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4 credit course covers most of the well known analog to digital
and digital to analog conversion schemes. The theory of analog-digital
conversion, as well as metrics and test are also discussed.
Both
Nyquist rate and oversampling converters are covered. Nyquist
rate schemes include flash, folding, multi-step and pipeline.
The main focus is on CMOS circuits but some bipolar schemes
are also discussed. The emphasis is on designing circuits
that can be built on state-of-the-art commercial processes.
The
course begins with a short review of mixed-signal design.
Common building blocks, such as comparators and opamps will
be examined in detail. However, students are expected to have
a good knowledge of analog design fundamentals (i.e. feedback,
small signal analysis, stability etc.) and should also be
familiar with spice or spectre, before taking this course.
EECS 413 (or an equivalent) is a prerequisite.
Design
work is a significant part of this course. Students design
and model complete converters. Design is done with the aid
of Matlab, Composer and Spectre. Follow the link below for
information on the projects from an earlier special topics
offering of this material.
CLASS
PROJECT: The Fall 2002 project involved the design of the
components of a DECT radio for a 0.25um CMOS process.
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