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ISLI Announces Advanced Analog Design Course
23 April 2001
CMOS/BiCMOS Analog Integrated Circuit Design
Presented by Phillip Allen, Georgia Institute of Technology
13-17 August 2001, Institute for System Level Integration, Livingston
Course Aims & Description
This 5-day course has been designed to:
-Provide a state-of-the-art review of the principles, concepts and techniques needed to carry out the successful design of CMOS and/or BiCMOS analog integrated circuits.
-Expose participants to the methods used in the processing and design of such circuits, including electrical modelling, characterisation of the process parameters, SPICE simulation techniques, testability considerations, and methods of experimental verification.
-Combine an academic viewpoint with practical examples and experience from industry.
The course provides a bottom-up, hierarchical approach to the subject of analog circuit and systems design using standard CMOS and BiCMOS technologies.
Simple modeling techniques are used to gain an understanding of and insight into the function of circuits. Computer simulation is used to predict circuit performance. Techniques suitable to enhanced performance using integrated circuit technology are used. In addition, the implications of IC fabrication are used whenever possible to associate the electrical performance with the physical attributes of the circuit.
Presenter
The course will be presented by Prof Phillip Allen who holds the Schlumberger Chair in Microelectronics at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.
Prof Allen is widely regarded as one of the foremost international authorities on analog circuit design. He has worked and consulted with many companies, including Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, General Motors (Delco), Pacific Missile Range, Texas Instruments and Lockheed Research Laboratory. Phillip Allen has carried out research and taught in several universities in the USA, including the University of California, Texas A&M University, and Georgia Tech.
He is the author of several major textbooks in the area of analog circuit design including "Introduction to Theory and Design of Active Filters" (1980), "Switched Capacitor Circuits" (1984), "CMOS Analog Circuit Design" (1987), and "VLSI Techniques for Analog and Digital Circuits" (1990).
Who Should Attend?
The course has been designed for circuit designers who need to implement analog integrated circuits using CMOS and/or BiCMOS technology, and should provide experienced analog circuit designers with a valuable updating on the latest and forthcoming developments in the field. Newly qualified graduates and engineers considering entering the field will also find this a stimulating course.
Participants should have a general knowledge of analog circuits, electrical circuit analysis, and familiarity with integrated circuit technology.
Methods of Tuition
The course will consist of a series of well-illustrated lectures on the above topics, interspersed with ample opportunities for participants to discuss the material and its bearing on their own practical problems with one of the leading international authorities in the field of analog circuit design.
Participants will receive a copy of Professor Allen’s textbook “CMOS Analog Circuit Design”, and relevant course notes to support the lectures. A Certificate of Attendance will be awarded to all participants on completion of the course.
Course Content
The following subjects will be covered. Full details of the course schedule will be sent out two weeks before the course start date:
Amplifiers
- Simple Inverters
- Current Amplifiers
- Cascode Amplifiers
- Differential Amplifiers
- Output Amplifiers
- High Gain Architectures
Operational Transconductance Amplifiers
- General Design Principles of Op Amps
- Compensation of OTA's
- Two-stage CMOS OTA Design
- Cascode Op Amps
- Macromodels for Op Amps
- Power Supply Rejection Ratio of the Two-Stage Op Amp
- Simulation and Measurement Techniques
High Performance Op Amps
- Buffered Amplifiers
- High-Speed/Frequency Op Amps
- Differential Output Op Amps
- Micropower Op Amps
- Low Noise Op Amps
- Low Power Supply Op Amps
Digital-Analog & Analog-Digital Converters
- Current Scaling D/A Converters
- Voltage Scaling D/A Converters
- Charge Scaling D/A Converters
- Voltage and Charge Scaling D/A Converters
- Other Types of D/A Converters
- Characterization and Definition of A/D Converters
- Oversampled A/D Converters
- Characterization and Definition of D/A and A/D Converters
- Medium-Speed A/D Converters
- High-Speed A/D Converters
- Serial A/D Converters
- State of the Art A/D Converters
- Limits of A/D Converters
The following subject areas will also be covered in detail:
- Switched Capacitor Circuits
- Continuous Time Integrated Filters
- RF CMOS Circuits
Registration
Booking requests, queries regarding registration, and queries relating to the technical content of the course should be directed in the first instance to:
Siān Williams
Information Officer
Institute for System Level Integration
Alba Centre
Simpson Parkway
Livingston
EH54 7BH
Tel: +44 (0)1506 469300/469312
Fax: +44 (0)1506 469301
Email: sian.williams@sli-institute.ac.uk
Fees
- The full fee for the 5-day course is £1,200 per person.
- The cost of 3 or more participants attending from the same institution who enrol together is £1,050 per person.
- The cost of 5 or more participants attending from the same institution who enrol together is £950 per person.
The course is VAT exempt. The fee covers tuition, a comprehensive set of notes, lunches and light refreshments. Participants will also receive a copy of Phillip Allen’s textbook “CMOS Analog Circuit Design”, Oxford University Press, 1996.
Please note all fees must be received before the course start date.
Cancellations
A 10% administration fee will be levied for cancellations made up to two weeks prior to the start of the course. Cancellations thereafter will be liable to the loss of the full fee.
The Institute reserves the right to cancel an advertised course at short notice or to postpone or make such alterations to the content of a course as may be necessary. If a course is cancelled, fees will be refunded in full.
http://www.sli-institute.ac.uk/seminars/cmos.htm
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