| Week | Date |
Topic (watch for updates!) | HW (tentative, see bCourses) |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/17 | Introduction | |||
1/19 | Electronic Noise | ||||
| 2 | 1/24 | #1 Small signal analysis, feedback | |||
1/26 |
Device Models | ||||
| 3 | 1/31 |
#2 Phase margin, electronic noise | |||
2/2 | Basic Transistor Amplifiers | ||||
| 4 | 2/7 | ISSCC (no class) | #3 Devices & simulation | ||
2/9 |
SC Gain Stages | ||||
| 5 | 2/14 |
#4 Basic amplifier stages | |||
2/16 | OTA I, Settling | ||||
| 6 | 2/21 |
#5 SC Gain stages | |||
2/23 | OTA II, Multi-Stage | ||||
| 7 | 2/28 | Biasing | #6 Settling | ||
3/1 |
Interference | ||||
| 8 | 3/7 | #7 OTA | |||
3/9 | OTA Implementation | ||||
| 9 | 3/14 | ||||
3/16 | Midterm Exam (in-class) | ||||
| 10 | 3/23 |
MOS Switches | |||
3/28 | Spring Recess | ||||
| 11 | 4/4 | Precision Techniques | #8 MOS Switches | ||
4/6 | Project Milestone 1 | ||||
| 12 | 4/11 | #9 Flicker Noise | |||
4/13 | Project Milestone 2 | ||||
| 13 | 4/18 | Matching | |||
4/20 |
Project Milestone 3 | ||||
| 14 | 4/25 | Layout | #10 Matching | ||
4/27 | Final Exam | Project final result |
