Winter 2010:
High Speed Mixed Signal & Communications IC design
(this web page is at
http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/Faculty/rodwell/Classes/mixed_signal/ mixed_signal.htm
)
Co: listed as ECE194j
(undergrad) and ECE594j (graduate)
NOTE: ece145a is is a prerequisite, ece145b is not, .
Note:
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Weekly recitation
sessions with the TAs will be announced.. In some weeks Rodwell will give a
make-up lecture or design review in this time.
Lectures
& Discussion Sections
Extra
evening sessions (makeup for travel, lab preparation, exam review):
Prof. Mark Rodwell
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4-5PM, ESB 2205F.
Main Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-350PM, Girvertz 2116
Review Sessions: A room
reservation is held for Monday Nights from 5-7 PM, Phelps 1437. In some weeks I
will give a make-up lecture or design review in this time.
There will be dates during the term which I must travel. There will always be a substitute lecturer on those days, but I will also schedule make-up lectures to re-cover the material to ensure consistent coverage.
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The class design content will be in the form of a large design project (circuit simulation and mask layout). You do not need to attend the lab hours posted in the Schedule of Classes.
Mid-term Exam: Tuesday February 8,
Dead week: March 7-11
Last Lecture: March 10
Final Exam: Wednesday
March 16, 4 - 7 p.m. Girvertz 2116
(from http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/cal2011.htm , http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/finals-winter.htm )
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The primary course reference material is the online lecture note set. You will also need one quality analog IC design text. If you don't have one, recommended texts would include (but not be restricted to):
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Grey and Meyer |
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Razavi |
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Razavi |
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Jaeger and Blalock |
Microelectronic Circuit Design, |
These can be purchased online, new or used, from many vendors.
Please learn to access / search IEEE Explore (accessible without charge from UCSB IP addresses or with a UCSB Web account with proxy settings). The technical literature is an excellent learning tool.
Lecture notes are being revised to add more high frequency MOS, more noise analysis, and more systems analysis material. This has been made feasible by making ece145a a class prerequisite: basics of transmission-lines, transistor models, and S-parameters no longer need be covered in this course. If you have not taken ece145a, then please study in detail the background material below.
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review |
background reading, as needed |
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review |
background reading, as needed |
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background reading, as needed |
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background reading, as needed |
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1,2 |
to be updated: MOTC |
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to be updated |
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to be updated |
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circuit noise calculations, part two |
to be composed. |
9 |
to be updated / expanded |
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10 |
overview of ADCs and DACs. |
to be composed |
10 |
circuit distortion calculation |
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material |
class |
Baseband analog transistor circuit design |
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High-frequency analog transistor circuit design |
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RF/Microwave IC design |
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Prof. Longs' microwave class notes |
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zapped ADS design directory (mixed-signal emphasis) |
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zipped (not zapped) ADS mask layout directory |
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Read_me file for the above |
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Mask Layout design guide |
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An early class problem set serves as a tutorial for running ADs.
Problem sets and design projects in the class use the Agilent ADS microwave IC design environment. Access to ADS can be either through accounts in the ECI lab, or via the microwave teaching lab on the 5th Floor of Harold Frank Hall. If you are member of a research group in the ECE dept, you may well also have access to ADS via your group's PCs or Workstations---ask your Professor.
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Introduction to ADS |
1/13/11 |
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high frequency analyis |
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high frequency amplifiers |
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digital gate delay |
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circuit noise calculations |
2/17/11 |
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receiver sensitivity calculation |
2/24/11 |
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Design project |
2/25/11 preliminary receiver simulations. 3/4/11 mask
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(these will be posted shortly after the assignments are due)
year |
exam |
file |
2002 |
mid-term |
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2003 |
mid-term |
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2002 |
final |
what |
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baseband analog design summary (undergraduate) |
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high frequency analog design summary (undergraduate) |
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MOTC: original Grable paper |
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MOTC: adding inductors |
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MOTC: Hajimir's method |
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Cherry Hooper Amplifiers |
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distributed amplifiers |
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gate delay for MS latches |
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