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Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Notes |
Homework |
| 1 |
01/21/26 |
Introduction |
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HO1 |
HW0 |
| 2 |
01/26/26 |
Interconnects and Resistors |
2.10.1 |
HO2 |
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| 3 |
01/28/26 |
Capacitors |
2.10.2 |
HO3 |
HW1 |
| 4 |
02/02/26 |
MOS operation |
1.5 |
HO4 |
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| 5 |
02/04/25 |
MOS secondary effects |
1.6, 1.7 |
HO4 |
HW2 |
| 6 |
02/09/25 |
Elementary amplifier stages (I) |
3.3 |
HO5a, HO5b |
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| 7 |
02/11/25 |
Elementary amplifier stages (II) |
3.4 |
HO5a, HO5b |
HW3 |
| 8 |
02/16/25 |
Extra help on gain in multi transistor circuits
[Spring 2025 recording]
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| 8 |
02/18/25 |
Elementary amplifier stages (III) |
3.5 |
HO5a, HO5b |
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9 |
02/18/25 |
Differential amplifiers: DC analysis [ISSCC]
Extra help on gain in multi-transistor circuits
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3.6 |
HO6 |
MP2 |
10 |
02/23/25 |
Differential amplifiers: Incremental analysis [ISSCC] |
3.6 |
HO7 |
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11 |
02/25/25 |
Differential amplifiers: Half-circuit models |
4.2 |
HO7 |
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12 |
03/02/25 |
Current mirrors/Biasing |
4.3 |
HO8 |
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13 |
03/04/25 |
Amplifiers with active loads |
4.3 |
HO9 |
HW5 |
14 |
03/09/25 |
Single-ended OTA |
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HO9 |
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03/11/25 |
Midterm I |
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HW6 |
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Break |
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Break |
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15 |
03/23/25 |
Opamp metrics/5-pack |
6.2 |
HO10 |
HW7 |
16 |
03/25/25 |
Telescopic/Folded cascode OTAs |
6.3, 6.5, 6.6 |
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17 |
03/30/25 |
2-stage OTA |
7.2, 7.3 |
HO11 |
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18 |
04/01/25 |
Amplifier frequency response |
8.1-8.4 |
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19 |
04/06/25 |
Feedback amplifiers |
9.1-9.3 |
HO12 |
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20 |
04/08/25 |
Feedback amplifier stability |
9.4 |
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21 |
04/13/25 |
Frequency compensation (I) |
9.4 |
HO13 |
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22 |
04/15/25 |
Frequency compensation (II) |
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23 |
04/20/25 |
Midterm II / LDO I |
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HO14 |
PROJECT |
24 |
04/22/25 |
LDO II |
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25 |
04/27/25 |
LDO III |
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26 |
04/29/25 |
Device sizing methodology |
3.5 |
HO15 |
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27 |
05/04/25 |
TBD |
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05/06/25 |
No Class |
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