Students taking this course will learn the following:
1. Characteristics of modern IC technologies
Device speed and power performance metics
Deviations of sub-micron MOS transistors from square-law model
Device parameters variations
Passive devices
Electronic noise
2. Transconductance amplifiers
Transconductance versus operational amplifiers
Single- and multi-stage topologies
Feedback, stability, compensation
Static & dynamic, large & small signal characteristics
Amplifier design: from specification to bias currents and transistor sizes
3. Analog circuit building blocks
Supply and temperature independent references
Current sources & bias networks
MOS switches
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