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ECE1371H - Advanced Analog Circuits - Spring 2014

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

Dec 30, 2013 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

"Analog Integrated Circuit Design" by Carusone, Johns and Martin, 2nd edition, Wiley, 2011

(You can also use the 1997 first edition)

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

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Lectures

Mondays         1pm - 3pm      location BA4164 (first lecture is Jan 6, 2014)

Date Topic Textbook Section Lecture Notes
SC circuits Johns, Chap 9 discrete_time.pdf
SC circuits Johns, Chap 10 switched_cap.pdf
Noise Analysis Johns, Chap 4 noise.pdf
SC Noise Analysis sc_noise.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
Oversampling Schreier and Caldwell Mod1+Mod2-2.pdf
Modn+DSToolbox-2.pdf
ECE1371_ExampleDS-2.pdf
ECE1371_NoiseSC-2.pdf
ECE1371_Mismatch-2.pdf
Feedback Analysis feedback_revisited.pdf
loop_gain_analysis.pdf
Cont-time filters cont_filters.pdf
Metastability metastability.pdf

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

Some interesting information on ...

Double patterning: video1 video2

Finfets : video1 video2 video3

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Projects

Project 1 (due on Jan 20, 2014)

Project 2 (EXTENSION now due on Mar 17, 2014 AT BEGINNING OF CLASS (1pm))

Project 3 (due on April 22 at noon) (dsexample1.m)

Updated toolbox files (DocumentNTF.m, PlotExampleSpectrum.m)

The model files are here: nominal_018um.txt slow_018um.txt fast_018um.txt

You can make use of Cadence/Spectre (if you have access to it) or LTSpice found

on this page: LTSpice

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Grades/Tests

Your final grade will be determined by:

Final Exam      50%

Projects           50%    

equation_sheet

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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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