ECE 748
Special Topics in Microelectronics
Fall
Topics
- Mixed-signal integrated circuits
- CMOS technology
- Data converters and their supporting circuits
- Sampling and quantization
- Converter performance metrics
- Switched-capacitor circuits
- Comparators and sample-and-hold stages
- Nyquist-rate DACs and ADCs
- Phase-locked loops and clock generation
- Time-to-digital converters
- Time-domain and VCO-based conversion
- Digitally-assisted calibration
- Oversampling delta-sigma converters
- Design project carries a selected block through schematic design
Readings
- Behzad Razavi, Principles of Data Conversion System Design, IEEE Press.
- David Johns and Ken Martin, Analog Integrated Circuit Design, Wiley.
- Behzad Razavi, Design of CMOS Phase-Locked Loops, Cambridge University Press.
- Shanthi Pavan, Richard Schreier and Gabor Temes, Understanding Delta-Sigma Data Converters, 2nd edition, Wiley-IEEE Press.