, phase margin Frequency compensation, pole-zero doublet analysis, Analog layout techniques, Design rule check (DRC), layout versus schematic (LVS) and antenna effects. Text

Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Analyze the basics concepts of MOSFET and modelling of single stage amplifiers.
  2. CO2Illustrate the various current mirror structures and layout techniques.
  3. CO3Analyze the different types of noise in MOSFET based amplifiers.
  4. CO4Illustrate designing of CMOS based operational amplifiers.
  5. CO5Analyze the stability analysis in MOSFET based amplifiers and oscillators.

Book

  1. Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits” by Behzad Razavi, McGraw Hill Education.
  2. “CMOS Analog Circuit Design” by Phillip Allen and Douglas R. Holberg, OUP USA; Third Edition.

Books

  1. “Operation and Modeling of the MOS Transistor” by Yannis Tsividis, Oxford University Press; 2nd edition.
  2. “Microelectronic Circuits-Theory & Applications” by A.S. Sedra and K.C. Smith, Adapted by A.N. Chandorkar, 6th Edition, Oxford, 2013. Course Outcomes: At the end of this course students will demonstrate the ability to:
  3. Analyze the basics concepts of MOSFET and modelling of single stage amplifiers.
  4. Illustrate the various current mirror structures and layout techniques.
  5. Analyze the different types of noise in MOSFET based amplifiers.
  6. Illustrate designing of CMOS based operational amplifiers.
  7. Analyze the stability analysis in MOSFET based amplifiers and oscillators. Content beyond the Course: Topics such as analog layout techniques, Design Rule Check (DRC), Layout Versus Schematic (LVS), CMOS amplifier design and physical verification, as covered in this syllabus, can be implemented and verified using “Siemens EDA (Calibre)/ Cadence/ Synopsys or similar relevant software tools”.

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 15 of the original AKTU PDF.

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