UK-EE562

NOTE: No class on Thursday, Nov. 30th
Use this time to work with your team on the final design project.

Fall 2000

Prerequisite:
EE 461, engineering standing, and a desire to learn circuit design. Students are also expected to have some experience in solid-state electronics and transistor-level circuit design. Familiarity with a SPICE simulation program is also necessary.

Required Text:
Johns and Martin, Analog Integrated Circuit Design, 1997, ISBN 0-471-14448-7, TK7874.J65

Supplementary Text:
Horenstein, Microelectronic Circuits and Devices, 2nd Ed., 1996, ISBN 0-13-701335-3, TK7874.H675
Sedra and Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 3^rd Ed., 1991, ISBN 0-03-51648-x, TK7867.S39 1991
Gray and Meyer, Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, 3^rd Ed., 1993, ISBN 0-471-57495-3, TK7874.G688
Roberts, Sedra, Smith, Spice for Microelectronic Circuits, 3^rd Ed., 1992, ISBN 0-03-052617-5, TK7867.S39 1992
Allen and Holberg, CMOS Analog Circuit Design, 1987, ISBN 0-03-006587-9 (not in UK library)

Copies of many of the books in italics are on reserve in the Engineering Library (or should be soon). Please take a look at them if you want more information or are having trouble with a topic. One of these books covers SPICE, but I will hand out additional material on SPICE in class.

Class Website:
Some material such as the class syllabus, homework assignments, project descriptions, etc. will be available through the Web at www.engr.uky.edu/~ee562/. Please use this at your convenience and let me know if there is anything missing.

Computer Usage:
Students will be using computers to write reports and perform circuit simulations. UK supports the B²Spice circuit simulation software, which is available in several PC labs on campus. B²Spice will be used for in-class examples and homework solutions. Although you may use any SPICE program you wish, I can provide limited help if you don’t use B²Spice. Student copies of B²Spice can be purchased from Beige Bag Software (www.beigebag.com) for ~$60. Discounts are available for group orders so let me know if you are interested in purchasing a copy to run at home.

Attendance and Conduct in Class:
Students are expected to attend class and be bright and cheerful with lots of questions. It will be hard to do well in this class without attending the lectures. It is the student’s responsibility to get notes and handouts for any missed class. Makeup exams for excused absences will be oral exams given after the normal exam date. Oral exams will not be fun for either one of us, so try not to miss exams.

Objective:
The objective of this course is to provide students with a working knowledge of a variety of analog circuits, their design and use and their frequency behavior.

1. Ability to construct small signal equivalent circuits that reflect the spectral region of interest.
2. Ability to use SPICE in the design and analysis of analog electronic circuits.
3. Understanding of the role of analog circuits in performing a variety of tasks.

Homework:
Several problem sets will be given as homework, which will be due by 5pm on Thursday, one week after it was assigned. Tentative homework due dates are listed on the Course Outline. Students are encouraged to work together on homework as long as each student tries to complete all of the problems on his own. Coping will not be tolerated. Everyone must turn in individual homework, and grades will be based more on effort than on correct answers. Homework must be "neat" and easy to read or your grade will be penalized. Homework solutions will be posted in the library.

Exams:
There will be two mid-term exams and a final exam as listed in the course outline. The final exam will be comprehensive but will focus on material covered after the second exam. Exams will likely be open-book, open-notes, although the instructor will inform you specifically before each exam. There will be no discussion or exchange of notes between students during the exam.

Design Project:
This class will contain a series of circuit design and simulation projects which will begin after the first exam and will culminate in a final project at the end of the semester. The three "midterm" design projects will be completed in assigned pairs with each student writing an individual report. The final design project and formal report will be completed in larger groups of 4-5 students. Report formats and grading will be standard for all students and will be explained before the design projects are started. Grades for the project will consist of three parts, design approach, results, and report quality.

Grading:
Grades will be based on homework, two midterm exams, a final exam, and a series of design projects. Overall grades will be normalized and assigned to a standard curve with the following component contributions:

Final Comment:
The primary goal of this class is for you to become a proficient designer of analog CMOS circuits. I realize this material is not easy, so please come to me if you have any questions or are having any trouble understanding the material. And please ask questions in class; chances are that if you don’t understand something then other people don’t either, and I need you to tell me when it’s not making sense.

Week	Date	Topic	Reading (Johns and Martin)	Supplement Reading	Homework Due
1	Aug. 24	Syllabus, semiconductor physics	HO1	MC&D App. A
2	Aug. 29	semiconductor physics
	Aug. 31	pn junctions	Ch.1.1, HO2		HW1
3	Sept. 5	pn junctions
	Sept. 7	BJTs	1.4	MC&D Ch.3	HW2
4	Sept. 12	MOSFETs	1.2-1.3	MC&D Ch.5
	Sept. 14	MOSFETs		MC&D Ch.7	HW3
5	Sept. 19	small signal models	1.5, 1.6, HO3	MC&D App. C
	Sept. 21	small signal models, SPICE	Ch. 2, HO4	MC&D App. B	HW4
6	Sept. 26	fabrication and device layout		MC&D Ch.6
	Sept. 28	basic current mirrors and amplifiers	Ch. 3		HW5
7	Oct. 3	*EXAM 1*	(covers Wk. 1-5)
	Oct. 5	basic amplifiers, Rout and Av	3.2-3.4
8	Oct. 10	biasing stages design project intro	notes	MC&D Ch.8
	Oct. 12	source degeneration cascode amps and mirrors	3.5-3.7		HW6
9	Oct. 17	differential amplifiers	3.8
	Oct. 19	GUEST			HW7
10	Oct. 24	high-frequency models	3.11	MC&D Ch.9	Design Project 1
	Oct. 26	frequency response of amplifiers			HW8
11	Oct. 31	noise analysis	Ch. 4	MC&D Ch.10
	Nov. 2	*EXAM 2*
12	Nov. 7	*Election Day*
	Nov. 9	introduction to feedback intro to opamps	notes Ch. 5	MC&D Ch.12	Design Project 2 (due the 10th) HW9
13	Nov. 14	feedback in opamps
	Nov. 16	opamp design considerations			HW10
14	Nov. 21	CMOS comparators	Ch. 7
	Nov. 23	*HOLIDAY*			HW11
15	Nov. 28	CMOS comparators
	Nov. 30	sample-and-hold circuits	Ch. 8		HW12
16	Dec. 5	reference circuits switched-capacitor circuits	Ch. 10		Final Project
	Dec. 7	Last Class, ideal data converters	Ch. 11
	Dec. 14	*Final Exam* (comprehensive)	9:30am – 12:30pm

Andrew Mason	Email:	mason@engr.uky.edu	Homepage:	http://www.engr.uky.edu/~mason
Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering University of Kentucky	Office: Phone: Fax:	685 Anderson Hall 859-257-1775 859-257-3092	Mail to:	453 Anderson Hall University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0046

Class Time:	Tuesday/Thursday	9:30 – 10:45am
Location:	263 Anderson Hall
Instructor:	Andrew Mason, Ph.D. Asst. Professor	685 Anderson Hall 257-1775 mason@engr.uky.edu
Office Hours	Tuesday Thursday or by appointment	11am – 12pm 11am – 12pm