EC-802 CMOS Circuit Design

EC-802 CMOS Circuit Design

Unit I
Single-Stage Amplifier: Basic Concepts, Common Source Stage, Source Follower, Common-Gate Stage, Cascode Stage.
Frequency Response of Amplifiers: General Consideration, Common-Source Stage, Source Followers, Common-Gate Stage,
Cascode Stage, Differential Pair.


Unit II
Differential Amplifier: Single-Ended and Differential Operation, Basic Differential Pair, Common-Mode Response, Differential Pair with
MOS Loads, Gilbert Cell.
Feedback Amplifier: General Consideration, Feedback Topologies, Effect of Loading, Effect of Feedback on Noise.
Switched-Capacitor Circuits: General Consideration, Sampling Switches, Switched-Capacitor Amplifier, Switched-Capacitor
Integrator, Switched-Capacitor Common-Mode Feedback.


Unit III
Oscillator: General Consideration, Ring Oscillator, Voltage Controlled Oscillator, Mathematical Model of VCOs.
Phase-Locked Loops: Simple PLL, Charge-Pump PLLs, Nonideal Effects in PLLs, Delayed-Locked Loops.


Unit IV
Sequential Circuit Design: Introduction, Sequencing Static Circuit, Circuit Design of Latches and Flip-Flops, Static Sequencing
Element Methodology.
Array Subsystem: Introduction, SRAM, DRAM, Read-Only Memory, Serial Access Memories, Content-Addressable Memory,
Programmable Logic Arrays.


Unit V
Datapath Subsystems: Introduction, Addition/Subtraction, One/Zero Detector, Comparators, Counters, Boolean Logic Operation,
Coding, Shifters, Multiplication, Division, Parallel-Prefix Computations


References:
1. B. Razavi: Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, TMH Publication.
2. Weste, Harris and Banerjee: CMOS VLSI Design, Pearson Education
3. J. M. Rabaey, Digital Integrated Circuits, PHI Learning.
4. R. Jacob Baker: CMOS-Circuit Design, Layout and Simulation, Wiley.
5. A. A. Raj and T. Latha: VLSI Design, PHI Learning.

List of Experiments:
Practicals should be performed using any Electronic Design Automation (EDA) - eg. Microwind / Cadence / Sylvaco / Tanner silicon
HiPer / Xilinx ISE 9i or any similar software.
1. Design and simulation of: (a) Common source amplifier (b) Source follower amplifier
(c) Common gate amplifier (d) Cascode amplifier.
2. Estimation of frequency response of: (a) Common source amplifier (b) Source follower amplifier.
(c ) Common gate amplifier (d) Cascode amplifier.
3. Design and simulation of differential amplifier.
4. Design and simulation of feedback amplifier.
5. Design and simulation of oscillators: (a) Ring Oscillator (b) L-C Oscillator (c) Voltage controlled Oscillator.
6. Design and simulation of: (a) Adder (b) Subtractor (c) One/zero detector (d) Comparator
(e) Counter (f) Multiplier (g) Divider.

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