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ECE1371H - Advanced Analog Circuits - Spring 2011

General

The focus of this course is on data converter design both Nyquist-rate and oversampling converters.

Topics include architectures, noise-analysis, as well as amplifier, comparator and DAC sub-blocks.

This page can also be accessed directly at http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~johns/ece1371/ece1371.html

Announcements

Mar 16 The final exam will be held from 10-12 noon on Thursday, April 14

Mar 10 New slides posted on Cont-time modulators

Mar 7 New slides posted on Multi-bit modulators

Mar 2 A hardcopy of Project 2 is due on Mar 3 however, if you wish, you can hand it in by 4pm on Friday, Mar 4 in the mailbox outside my office. Otherwise, there will be a 10% late penalty per week.

Jan 26 Project 3 assigned (see below).

Jan 21 Project 2 assigned (see below).

Jan 21 Starting Jan 27, the lectures will be covering new material not covered in ece512.

Jan 4 This web page goes live!!

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Lecturer

David A. Johns    Email: johns@eecg.toronto.edu     Office: BA5144 (inside of BA5145)

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Textbooks

"Understanding Delta-Sigma Data Converters" by R. Schreier and G.C. Temes, John Wiley & Sons, 2005     ISBN: 0-471-46585-2

"Analog Integrated Circuit Design" by D.A. Johns and K. Martin, John Wiley & Sons, 1997     ISBN: 0-471-14448-7

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Lectures

Thurs         10am - 12pm      BA4164 (first lecture is Jan 6)

Date Topic Textbook Section Lecture Notes
SC circuits Johns, Chap 10 switched_cap.pdf
data converter fundamentals Johns, Chap 11 converter_fundamentals.pdf
Nyquist DACs Johns, Chap 12 nyquist_da.pdf
Nyquist ADCs Johns, Chap 13 nyquist_ad.pdf
charge_redist.pdf
multi_stage.pdf
Oversampling Johns, Chap 14
Schreier and Temes
oversampling.pdf
oversampling_examples.pdf
understanding_del_sig_a.pdf
understanding_del_sig_b.pdf
understanding_del_sig_c.pdf
multi_bit_modulators.pdf
cont_time_modulators.pdf
Cont-time filters cont_filters.pdf
SC Noise Analysis sc_noise.pdf

Cont-time modulators references:
Pavan 2010, Keller 2008, Cherry 1999, Benabes 1997

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Projects

Project 1 (due Jan 20).

Project 2 (due Mar 3). CMOS 0.25um generic technology file

Project 3 (due Mar 24). Take a look in the directory below and choose one paper to give a report on.

Email me your choice and I will assign a name to it (one paper per student - first come, first choice).

Paper directory

Your report should explain the main benefits and disadvantages of the work. Simulations are encouraged but

may not be possible for some of the papers. I will choose the top reports to be presented to the class.

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Grades/Tests

Your final grade will be determined by:

Final Exam      50%

Projects           50%    

Some of previous exams are below:

Solutions are not available (since this is a graduate course, you should be able to determine the solutions yourself through self study).

ece1371_final_2007.pdf

ece1371_final_2006.pdf

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Email

Questions and comments regarding the lecture can be directed to johns@eecg.toronto.edu

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Problem Sets

Solutions for Johns/Martin problems can be found at Johns/Martin Textbook

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