- Xavier Aragones Cervera
- Juan Manuel Moreno Arostegui
UPC
Design of CMOS Analog Microelectronic Circuits
Master Course | 5 ECTS | EnglishSpace period: 12.09.24 - 01.01.70
- Workload: 5 ECTS
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Presential Mobility /
Online - Teaching Language: English
- Location: Barcelona School ofTelecommunications Engineering. UPC - BarcelonaTech.
- Course duration, fall semester: 12th Sept. – 20th Dec. Final Examination 9th Jan.
- Course duration, spring semester: 12th Feb. – 27th May. Final Examination 6th June.
- Student profile. Students of a Master Degree in Electronics of similar, having completed a course on Introduction to Microelectronic Design or similar, covering the Prior Skills listed below. For students having completed a 3-year Bachelor degree. this “Introduction to Microelectronic Design” is usually covered in the 1st semester of a Master.
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Prior Skills:
- MOSFET basic behavior: states, equations, curves.
- Characteristics of microelectronic technologies.
- Full-custom design methodology. Basics on layout of custom analog circuits.
- Analysis of CMOS analog circuits: large signal and small-signal.
- Basic 1-transistor amplifier stages. Basic concepts on noise and distortion.
- Circuit simulation at transistor level (.DC, .TRAN, .AC analysis).
- Basic concepts on active-RC filters.
- Basic concepts on DAC and ADC conversion.
- Learning Objectives of the Course: The aim of this course is that the student becomes able to design CMOS microelectronic circuits implementing the basic circuits solutions for analog signal acquisition and processing (amplification and filtering). Special attention will be given to understand the non-idealities that limit the dynamic range, resolution, precision, frequency of operation, or power consumption of the circuits, the effects of manufacturing and time variability, and how different circuit solutions can cope with these limitations. Specific design scenarios such as low-power, low voltage, or radio-frequency, will be reviewed in the course. The impact of design decisions will also be assessed from a sustainability perspective, and techniques will be presented to reduce this impact. The student will acquire skills to design these circuits in a microelectronic CMOS technology, and know the analysis and verification processes of analog circuits using specific CAD tools for IC design. After this course, the student will be in position to follow specialized courses related to microelectronic design, focused on specific applications (eg. high-frequency communications, signal conditioning, power management...).
- More information: https://www.upc.edu/content/grau/guiadocent/pdf/ang/230730
- How to apply: https://telecos.upc.edu/ca/mobilitat/foreign-students