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Analog Systems in VLSI, Fall 2004: Schedule



Start date 09/07/04



Date Syllabus Chapters from textbook Homework assignment Homework Due
1 09/07/04 Analog and Digital signals; VLSI systems; Data converters; D/A converters-characteristics and nonidealities; A/D converters-characteristics and nonidealities 9.1-9.2, 11 HW1
2 09/14/04 D/A converters: Resistor string converters 12
HW1
3 09/21/04 D/A converter circuits: binary weighted converters 12 HW2
4 09/28/04 Mismatch in electronic components; Current mode D/A converters; D/A converter calibration 12; 2.4 HW3 HW2
5 10/05/04 Hybrid(segmented) D/A converters; Flash A/D converters; latch design; offset cancellation 12.4; 13.4
HW3
6 10/12/04 Flash A/D converters; latch design; interpolation; 2 step Flash converters 13.4-13.7

7 10/19/04 2 step flash converters; digital error correction; Intro. To pipelined converters; sampling circuits 13.4-13.7 HW4
8 10/26/04 Midterm(90 min., closed book), sampling circuits(45 min. lecture) 13.3 Project

11/02/04 Fall Break


9 11/09/04 Pipelined Algorithmic A/D converters; 1.5 bits/stage operation 13.8, reference HW5 HW4
10 11/16/04 Pipelined Algorithmic A/D converters; switched capacitor circuits for pipelined converters 13.8

11 11/23/04 Switched capacitor circuits for pipelined converters; A/D converter building blocks at the transistor level; Algorithmic and Successive approximation converters. 13.9, 10.6, 10.7 HW6 HW5
12 11/30/04 Integrating A/D converters; Time interleaved A/D converters; Miscellaneous topics-reduction of mismatch induced errors in pipelined converters; folding and averaging; bipolar sample and hold circuits 13.1, 13.7, 13.9

13 12/07/04 Oversampled converters 14
HW6

12/14/04 Study break

Project

12/21/04 Final(150 min., closed book)