Courses

EE698A: High Frequency Analog Circuit Design
Timing

Mon., Wed., Fri. 9 AM-9:50 AM. WL-235
TAs: Shivam: (shivamec@iitk.ac.in) and Surender (surims@iitk.ac.in)

Grading Scheme
▪ End Sem: 35%; Midsem: 20%; Individual Project: 15%; Simulation assignments and evaluation on problem sets: 30%.
Lecture videos and notes
▪ Lecture 1: Role of non-linearity in power amplifications (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 2: Linearizing a non-linear network - y parameters (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 3: Introduction to MOSFET as an amplifying device (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 4: Biasing a common source amplifier: voltage vs current biasing (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 5: Constant current biasing using feedback and for common source amplifier (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 6: Synthesis of a VCVS (buffer) and its use in differential amplifiers (partial recording due to projector issue) (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 7: Differential amplifier contd. (recording crash) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 8: Differential amplifier with current mirror load (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 9: Introduction to negative feedback with integrator as the controller (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 10: Loop gain and closed loop response of feedback system (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 11: Effect of finite DC gain on closed loop gain and UGB (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 12: Effect of excess delay in the loop on closed loop response (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 13: Connection of poles and zeros to time-delay/advance (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 14: Nyquist stability - Phase margin (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 15: Stability criterion using stability margins (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 16: Thumb rule of stability; requirement of current buffer for integrator (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 17: Two stage Miller compensated opamp- poles and zeros from inspection (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 18: Two stage Miller compensated opamp- zero cancellation (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 19: Effect of 3rd pole in Miller compensated opamp. Introduction to multi-stage opamp (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 20: Design of a Miller compensated opamp from specification (video) (pdf)
▪ Midsem paper discussion: fully differential amplifier (video)
▪ Lecture 21: Introduction to filter design- Butterworth approximation (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 22: Introduction to synthesis of the transfer function using LC ladder (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 23: Synthesis of a doubly terminated ladder (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 24: Properties of a lossless network: Singly terminated ladder (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 25: Frequency transformation: LP to BP (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 26: Frequency transformation: LP to LP; Q of bandpass filter (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 27: Emulation of inductor using Gm and C; introduction to gyrators (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 28: Common mode positive feedback in gyrators (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 29: Common mode response of fully differential transconductor (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 30: Stabilizing common mode response of fully-differential gyrator (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 31: Introductuon of transconductor non-idealities on H(s) (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 32: Effect of finite transconductor DC gain on H(s) (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 33: Effect of excess pole in Gm on H(s), introduction to noise (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 34: Introductuon to thermal noise; Noise trade-off with power (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 35: Input referred noise; noise in Gm-C filters (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 36: Dynamic range scaling of filter nodes in a Gm-C filter (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 37: Noise in fully differential amplifier (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 38: Effect of noise of common mode resistance on output noise (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 39: Introduction to LNAs (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 40: Broadband noise cancelling LNA (video) (pdf)
REFERENCES

▪ Behzad Razavi, “Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits"

▪ N. Krishnapura, “Introducing negative feedback with an integrator as the central element," Proc. IEEE ISCAS, 20-23 May 2012. paper

▪ NPTEL lecture on Analog IC Design by Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura (link)

▪ H. Zhang and E. S-Sinencio, “Linearization techniques for CMOS low noise amplifiers: a tutorial," IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I: Reg. Papers, vol. 58, pp. 22-36, Jan. 2011. paper

▪ Van Valkenburg, “Analog Filter Design"

▪ Video lectures on Active Filter Design by Prof. Shanthi Pavan (link)

▪ T. Laxminidhi and S. Pavan, “Design centering high frequency integrated continuous-time filters," Proc. IEEE ISCAS, May 2007. paper

▪ Behzad Razavi, “RF Microelectronics"