This Microcredential has six fundamental objectives:
- To understand advanced semiconductor devices based on CMOS technology and their low-power modeling, as well as the basic building blocks that constitute low-voltage, low-power amplifier circuits.
- To develop the ability to design transconductance amplifiers, operational amplifiers, continuous filters, and low-power switched-capacitance circuits.
- To acquire practical skills in the use of professional tools (Synopsys and Cadence) to implement mixed integrated circuits.
- To review the fundamentals of digital-analog and analog-to-digital conversion, as well as the metrics, classification, and operating principles of the main data converters, as a classic example of a mixed system.
- To develop the ability to propose the optimal data converter topology solution(s) based on the required specifications.
To understand the techniques, requirements, and limitations associated with the integrated design of the building blocks that constitute a data converter.
Contents
The content covered in this course is as follows:
- Low-Power Design Fundamentals
- CMOS Integrated Circuit Design and Implementation
- Basic Blocks
- Amplifiers
- Introduction to Data Converters
- Nyquist Converters
- Topologies and Modeling
- Mixed Design Considerations
- Oversampled Converters
- Topologies and Modeling
- Mixed Design Considerations
Learning outcomes
The learning outcomes expected after completing this course include:
- Advanced knowledge of device models and low-power devices.
- Knowledge of integrated design techniques specific to low-power circuits.
- Ability to systematically design low-power transconductance and operational amplifiers.
- Ability to analyze low-power continuous amplifiers and filters.
- Ability to characterize data converters.
- Ability to select the most appropriate data converter architecture for a specific application based on design specifications.
- Ability to model a data converter at the behavioral level.
Planning
The study planning is shown in the following table:
Te: Theory, Pr: Practice, Seg: Follow-up, Ta: Independent work, S: Synchronous modality, A: Asynchronous modality