Module Code - Title:

EE6622 - ASICS 2 (ANALOGUE ASICS)

Year Last Offered:

2023/4

Hours Per Week:

Lecture

2

Lab

0

Tutorial

0

Other

0

Private

6

Credits

6

Grading Type:

N

Prerequisite Modules:

EE6621

Rationale and Purpose of the Module:

This module aims to provide an introduction to the design of full custom analogue ASICs (Application Speci?c Integrated Circuits). It follows on from EE6621 and complements the material in the earlier module by shifting focus to consider analogue IC design.

Syllabus:

Review of basic CMOS process. Basic electrical properties and SPICE modelling of MOS transistors. Circuit simulation and model complexity issues. Basic circuit concepts. Resistors and capacitors in CMOS. Sheet resistance Rs. Resistor structures. Area capacitances of layers. Wiring capacitances. Bipolar Junction Transistors and diodes. ESD protection structures. SPICE modelling of BJTs and diodes. Latch-up in circuits. The operational ampli?er. Functional operation and modelling. Macro and transistor level models in SPICE. Op-amp design. Current mirrors, differential input stage, voltage and power ampli?er stages. Single and dual-rail operation. Analogue IC layout design. MOS transistors, capacitors, resistors, interconnect. CAD tool and design issues. CIF output. The CMOS Inverter. Operation, modelling and simulation. Static CMOS logic cell design. Inverter delays. Propagation delays. Analog to digital converters. Successive approximation, ?ash and staircase ADC. Architectures and design. SPICE modeling and simulation. Digital to analog converters. Resistor string and weighted-current DAC. Architectures and design. SPICE modelling and simulation.

Learning Outcomes:

Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)

1. Describe the CMOS fabrication process for commonly required passive and active devices at the IC level. 2. Analyse the operation of typical circuit building blocks found in mixed-signal IC designs. 3. Develop the architectures for, and analyse the operation of, typical data converter designs. 4. Develop, interpret and utilise SPICE simulation model representations of typical circuit building blocks found in mixed-signal IC designs. 5. Utilise an analogue circuit simulator in order to simulate the analogue circuit operation of typical mixed-signal IC designs. 6. Utilise a commercial CAD tool in order to undertake full-custom circuit schematic capture, simulation and layout of typical mixed-signal IC designs.

Affective (Attitudes and Values)

None

Psychomotor (Physical Skills)

None

How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:

Lectures/Labs

Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):

Prime Texts:

Laker, K. & Sansen, W. (1994) Design of Analog Integrated Circuits and Systems , McGraw-Hill

Other Relevant Texts:

Pucknell, D. & Eshraghian, K. (1994) Basic VLSI Design , Silicon Systems Engineering Series

Haskard, M. & May, I. (1988) Analog VLSI Design, nMOS and CMOS , Silicon Systems Engineering Series

Kang ,S. & Leblebici, Y. (1996) CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits , McGraw-Hill

Neamen, D. (1996) Electronic Circuit Analysis and Design , Irwin

Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:

Semester - Year to be First Offered:

Spring - 09/10

Module Leader:

karl.rinne@ul.ie