RYERSON UNIVERSITY

Course Outline (F2021)

ELE724: CMOS Mixed-Mode Circuits and Systems

Instructor(s)Dr. Fei Yuan [Coordinator]
Office: ENG433
Phone: (416) 979-5000 x 556100
Email: fyuan@ryerson.ca
Office Hours: Tuesday, 2-3 pm
Calendar DescriptionThis course deals with the design of CMOS mixed-mode circuits and systems. Key topics include switching noise, analog and digital grounding, electrostatic discharge protection, clock and power distribution, fundamentals of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), Nyquist ADCs including flash, pipelined and successive approximation ADCs, introduction to switched-capacitor networks, over-sampling ADCs, dynamic element matching, time-mode ADCs, and decimation filters.
PrerequisitesELE 639
Antirequisites

None

Corerequisites

None

Compulsory Text(s):
  1. No single text can serve as the text book of this advanced course on CMOS mixed-mode circuits and systems.
  2. ELE 724 Lecture Notes from Dr. Fei Yuan (available from D2L).
  3. Laboratory manual: ELE 724 Laboratory Manual (available from D2L).
  4. Post-lecture lecture notes after each lecture will be made available to students after lectures.
Reference Text(s):
  1. B. Razavi, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, 2017
  2. T. Carusone, D. John, and K. Martin, Analog Integrated Circuits Design, 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2011.
  3. R. Schreier and G. Temes, Understanding Delta-Sigma Data Converters, John Wiley and Sons, 2005.
  4. F. Yuan, CMOS Time-Mode Circuits : Principles and Applications, CRC Press, 2015.
Learning Objectives (Indicators)  

At the end of this course, the successful student will be able to:

  1. Improve their capabilities of using the knowledge of CMOS integrated circuits and computer-aided design tools to design CMOS mixed-mode integrated circuits. (4b)
  2. Utilize computer-aided design tools for analysis and design of integrated circuit to iteratively improve the performance of CMOS mixed-mode integrated circuits to meet design specifications. (4c)
  3. Proficiency in use of computer-aided design tools from Cadence Design Systems for analysis and design of integrated circuit to design and analyze CMOS mixed - mode integrated circuits and systems. (5a)
  4. Write professionally prepared laboratory reports. Laboratory reports are evaluated on their correctness, completeness, English, and quality of graphics (7a)
  5. Write professionally prepared laboratory reports. Laboratory reports are evaluated on their correctness, completeness, English, and quality of graphics. (7c)

NOTE:Numbers in parentheses refer to the graduate attributes required by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB).

Course Organization

3.0 hours of lecture per week for 13 weeks
2.0 hours of lab per week for 12 weeks
0.0 hours of tutorial per week for 12 weeks

Teaching AssistantsParth Parekh (email: parth.parekh@ryerson.ca)
Course Evaluation
Theory
Midterm Exam 30 %
Final Exam 30 %
Laboratory
Lab Projects 40 %
TOTAL:100 %

Note: In order for a student to pass a course, a minimum overall course mark of 50% must be obtained. In addition, for courses that have both "Theory and Laboratory" components, the student must pass the Laboratory and Theory portions separately by achieving a minimum of 50% in the combined Laboratory components and 50% in the combined Theory components. Please refer to the "Course Evaluation" section above for details on the Theory and Laboratory components (if applicable).


Examinations3-hour midterm exam in Week 6.
 3-hour final exam (Only materials covered after midterm exam will be tested).
Other Evaluation InformationNone
Other InformationNone

Course Content

Week

Hours

Chapters /
Section

Topic, description

1-2

6

Distributed lecture notes

Module 1: Single-Stage Amplifiers
 
 - Capacitances of MOSFETs
 - Miller theorem
 - Common-source, common-gate, & common-drain amplifiers
 - Cascade amplifiers
 - Current mirrors
 


3-4

6

Distributed lecture notes

Module 2: Differential Amplifiers
 
 - Single-ended versus differential signaling
 - Differential voltage gain
 - Differential-input single-ended output amplifiers
 - Rejection of supply and ground noise
 - Common-mode voltage gain
 - Slew rate
 - Mismatch
 - Common-mode feedback
 - Common-mode input voltage range
 - Cascode differential amplifiers
 - Frequency response of amplifiers
 - Amplifiers with negative feedback
 - Frequency compensation in amplifiers.


5

3

Distributed lecture notes

Module 3: Band-gap References
 
 - Characterization of bandgap references
 - Voltage biasing and current biasing
 - Voltage and temperature sensitivities
 - Voltage-biasing versus current-biasing
 - Voltage-insensitive current references
 - Temperature-insensitive voltage references
 - Voltage/temperature-insensitive voltage references
 - Distribution of current references
 - Replica biasing techniques
 - Voltage regulars


6

3

Midterm examination (3-hour open-book take-home examination)


7-8

6

Distributed lecture notes

Module 4: Phase-Locked Loops (PLLs)
 
 - Voltage-controlled ring oscillators
 - Voltage-controlled LC oscillators
 - Noise and distortion
 - Spectrum (phase noise) of oscillators
 - Phase detectors
 - Charge pumps
 - Loop filters
 - Loop dynamics of type-1 PLLs
 - Loop dynamics of type-2 PLLs
 - Phase noise of PLLs
 - Time-to-digital converters
 - All-digital PLLs
 - Frequency synthesizers
 


9-11

9

Distributed lecture notes

Module 5: Nyquist-Rate Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs)
 
 - Fundamentals of ADCs
 - Sampling of band-limited signals
 - Undersampling of broadband signals
 - Classification of ADCs
 - Flash ADCs
 - Pipelined ADCs
 - Successive approximation register (SAR) ADCs
   1) Sample-and-hold
   2) Capacitor digital-to-analog converter (C-DAC)
   3) SAR ADCs with bottom-plating sampling
   4) SAR ADCs with top-plating sampling
   5) Comparators
   6) SAR
   7) Switching networks


12-13

6

Distributed lecture notes

Module 6: Over-Sampled Noise-Shaping ADCs
 
 - Switched capacitor networks
 - Single-bit delta-sigma modulators
 - Multi-bit delta-sigma modulators
 - Noise of Nyquist ADCs
 - Noise of oversampling delta-sigma ADCs
 - Decimation filters


Laboratory(L)/Tutorials(T)/Activity(A) Schedule

Week

L/T/A

Description

Week 1 ( Sept. 6 - 10 )

online

ADE Tutorial - Design of a common-source amplifier (5%). Report due : Mid-night of Sept. 19

Week 2 ( Sept. 13 - 17)

online

Verilog-A Tutorial -  Design of analog/digital blocks (5%). Report due : Mid-night of Sept. 26

Weeks 3-4 (Sept. 20 - Oct.1)

online

Design of a differential folded cascode voltage amplifier (10%). Report due : Mid-night of Oct. 10

Weeks 5-8 (Oct. 4 - 29,)

online

Design of a charge-pump phase-locked loop (10%). Report due : Mid-night of Nov. 7.

Weeks 9-12 (Nov.1 - 26)

online

Design of a 4-bit successive approximation register ADC (10%). Report due : Mid-night of Dec. 5.

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