ECE 5984 Advanced Analog Integrated Circuit Design

Instructor: Dr. Yang (Cindy) Yi
Office: 361 Durham Hall
Email: yangyi8@vt.edu 

Office Hour: Mon. 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Class Location and Time: M/F 10:30AM-11:45AM in Durham 460

Teaching Assistant: Kangjun Bai

Office: 477 Whittemore Hall
Email: Kangjun@vt.edu  

Office Hour: Thurs. 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Schedule: 

Date	Topic	Assignment
01/22/2020	Introduction	Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits (Chapter 1)
01/24/2020-01/31/2020	1. Review-CMOS Technology and Design 2. Capacitance Model	CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation (Chapter 1-6) Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits (Chapter 1-2)
		Homework 1(due on 02/07)
02/03/2020- 02/10/2020	Fabrication Layout and Packaging	CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation (Chapter 7) Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits (Chapter 17 and 18)
		Lab Tutorial Introduction Lab Tutorials (Lab 1) (Due 02/14)
02/14/2020-02/21/2020	Operational Amplifier_1	CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation (Chapter 21, 22, 24) Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits (Chapter 3-6, 9) Homework 2 (Due on 02/21)
02/24/2020-03/02/2020	Operational Amplifier_2	CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation (Chapter 21, 22, 24) Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits (Chapter 3-6, 9) Homework 3 (Due on 03/02) Lab 2 (due on 03/16) TSMC DRC Manual
03/06/2020-03/26/2020	Analog to Digital Converter	CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation. Chapter 28-29 Homework 4 (Due on 04/06) CLASS NOTES
03/30/2020	ADC Paper Review and Presentation	Techinical Paper Paper Reading Instruction Paper Review Presentation Evaluation Sheet
04/03/2020	6-bit 1.5 b/stage Pipelined ADC with Redundancy Algorithm
04/06/2020	Noise	Lab 3 (Due on 04/13) Final Project Description CLASS NOTES
04/10/2020	High Speed IC Modeling and Design_1	Recommended Reading Book Chapter CLASS NOTES
04/13/2020-04/20/2020	High Speed IC Modeling and Design_2	Recommended Reading-1 Recommended Reading-2 Lab 4 (Due on 04/24) CLASS NOTES
04/24/2020-04/27/2020	Oscillator and PLL_1 Oscillator and PLL_2 Oscillator and PLL_3	Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits Chapter 14 and 15 NOTES1, NOTES2, NOTES3
05/01/2020	PLL Paper Review and Presentation	Techinical Paper Paper Reading Instruction Paper Review Presentation Evaluation Sheet
05/04/2020	Research projects presentation: Neuromorphic Computing and 3D Integration
05/09/2020	Final Project Presentation (starting from 10:30 AM)
05/10/2020	Final Project Report Due at 11:59 PM

 Homework & Exam Solutions:
pop up quiz 1 Homework 1 pop up quiz 2  Homework 2 Homework 3 pop up quiz 3   Homework 4 Homework 5 pop up quiz 4


 Useful Reference:
 Layout Design Rule Manual
 GaN and SiC enable increased energy efficiency in power supplies