ECE 483: Analog IC Design (Spring-2025)

 

Course notes:

 DateTopicReadingNotesHomework
101/22/25Introduction HO1HW0
201/27/25Resistors (2024 Video)2.10.1HO2 
301/29/25Capacitors2.10.2HO3HW1
402/03/25MOS operation1.5HO4 
502/05/25MOS secondary effects1.6, 1.7HO4HW2, MP1
602/10/25Elementary amplifier stages (I)3.3HO5a, HO5b 
702/12/25Elementary amplifier stages (II)3.4HO5a, HO5bHW3
802/17/25Elementary amplifier stages (III)3.5HO5a, HO5b 
902/19/25

Differential amplifiers: DC analysis [ISSCC]

Extra help on gain in multi-transistor circuits

3.6HO6MP2
1002/24/25Differential amplifiers: Incremental analysis [ISSCC]3.6HO7 
1102/26/25Differential amplifiers: Half-circuit models4.2HO7
1203/03/25Current mirrors/Biasing4.3HO8 
1303/05/25Amplifiers with active loads4.3HO9HW5
1403/10/25Single-ended OTA HO9 
 03/12/25Midterm I  HW6
  Break   
  Break   
1503/24/25Opamp metrics/5-pack6.2HO10
HW7
1603/26/25Telescopic/Folded cascode OTAs6.3, 6.5, 6.6  
1703/31/252-stage OTA7.2, 7.3HO11HW8
1804/02/25Amplifier frequency response8.1-8.4  
1904/07/25Feedback amplifiers9.1-9.3HO12HW9
2004/09/25Feedback amplifier stability9.4  
2104/14/25Frequency compensation (I)9.4HO13HW10
2204/16/25Frequency compensation (II)   
 04/21/25Midterm II  PROJECT
2304/23/25LDO I HO14 
2404/28/25LDO II   
2504/30/25Device sizing methodology3.5HO15 
2605/05/25    
2705/07/25