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  • Schedule

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

    This year, all activities are held on Zoom. The link to the Zoom page is found here. 

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

    – Lecture: Conventional lectures given by Prof. Halonen. A lecture quiz follows each lecture.

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

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

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

    – For schedule of Assistance weekly hours, visit Paper Exercises Section

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    Schedule

    Tuesday 10.1.2023:

    8:15-8:30 Course Introduction

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

    11:00-12:00 Exercises introduction + CAD introduction 

     

    Friday 13.1.2023:

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

    10:15-11:00 Lecture 1: MOS transistor models (cont'd)

    11:15-12:00 Exercise 1: MOS transistor model, Intro + a short CAD tutorial.

     

    Tuesday 17.1.2023:

    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 20.1.2023:
    8:15-10:00 Lecture 3: Differential amplifier and current sources

    10:15 - 10:30 Exercise 1: MOS transistor model, Solution

    10:30-12:00 CAD 1b: Amplifier analysis

     

    Tuesday 24.1.2023:

    8:15-8:45 Lecture 3: Differential amplifier and current sources (cont'd)

    8:15-10:30 Lecture 4: Two-stage amplifiers

    10:45-11:15 Exercise 3: Differential amplifier, Intro

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

     

    Friday 27.1.2023:

    8:15- 10:00 Lecture 4: Two-stage amplifiers (cont'd) + Operational amplifier design example

    10:15-10:45 Exercise 2: Single-stage amplifier, Solution

    10:45-11:00 Exercise 4: Operational amplifier, Intro

    11:00-12:00  CAD 1a -1c 



    Tuesday 31.1.2023:

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

    10:15-10:30 Exercise 3: Differential amplifier, Solution

    10:30-12:00 CAD 1d: Amplifier analysis

     

    Friday 03.2.2023:

    8:15-10:00 Lecture 5b: Common-mode feedback and advanced amplifiers

    10:15-10:30 Exercise 4: Operational amplifier, Solution

    10:30-10:45 Exercise 5: Cascode amplifier, Intro

    10:45-11:00 CAD 2 (project work): Introduction

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


    Tuesday 07.2.2023:

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

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

    10:45-12:00 CAD 2 (project work)

     

    Friday 10.2.2023:

    8:15-9:00 Lecture 7: Comparators

    9:15-9:45 Exercise 5: Cascode amplifier, Solution

    9:45-10:15 Exercise 7: Comparator, Intro

    10:15-11:15 CAD 2 (project work): Layout drawing tutorial

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

     

    Tuesday 14.2.2023:

    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 17.2.2023:

    10:15-10:45 Exercise 7: Comparator, Solution

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


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