Topic outline

  • General

    IMPORTANT: For this course, all the lectures/exercise sessions are done online via Zoom!!!


    Basic information about content, assessment criteria et cetera:     

    Course in Oodi

     

    Lecturer:

    • Prof. Kari Halonen

    Assistants:

    • Md Najmussadat (Paper exercises) [md.najmussadat@aalto.fi]

    • Gaurav Singh (Paper exercises) (Main Assistant) [gaurav.singh@aalto.fi]

    • Yehia Tawfik (CAD) [yehia.twafik@aalto.fi]

    • Omar Numan (CAD) [omar.numan@aalto.fi]

    Course books:

    • D. Johns, K. Martin: Analog Integrated Circuit Design

    • P. Allen, D. Holberg: CMOS Analog Circuit Design (available online through: aalto.finna.fi)

  • Schedule

    Not available unless: You are a(n) Student

    This schedule is tentative. Students will be informed about possible changes via the course's Announcements.

    All activities take place online, and the Zoom Link will be published for each session.

    Most of the activities below belong to these four main categories:

    – Lecture: Conventional lectures given by Prof. Halonen. Each lecture is followed by a lecture quiz.

    – CAD session: Assistants will be present during these sessions to help you out with CAD problems.

    – Exercise Introduction: A new paper exercise is published. An assistant introduces the exercise and gives tips for solving it.

    – Exercise solution: An assistant presents the solution of a paper exercise.

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    Tuesday 12.1.2021:

    8:15-8:45 Course introduction

    8:45-10:30 Lecture 0: Introduction, CMOS technology and layout

    10:45-11:00 Lecture 0: Introduction, CMOS technology and layout (cont'd)

    11:00-11:30 CAD introduction

     

    Friday 15.1.2021:

    8:15-10:00 Lecture 1: MOS transistor models

    10:15-10:45 Lecture 1: MOS transistor models (cont'd)

    10:45-12:00 Exercise 1: MOS transistor model, Intro

     

    Tuesday 19.1.2021:

    8:15-10:30 Lecture 2: Single-stage amplifiers

    10:45-11:15 Exercise 2: Single-stage amplifier, Intro

    11:15-12:00 CAD 1a: Amplifier analysis

    Students are advised to try to complete CAD1a before the next CAD session.


    Friday 22.1.2021:

    8:15-9:00 Lecture 2: Single-stage amplifiers (cont'd)

    9:00-10:00 Lecture 3: Differential amplifier and current sources

    10:15-10:45 Exercise 3: Differential amplifier, Intro

    10:45-12:00 CAD 1b: Amplifier analysis

     

    Tuesday 26.1.2021:

    8:15-10:30 Lecture 3: Differential amplifier and current sources (cont'd)

    10:45-11:15 Exercise 1: MOS transistor model, Solution

    11:15-12:00 CAD 1c: Amplifier analysis

     

    Friday 29.1.2021:

    8:15-10:00 Lecture 4: Two-stage amplifiers

    10.15-10:45 Exercise 2: Single-stage amplifier, Solution

    10:45-11:25 Exercise 4: Operational amplifier, Intro 

     

    Tuesday 02.2.2021:

    8:15-10:00 Lecture 5a: OTA amplifiers

    10:15-10:45 Exercise 3: Differential amplifier, Solution

    10:45-11:00 Exercise 5: Cascode amplifier, Intro

    11:00-12:00 CAD 1d: Amplifier analysis

     

    Friday 05.2.2021:

    8:15-9:40 Lecture 5b: Common-mode feedback and advanced amplifiers

    10:00-10:25 Exercise 4: Operational amplifier, Solution

    10:30-10:45 CAD 2 (project work): Introduction

    10:45-11:30 CAD 1d: Amplifier analysis

     

    Tuesday 09.2.2021:

    8:15-10:00 Lecture 6: Noise and PSRR

    10:15-10:45 Exercise 5: Cascode amplifier, Solution

    10:45-11:15 Exercise 6: Noise, Intro

    11:15-12:00 CAD 2 (project work)

     

    Friday 12.2.2021:

    8:15-9:00 Lecture 7: Comparators

    9:15-9:45 Exercise 7: Comparator, Intro

    10:00-11:00 CAD 2 (project work): Layout drawing tutorial

    11:15-12:00 CAD 2 (project work)

     

    Tuesday 16.2.2021:

    8:15-10:00 Lecture 8: Multipliers, Conclusion

    10:15-10:45 Exercise 6: Noise, solution

    11:00-12:00 CAD 2 (project work)

     

    Friday 19.2.2021:

    9:15-9:45 Exercise 7: Comparator, Solution

    10:00-12:00 CAD 2 (project work)