Fall 2014

ECE 587: Design of Analog Integrated Circuits

Instructor: Dr. Rao Mulpuri
Nguyen Engineering Bldg, Room 3237
Phone: 703-993-1612
E-mail: rmulpuri@gmu.edu
Office Hours: Tue. & Thu.: 2:00 pm-3:30 pm

This course deals with fundamental building blocks (sub-circuits) of analog integrated
circuits and design of analog integrated circuits using SPICE as the simulation tool.

The following topics will be covered: Dates on which the topics are covered are also
indicated.

1. CMOS Device Modeling: Large-Signal and Small-Signal MOS Transistor Models:
8/26

2. Differential Amplifiers: 9/2, 9/9

3. Passive and Active Current Mirrors, 9/16, 9/23

4. Operational Amplifiers: 9/30, 10/7 (Project I due), 10/21 (Exam I), 10/28

5. Stability and Frequency Compensation of Amplifiers: 11/4

6. Bandgap References: 11/11, 11/18

7. Switched-Capacitor Circuits: 11/25 (Project II due)

8. Noise: 12/2

Projects: This course has two design projects. One on actively loaded differential
amplifier and the second on operational amplifier.

Text Book: Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits by Behzad Razavi,
McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-238032-2

Grading: 2 Exams - 70%, Projects - 25 %, Homework - 5 %

Late projects or home works will not be accepted.