EEE 230 - Analog & Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design - Spring 2008

Instructor: Dr. Perry L Heedley

Office: Riverside Hall 3010
Phone: (916) 278-7936
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: T R 12:00 – 1:00pm, F 9:00-10:00am (Other times available by appointment only)
Class Web Page: http://gaia.ecs.csus.edu/~pheedley/EEE230/index.htm

Course Description:
This course covers core topics and circuits important for analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. Topics
include: device structures and models, single-stage and differential amplifiers, current mirrors and active loads,
operational amplifier design, stability and compensation, fully-differential circuits and common-mode feedback.
An introduction to sampled-data systems and switched-capacitor circuits is also included. Design projects are
assigned using SPICE software. 3 units.

Prerequisites: EEE 109

Textbook: “Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits”, 4th Edition, by Gray, Hurst, Lewis and Meyer,
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001

Additional References:
“Analog Integrated Circuit Design” by David Johns and Ken Martin, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1997
“Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits” by Behzad Razavi, McGraw Hill 2001

Class Web Page:

A web page for this class can be found at http://gaia.ecs.csus.edu/~pheedley/EEE230/index.htm This web page
will be used to communicate announcements, lecture notes, homework and exam solutions, etc. Students are
encouraged to visit this web site often.

Grading :

Homework Quizzes 10 %
Projects 30 %
Mid-Term Exam 30 %
Final Exam (comprehensive) 30 %
TOTAL 100 %

Homework will be assigned but not collected or graded. Instead, several short quizzes will be given throughout the
semester covering the homework. The exact dates of these quizzes will be announced in class, but in all cases will
be at least one week after the homework covered on each quiz is assigned. In addition, several projects will be
assigned which will be collected and graded. The balance of the class grade will come from exams, including a
comprehensive final.
Course Policies:

1. You are responsible for all material presented and announcements made in class whether or not you are
present at the time. Class attendance is therefore strongly encouraged. Students are also encouraged to visit
the class web site often, as material and announcements are typically posted there.
2. You are expected to be on time for class and remain until class is officially over. Students arriving late or
leaving early disrupt the class and detract from the opportunity for others to learn. Therefore any student who is
repeatedly late or leaves early will face disciplinary action, possibly including a reduction in their grade.
3. No make-up exams or quizzes. Make-up exams or quizzes will only be given under extraordinary
circumstances, and require either prior approval from the instructor or documentation of an officially excused
absence under university policies. Exams or quizzes missed due to an illness require a doctor’s note specifically
stating that you were too ill to attend class on the day of the exam in order for a make-up to be considered.
A note from the campus health center stating that you visited them that day is not sufficient.
4. No late work will be accepted. Assignments are collected at the beginning of class. Those turned in after
class starts will only be accepted under extraordinary circumstances, and penalty points will be deducted based
on the amount that the assignment is late.
5. All grades are final one week after an assignment or exam is returned to the class. Any suspected errors in
grading should be brought to the attention of the instructor immediately.
6. All students are expected to obey the university Academic Honesty Policy at all times. Students should
review this policy, which is available online at http://www.csus.edu/umanual/student/UMA00150.htm While
students are encouraged to discuss class material with their peers, all assignments turned in for credit should
only be discussed in a general way. Any violations such as copying the work of other students or cheating on
exams will be dealt with severely, up to and including assigning a grade of F for the course.
7. Office hours are provided to allow students to ask questions outside of class. Any additional meetings with the
instructor are by appointment only. However, students are highly encouraged to ask questions in class so that
everyone can benefit. Remember, the only dumb question is the one that doesn’t get asked!
8. Email should be used for urgent matters only, such as notifying the instructor if you must miss an exam. Email
should not be used to ask questions on class material more appropriately asked in class or during office hours.
9. Although cell phones and pagers are allowed in class, it is expected that students will show consideration for
others by putting them into vibrate or other silent modes during class, and by leaving the room to take any
urgent calls. Repeated violations of this policy will result in the offending party being prohibited from bringing
their cell phone or pager to class.
10. Special accommodations will be made for students with conditions requiring them, providing that official
documentation of the condition is provided to the instructor no later than the second week of class.
 EEE 230 - Lecture Schedule

Week Topics covered Text reference

1 Course introduction, the role of analog in modern integrated 1.1 – 1.2
circuits, P-N junction basics
2 BJT & MOS device structures, large and small-signal models 1.3 – 1.9

3, 4 Single-stage amplifiers, multi-stage amplifiers, cascodes 3.1 – 3.4

5 Differential amplifiers, differential and common-mode 3.5.1 – 3.5.5

half-circuit analysis, CMRR and PSRR
6, 7 Discrete vs integrated circuit biasing, 4.1 – 4.3
Current sources and active loads
8 Review, Mid-Term Exam
9 Operational amplifiers: two-stage, telescopic, folded-cascode, 6.1 – 6.7
current mirror
10 Frequency response, relation between frequency and time 7.1 – 7.3, 7.5
response
11 Stability and compensation of feedback amplifiers, 9.1 – 9.4, 9.5
pole-splitting, slew rate
12 Fully-differential amplifiers, common-mode feedback 12.1 – 12.8

13, 14 Sampled data systems, switched-capacitor techniques notes

15 Analog design methodology, notes

Review for Final Exam

All times are tentative, based on class needs. The final exam will take place at the official time
as stated in the schedule of classes, and will be announced in class.

The mid-term exam is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, 3/20/08. A review session will be
held the class meeting immediately before the mid-term exam, as well as the last day of class in
preparation for the final exam.

There will be no class on Tuesday, 4/1/08, or Thursday, 4/3/08, due to Spring Break.