Objective
Review MOS device properties and electrical models. Basic analog circuit building blocks including simple and cascode current sources, active loads, common source and common drain amplifiers, DC biasing networks, and differential amplifiers. Analog sub-systems building blocks including CMOS OTA op-amp, OCA, comparators, A/D, D/A, and switching capacitor circuits. Selected topics in CMOS RF circuits.
Prerequisite: ELEG3210. (ONLY suitable for undergraduate students enrollment.)
Syllabus
- CMOS technology
- MOS transistor model
- CMOS CS amplifier
- CMOS CD amplifier
- CMOS CG amplifier
- Differential amplifier
- Noise
- Current mirror
- Single stage opamp
- Two stage opamp
- Special purpose opamp
- Comparator
- Converter
- Switching capacitor circuit
Learning Outcome
- Understand different types of CMOS technologies.
- Perform design, layout and simulation of different types of CMOS opamps.
- Understand the limitations of different types of CMOS opamps.
