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ECE331F - Analog Electronics - Fall 2023

General

This course is focussed on analog electronics with an emphasis on transistor level design of integrated circuits. Topics to be covered include transistor amplifiers (differential and multistage amplifiers), integrated circuit biasing techniques, output stage design and IC amplifier building blocks, frequency response of amplifiers, stability and compensation techniques for amplifiers using negative feedback.

This page can also be accessed directly at http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~johns/ece331/ece331.html

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to teach design and analysis techniques for electronic circuits with multiple transistors.

Announcements

- Aug 1, 2023 This web page goes live!

- Quertus will be used for Grades, Discussion Board and Announcements.

- This Web page will be used for Lecture info, Lab info, Problem Set info and Term Test info.

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Lecturer

David A. Johns    Email: david.johns@utoronto.ca     Office: BA5144 (inside of BA5145)

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Textbook

"Microelectronic Circuits" (seventh edition) by A.S. Sedra and K.C. Smith, Oxford University Press, 2015

We will be covering chapters 8-12.

- For the chapter on Feedback, we will be covering the material "Feedback circuit analysis using return ratio" in

"Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits" (fifth edition) by P. Gray, P. Hurst, S. Lewis and R. Meyer, Wiley & Sons, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-470-24599-6

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Lectures

Mon 4-5pm   GB220
Tue   3-4pm   BA2175
Thu   10-11am   GB220

First Day of Classes is Sept 7, 2023
Last Day of Classes is Dec 6, 2023
Fall Study week, Nov 6-10, 2023

Lec # Topic Textbook Section Lecture Notes Topic
Summary
Video Date
Circuit Review 01_circuitReview.pdf Sept 7
Circuit Review (01_circuitReview) circuitReview.pdf
waterAnalogy.pdf
thevNort.pdf
Sept 11
MOSFET Large Signal Analysis 02_mosLargeSignal.pdf largeSignalMod.pdf fabrication.mp4
FinFetInfo.pdf
MOSFET Small Signal Analysis 03_mosSmallSignal.pdf smallSignalMod.pdf Sept 18
Single Transistor Gain Stage 8.3 04_singleTransGain.pdf Gain Cell
Cascode Amp 8.5 (mosfet) 05_cascodeGain.pdf Cascode Amplifier Sept 25
Current Mirrors 8.2, 8.6 (mosfet), 13.2.7 06_currentMirrors.pdf Current Mirrors
Multi-Stage Amps notes 07_multiStageAmps.pdf MultiStage Amps Oct 2
Differential Amplifiers 9.1, 9.3.1, 9.4.1, 9.5, 9.6.1 08_diffAmps.pdf Diff Amps (1 of 2)
Differential Amplifiers (08_diffAmps) Diff Amps (2 of 2)
Freq Response Intro 09_freqIntro.pdf Freq Review Oct 17
Single-Time Constant Circuits 10_singleTimeConstant.pdf Single Time Constant
Pole/zero Estimation 11_poleZeroEstimation.pdf Open/Short Circuit
Time Constant Estimation
Oct 23
Low Freq Cutoff 10.1 12_lowFreqCutoff.pdf Low Freq Response
Mos Capacitor Model
and Miller's Theorem
10.2 13_mosCapsAndMiller.pdf Mosfet Cap modelling
and transistor ft
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Miller Theorem
High Freq Cutoff 10.4, 10.5.2, 10.6.1 14_highFreqCutoff.pdf High-Frequency Response
Intro to Feedback 11.1, 11.2 15_intro_feedback.pdf Intro to Feedback
Four Types of Feedback 16_four_type_feedback.pdf Four types feedback method
Loop-gain analysis
Asymptotic Gain Formula
(Gray/Hurst textbook) 17_asymptotic_gain.pdf Asymptotic Gain Formula Nov 13
Loop-gain analysis
Port Impedance
(Gray/Hurst textbook) 18_port_impedance.pdf Port Impedance
Loop-gain analysis
Examples
(Gray/Hurst textbook) 19_feedback_examples.pdf Feedback Examples Nov 21
Stability of
Feedback Circuits
11.7 - 11.10 20_stability.pdf Stability of Feedback Circuits
Stability Compensation 21_stabilityCompensation.pdf Stability Compensation Nov 27
Loop Gain Simulation 22_LG_simulation.pdf Simulation of Loop Gain
Body Effect 22b_BodyEffect.pdf Nov 30

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Tutorials

TUT01   Mon   6-7pm   GB304   Starts Sept 18  
           

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Laboratory

The laboratory information is available here.

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Grades/Tests

Your final grade will be determined by:

Final Exam     40%    
Term Test 1     22.5%     Oct 16 from 4:10-5pm in EX 300
Term Test 2     22.5%     Nov 20 from 4:10-5pm in EX 300
Laboratory     15%    

For all tests
A non-programmable calculator is allowed. No other aids allowed.
A equation sheet is included as the last page for all tests and the final exam (so you don't have to memorize alot of equations).
The equation sheet is here: Equation Sheet

For term tests 1 and 2, write your term test using non-erasable ink.

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Email

David Johns david.johns@utoronto.ca


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Problem Sets

Problem Set 01a - Problem Set 01a Solution
Problem Set 01b - Problem Set 01b Solution

Problem Set 02 - Problem Set 02 Solution

Problem Set 03 - Problem Set 03 Solution

Problem Set 03b - Problem Set 03b Solution

Problem Set 04 - Problem Set 04 Solution

Problem Set 05 - Problem Set 05 Solution

Problem Set 06 - Problem Set 06 Solution

Problem Set 07 - Problem Set 07 Solution

Problem Set 08 - Problem Set 08 Solution

Problem Set 09 - Problem Set 09 Solution

Problem Set 10 - Problem Set 10 Solution

Old Exams

ece331_exam_2015_solutions

ece331_exam_2016_solutions

ece331_exam_2017_solutions

ece331_exam_2019_solutions

ece331_exam_2020_solutions

ece331_exam_2022_solutions

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