Analogue VLSI A (P02518)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EEL-P-PGANA

The course is primarily a laboratory course that will involve two, three-hour, lab sessions plus a lecture, every week for ten weeks.
The lab is centred on a custom designed ASIC. The ASIC, which was fabricated on the AMS 0.35m CMOS process, contains a number of single transistors and small sub-circuits such as current mirrors, differential stages, a bandgap reference, a simple DAC and a set of passive components.
The ASIC is mounted on a sophisticated, purpose-designed PCB that includes a PIC, a liquid crystal display, DACs, a Direct Digital Synthesis chip and many other devices that serve to support and augment the analogue ASIC. This PCB can communicate directly with a PC via a USB link. The result is a purpose-designed mixed-signal environment where analogue and mixed signal phenomena can be examined in detail.
The whole laboratory course is supported throughout by Cadence simulation, so you will see how simulation and reality fit together, where the differences lie, and how to account for them.

? Keywords : analogue circuit MOS

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Honours BEng or MEng in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Electronics, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 7 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	09:00	09:50	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The students will understand fundamentals in analogue integrated circuit design. They will be able to use the most up to date industrial simulator for IC design. They will have a good amount of practical experience and will be able to relate measured results to simulated results.