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Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Notes |
Homework |
| 1 |
01/17/24 |
Introduction |
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HO1 |
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| 2 |
01/22/24 |
Resistors |
2.10.1 |
HO2 |
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| 3 |
01/24/24 |
Capacitors |
2.10.2 |
HO3 |
HW1 |
| 4 |
01/29/24 |
MOS operation |
1.5 |
HO4 |
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| 5 |
01/31/24 |
MOS secondary effects |
1.6, 1.7 |
HO4 |
HW2 |
| 6 |
02/05/24 |
Elementary amplifier stages (I) |
3.3 |
HO5a, HO5b |
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| 7 |
02/07/24 |
Elementary amplifier stages (II) |
3.4 |
HO5a, HO5b |
HW3 |
| 8 |
02/12/24 |
Elementary amplifier stages (III) |
3.5 |
HO5a, HO5b |
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| 9 |
02/14/24 |
Differential amplifiers (I) |
3.6 |
HO6 |
HW4 |
| 10 |
02/19/24 |
Differential amplifiers (SP23) II, III, Office Hours |
3.6 |
HO7 |
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| 11 |
02/21/24 |
Current mirrors (SP23), Office Hours |
4.2 |
HO8 |
HW5 |
| 12 |
02/26/24 |
Differential amplifiers; Biasing |
4.3 |
HO9 |
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| 13 |
02/28/24 |
Amplifiers with active loads |
4.3 |
HO9 |
HW6 |
| 14 |
03/04/24 |
Review/Catch-up |
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03/06/24 |
Midterm I |
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HW7 |
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Break |
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Break |
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| 15 |
03/18/24 |
OTA/OpAmp metrics |
6.2 |
HO10 |
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| 16 |
03/20/24 |
Telescopic/Folded cascode OTAs |
6.3, 6.5, 6.6 |
HO10 |
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| 17 |
03/25/24 |
Amplifier frequency response |
7.2, 7.3 |
HO11 |
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| 18 |
03/27/24 |
Frequency response cont'd |
8.1-8.4 |
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HW8 |
| 19 |
04/01/24 |
Feedback amplifier stability |
9.1-9.3 |
HO12 |
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| 20 |
04/03/24 |
Frequency response/compensation |
9.4 |
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HW9 |
| 21 |
04/08/24 |
Frequency compensation |
9.4 |
HO13 |
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04/10/24 |
Midterm II, Frequency compensation |
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| 22 |
04/15/24 |
LDO I |
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HO14 |
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| 23 |
04/17/24 |
LDO II |
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HO14 |
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| 24 |
04/29/24 |
Device sizing methodology |
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HO15 |
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| 25 |
05/01/24 |
Research examples |
3.5 |
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