EE140, Fall 2009

University of California, Berkeley
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department

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EE140, Fall 2009
Linear Integrated Circuits

Mon.,Wed. and Fri. : 8:00 - 9:00 am
247 Cory Hall

Discussion Sections:

Sec. 1, Tue., 2:00 – 3:00 pm, 289 Cory

Sec. 2, Wed., 10:00 – 11:00 am, 299 Cory

Prerequisite:  EE105 - Microelectronic Devices and Circuits

Text: Gray, Hurst, Lewis, Meyer, “Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circutis,” Wiley, 2009.

References:

·         Razavi, "Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits," McGraw-Hill, 2001.

·         Johns and Martin, “Analog Integrated Circuit Design,” Wiley, 1997.

·         Horowitz and Hill, "The Art of Electronics," Cambridge University Press, 1989.

Course Details:
Course Info.
Academic Dishonesty Policy
My Cheating Policy

Lecturer:
Professor Kris Pister
512 Cory Hall
pister@eecs.berkeley.edu

 

Office Hours:

Mon., 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Tue., 2:00 – 3:00 pm

Wed., 9:00 – 10:00 am
Location : 512 Cory

 

Teaching Assistant:

Travis Massey
tlmassey@eecs.berkeley.edu

 

Office Hours:  

Wed., 11:00 – 12:00 am
Location:  299 Cory

 

Teaching Assistant:

Ji-Hoon Park
overlord@eecs.berkeley.edu

 

Office Hours:  

Wed., 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Location:  353 Cory

Announcements:

·         Project2

-          Description

-          SAR ADC reference paper

-          SAR ADC controller v1.1

 

·         Midterm 2 solutions

 

·         Project 1

-          Description

-          Testbench(updated)

-          Switch problem description

 

·         Midterm 1 solutions

 

·         Sep.17, 2009

-          Homework#4 is up (due 9/24/09, 8:00am)

-          Homework#3 due extended to Sep.21 (Mon), 8:00am.

 

·         Sep.9, 2009

No lab this week

 

·         The first lab will be held on 8/31 and 9/2 (353 Cory)

 

·         Aug.28, 2009

Homework#1 is up (due 9/3/09, 8:00am. Drop box in 240 Cory)

 

·         Welcome to EE140

 

Schedule/Homework:

Week

Date

Topic

Homework

Reading

1

8/26
8/28

Introduction: what is 140 all about; op-amp circuits
Taylor, large signal and small-signal models

Homework #1 due 9/3

Solution #1

Page xiv symbol conventions;

1.5, 1.6 MOS large & small signal models; skim chapter 3

2

8/31
9/2
9/4

Heaviside, and Bode, transfer functions, passive component impedance

MOS physics

MOS small signal model

Homework #2 due 9/10

Solution #2(corrected)

1.2.1

3

9/7
9/9
9/11

Labor Day

Common source

frequency response, Miller capacitance

 Homework #3 due 9/21

Solution #3  

7.1, 7.2.1 up through eqn. 7.27

3.1, 3.2, 3.3.2

4

9/14
9/16
9/18

Source degeneration, input pole
Common drain/source-follower, body effect, inductive impedance

Guest lecture

Homework #4 due 9/24

Solution #4

3.3.9

3.3.7

5

9/21
9/23
9/25

Common gate, cascade

 

3.3.4

3.4.2.2

3.4.3

6

9/28

9/30
10/2

Midterm I – in class, open book, open notes

differential pair

current mirror, biasing

Homework #5 due 10/8

Solution #5

3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5
4.1, 4.2.1, 4.2.2.2 

7

10/5
10/7
10/9

Operational Transconductance Amplifiers (OTAs)

Feedback, frequency response, stability

 

6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5

9.1, 9.2, 9.3 don't worry about Nyquist, but look at the plots 
7.3.5 

8

10/12
10/14
10/16

Compensation of 2 stage op-amps

 

9.4.1 through 9.4.3

9

10/19
10/21
10/23

Telescopic cascode
Folded cascode

 

6.5, 6.6
4.2.5.2 skim

10

10/26
10/28
10/30

Folded cascode

Homework #6 due 11/5

Solution #6

6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7

11

11/2
11/4
11/6

 

Midterm II

Project2 overview

 

 

12

11/9
11/11
11/13

Bandgap reference

Veterans day holiday

CMOS parasitic BJTs, latch-up, diodes

Homework #7 due 11/16

Solution #7

 4.4.2, 4.4.3

13

11/16
11/18
11/20

Switched capacitor amplifier

ADC

ADC

 

 6.1.7

14

11/23
11/25
11/27

Switches: R_on, body effect, charge injection

Self-biasing reference
Thanksgiving holiday

 

 

15

11/30
12/2
12/4

Voltage regulators

 

Chapter 8 skim

Final Exam: Mon., December 14, 8:00 – 11:00 am.

Labs:

·         Lab 1: SPICE tutorial

               Spice deck for part 1a

 

·         Lab 2: Audio amplifier

 

·         Lab 3: 2-Stage Bipolar Op-amp

 

Course Handouts:

Tutorial:

 

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