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, .

 

 

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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.

 

Instructor.. 1

Lectures & Discussion Sections. 2

Extra evening sessions (makeup for travel, lab preparation, exam review): 2

Lab Hours and Design Projects. 2

Syllabus. 2

Exams & other important dates. 2

Teaching Assistants. 2

Textbook.. 3

Lecture Notes. 3

Other Online Notes. 4

CAD Resources. 4

Problem sets:. 4

Homework solutions. 6

Old Exam Solutions. 6

Technical References. 6

 

Instructor

Prof. Mark Rodwell

Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4-5PM, ESB 2205F.

Lectures & Discussion Sections

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.

Extra evening sessions (makeup for travel, lab preparation, exam review):

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.

 

Date

Time

Location

Subject / Objective

 

 

 

 

Lab Hours and Design Projects

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.

Syllabus

(click here)

Exams & other important dates

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  )

Teaching Assistants

Name

Email address

Office Hours and location

.

 

Textbook

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):

Author

Title

edition

Grey and Meyer

Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits

any

Razavi 

Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits

 

Razavi

Fundamentals of Microelectronics

 

Jaeger and Blalock

Microelectronic Circuit Design,

2nd or 3rd

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

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.

week

file / subject

comment

review

transmission_line_models.pdf

background reading, as needed

review

transmission_line_analysis.pdf

background reading, as needed

review

device_models.pdf

background reading, as needed

review

two_port_parameters.pdf

background reading, as needed

1

Review

1,2

Analog circuit analysis

to be updated: MOTC

2,3

Amplifiers

to be updated

2,3

More Amplifiers

to be updated

4,5

High speed digital logic

to be updated

6

math of noise

7

device noise models

 

8

circuit noise calculations

 

8

circuit noise calculations, part two

to be composed.

9

optical fiber ICs

to be updated / expanded

10

overview of ADCs and DACs.

to be composed

10

circuit distortion calculation

if time

 

Other Online Notes

material

class

Baseband analog transistor circuit design

ECE137A_rodwell_2007

High-frequency analog transistor circuit design

ECE137b_rodwell_2007

RF/Microwave IC design

ece145a_rodwell

Prof. Longs' microwave class notes

ece145a_long_2007

 

CAD Resources

content

file

zapped ADS design directory (mixed-signal emphasis)

ADS_for_class.zap

zipped (not zapped) ADS mask layout directory 

layout_for_class_prj.zip

Read_me file for the above

readme_layout_for_class.pdf

Mask Layout design guide

Mask_Layout_Design_Guide.pdf

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.

Problem sets:

#

week

what

due

files

1

2

Introduction to ADS

1/13/11

assignment
associated files: ADS_for_class.zap  , layout_for_class_prj.zip,  readme_layout_for_class.pdf, Mask_Layout_Design_Guide.pdf

updates:

2

3

high frequency analyis

1/20/11

 

assignment

updates:

3

4

high frequency amplifiers

1/27/11

assignment

updates:

4

5

digital gate delay

2/3/11

assignment

updates:

5

7

circuit noise calculations

2/17/11

assignment: to be composed

updates:

6

8

receiver sensitivity calculation

2/24/11

assignment: to be composed

updates:

7

10

Design project

2/25/11 preliminary receiver simulations. 3/4/11 mask layout, full simulations, report

assignment

updates:

 

Homework, Lab, and Exam Solutions (this year)

 (these will be posted shortly after the assignments are  due)

 

Exam Solutions and Example Exams (past years)

year

exam

file

2002

mid-term

Midterm2002.pdf 

2003

mid-term

midterm2003.pdf

2002

final

final_2002.pdf

 

Technical References

what

files

baseband analog design summary (undergraduate)

amplifiers.pdf  

high frequency analog design summary (undergraduate)

HF crib sheet.pdf

MOTC: original Grable paper

Cochrun_Grabel_MOTC.pdf

MOTC: adding inductors

MOTC_inductors.pdf

MOTC: Hajimir's method

Hajimiri_MOTC.pdf

Cherry Hooper Amplifiers

cherry_hooper_paper.pdf

distributed amplifiers

agarwal_mmt_twa_99.pdf 

gate delay for MS latches

rodwell_ijhses_final.pdf