University  of  Toronto

Khoman Phang
 

ECE1371 Term Paper

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    • Assignment: Write a review paper about a current topic in analog integrated circuit design. The paper can be about a general technique, a specific circuit, or a class of circuits. Your paper should address the following questions:
      • Problem: Why is the topic of interest?
      • Background: What is the previous state of the art?
      • Solution: How does the current topic improve on the state of the art?
      • Future: How will this topic evolve, and what challenges have yet to be addressed?
    • Length: About 10 pages double-spaced, excluding figures
    • Format: Students will submit both a hard copy of the paper and one in electronic form (either PostScript or PDF format). Term papers will be posted on the course web site for others to access.
    • Due Dates:
      • Registering a topic: Monday, February 12th
      • Submitting final paper: Monday, April 9th (the last day of class)
    • Topic:

      • Students should select a topic as soon as possible (and no later than Monday, February 12th), and approach me to obtain final approval. Given the breadth of the field, each student is expected to choose a different topic. Topics allocated on a first come first serve basis.
      • Topics already assigned to students:
        • LC oscillator circuits
        • Low voltage, low power op amp design
        • Current feedback op amps
        • LNA analysis and circuits
        • Phase noise in timing recovery circuits
        • On-chip inductor modeling
        • Common Mode Feedback Circuit Design
        • Frequency regenerative multiplier and divider
        • RF receiver design: system and circuits
        • Power reduction techniques in pipelined A/D converters
        • RF mixer circuits
        • Fiber-optic preamplifiers
      • General list of possible topics include but are not limited to the following suggestions:

        • - phase noise analysis of oscillators
        - the general theory of translinear circuits
        - dynamic element matching (DEM)
        - device modeling:
        •    MOSFET modeling for all regions of operation (weak, moderate, and
             strong)
        •    layout, modeling, and practical considerations for integrated capacitors
        •    modeling of on-chip inductors and transformers
        •    polymer electronic devices
        - modeling techniques for substrate noise coupling
        - Low-voltage analog building blocks
        - Bandpass delta-sigma conversion
        - Switched-current signal processing
        - frequency regenerative multipliers and dividers
        - RF Wireless ICs: Low noise amplifiers, mixers, image-rejection receivers, etc.
        - Log-domain filtering
        - Fiber-optic preamplifiers
        - polymer electronic circuits
        - automated analog circuit design using genetic algorithm
        - Chua's Oscillator and other nonlinear and chaotic circuits
        - Stability analysis of delta-sigma modulators