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Lab 3

1) The document summarizes an analog IC design lab experiment involving sizing a transistor for use in an amplifier circuit. Key steps included determining transistor parameters from DC analysis and checking them against AC simulation results. 2) Gain calculations and simulations were performed to analyze the intrinsic and amplifier gains. It was shown that the amplifier gain is lower than intrinsic gain as expected. 3) Further analysis and simulations demonstrated that the amplifier is non-linear, as the gain varies with the input signal due to the transistor's gm also varying with input, leading to distortion in the amplified output signal.

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Lab 3

1) The document summarizes an analog IC design lab experiment involving sizing a transistor for use in an amplifier circuit. Key steps included determining transistor parameters from DC analysis and checking them against AC simulation results. 2) Gain calculations and simulations were performed to analyze the intrinsic and amplifier gains. It was shown that the amplifier gain is lower than intrinsic gain as expected. 3) Further analysis and simulations demonstrated that the amplifier is non-linear, as the gain varies with the input signal due to the transistor's gm also varying with input, leading to distortion in the amplified output signal.

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Lab 2

Analog IC Design course


PART 1: Sizing Chart

➢ Hand analysis for RD & v*

➢ VTH from simulation


➢ Sweep VGS from 0 to ≈ 𝑉𝑇𝐻 + 0.4𝑉 with 10mV step. Set 𝑉𝐷𝑆 = 𝑉𝐷𝐷/2.

➢ comparing 𝑉 ∗ = 2𝐼𝐷/𝑔𝑚 and 𝑉𝑜𝑣 = 𝑉𝐺𝑆 − 𝑉𝑇𝐻 by plotting them overlaid.


➢ Plot 𝐼𝐷, 𝑔𝑚, and 𝑔𝑑𝑠 vs 𝑉𝐺𝑆. Find their values at 𝑉𝐺𝑆𝑄.

➢ Correct W Calculation
➢ 𝑔𝑚𝑄 & 𝑔𝑑𝑠Q and double check that 𝐴𝑣 meet the required gain spec.
PART 2: CS Amplifier

1. OP and AC Analysis

➢ Simulate the DC OP.


✓ Comparison between the the DC OP results and the results obtained in Part 1.

Part 1 Part 2
VGS 688m 688 m
VTH 382.6m 382.7m
gm 998u 977.6u
ID 150u 149.8u
gDS 5.90u 5.893u
Region 2 2

➢ Compare 𝑟𝑜 and 𝑅𝐷. Is the assumption of ignoring 𝑟𝑜 justified in this case? Do you expect the
error to remain the same if we use min 𝐿?

- From simulation ro = 169.7k , and from hand analysis RD = 6K ; ro is much larger than RD and
since they are parallel ( smaller R dominate ) we can ignore ro.
But is short channel length we can not ignore ro because due to short channel effects ro will
become smaller due to increasing channel length modulation and ignoring it may cause some
errors in the calculations .

➢ the intrinsic gain of the transistor & the gain of the amplifier .
✓ from the calculation , it’s clear that amplifier gain is much smaller than intrinsic gain as
expected as intrinsic gain is the larger gain we could get from amplifier.

➢ Create a new simulation configuration and run AC analysis (from 1Hz to 1GHz). Report the
gain vs frequency. Annotate the DC gain and make sure it meets the spec.
2. Gain Non-Linearity

➢ Create a new simulation configuration. Perform a DC sweep for the input voltage from 0 to
𝑉𝐷𝐷 with 2mV step.
➢ Report VOUT vs VIN.

✓ Is the relation linear? Why?

- The relation between VIN & VOUT is not linear as the slope is gain of the amplifier which is a
function in gm and gm also is a function in Vin so the curve is not liner .

➢ Calculate the derivative of VOUT using calculator. Plot the derivative vs VIN. The derivative is
itself the small signal gain.
✓ Is the gain linear (independent of the input)? Why?

- Small signal gain = gm x RD , so gain is a function in gm and gm is a function in vin so the


gain is dependent on the input , therefore the gain is not linear ; it’s only linear in saturation
region
i.e by changing Vin , the operating point changes so small signal parameters changes (gm)
which leads to non linear relation.

➢ Set the properties of the voltage source to apply a transient stimulus (sine wave of 1kHz
frequency and 10mV amplitude superimposed on the DC input voltage).
➢ Create a new simulation configuration. Run transient simulation for 2ms. Plot gm vs time.
✓ Does gm vary with the input signal? What does that mean?
✓ Is this amplifier linear? Comment.

From simulation , it’s clear that gm follows VIN , and there is a phase shift 180 between input and
output. since the gain equals gm* RD, the gain will also vary with the input signal which will cause some
sort of distortion in the output amplified signal. therefore, it is clearly “non-linear amplifier”.

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