Introduction to CMOS Mixed Signal IC Design
Mixed Signal Circuit--both analog and digital
circuits are integrated on the same substrate.
This class would focus on analog circuit design
and the interface circuit design between analog
and digital.
Course Prerequisites
Basic understanding of electronics
active and passive components
Basic CMOS integrated circuit technology (ee6540)
CMOS transistor properties
Modeling and characteristics
Fabrication procedure
Introduction
CMOS Analog Integrated Circuits
Integrated Circuitactive and passive
components are on a single substrate.
Geometry and performance are under the
control of the designers. Use spice like
simulations to analyze circuit performance and
adjust designs to meet specifications.
CMOS-- Complementary Metal-OxideSemiconductor technology
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Signal Circuits Covered in This Class
Analog Circuits
Analog switch
Sample/hold
Inverter amplifier
Differential Amp
Operational Amp
Analog buffer
Comparators
Mixed Circuits
Analog/digital converters
Digital/analog converters
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Labs
Labs are an important part of the course. Will use
Cadence CAD tools, Virtuoso Schematic Analog Design
Environment (ADE).
Emphasis will be circuit design/debugging, so will use
Cadence Tools to
Capture transistor level schematic
Extract netlist for simulating
Perform simulation
DC analysisplot node response (voltage/current) while
sweeping DC voltage or other parameters
Transient analysisplot node response as a function of time
AC analysisplot node response as function of frequency
(use linear model). Must be careful that transistors have
proper bias conditions to keep linearized model correct.
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Why is Analog Signal Processing Required
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ADCs, DACs, and pre-/post- processing analog circuits are
required to
interface the DSP core and the physical world
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Integrated circuits of today
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Analog IC Challenges
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What is the Future of Analog IC Design
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Mixed-signal system-on-a-chip
integration
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Why CMOS Mixed-Signal Integration
CMOS technologies have the following advantages:
Very large scale integration of both high density analog and digital circuits for low cost
and low power.
Ideal properties of MOS switches for high accuracy sample-data circuit, such as
switch capacitor filters, A/D and D/A converters.
New feature technologies with small feature sizes (such as 180nm and 90nm, 45nm,
32nm) can operate at increasingly high speed (>10 GHz), comparable to some
bipolar technologies.
Bipolar silicon technologies
Bipolar technologies can operate at higher frequencies than CMOS with relatively
larger power consumption.
Suitable for pure analog integration with relatively high operating speed (such as RF
circuit) or relatively high power (such as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line--ADSL
line driver) applications.
Digital circuits in bipolar are power hungry, prohibiting very large scale integration.
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Why CMOS Mixed-Signal Integration
(cont.)
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Frequency of signals used in signal
processing applications
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Frequency that can be processed by
different technologies
Source from ITRS 2010
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CMOS Technology Trend
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Categorization of CMOS Technology
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NMOS Transistor (nwell process)
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,12 for 65
20nm technology
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Passive components
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Summary
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