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: Introduction to the course (not recorded): Requirement of non-linearity for power amplification (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 2: Linearizing a non-linear network - y parameters, MOSFETs (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 3: Dominant source of non-linearity; use of MOSFET as an amplifying device (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 4: Constant voltage vs constant current biasing (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 5: Constant current biasing, contd.. (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 6: Source feedback biasing; Synthesis of VCCS using negative feedback (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 7: Synthesis of CCVS and VCVS using negative feedback; Introduction to diffamps (no recording) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 8: Differential amplifier; Effect of non-linearity in diffamp (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 9: Autobiasig in diffamp in negative feedback; Distortion analysis of non-linear circuits in negative feedback. (last 1 hour) (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 10: Distortion mitigation using negative feedback; negative feedback with integrator as the central element. (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 11: Loop gain, and its implication in negative feedback loop. (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 12: Non-ideal integrator with finite DC gain; use of diffamp as an integrator. (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 13: Effect of delay in the loop. Connection of poles and zeros to time-delay and advance. (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 14: Nyquist stability criterion; Stability margins. (video) (video error in most part) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 15: Two stage Miller compensated opamp. (video_1) (video_2) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 16: Miller compensated opamp (Poles and zeros by inspection). (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 17: Transistor level design of Miller compesated opamp; intro to three stage Miller opamp. (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 18: Introduction to fully differential architecure; common mode feedback circuits. (video) (pdf)
▪ Lecture 19: Fully differential two stage opamp, cmfbs (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"