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1. 2016-01-11: Introductory lecture
2. 2016-01-12 (notes): Components available in a CMOS process; Resistors; Random mismatch
3. 2016-01-13 (notes): Random and systematic mismatch; Layout techniques to minimize mismatch
4. 2016-01-14 (notes): Resistor model; Capacitors
5. 2016-01-18 (notes): MOS transistor layout; 4 terminal MOS transistor model; Body effect
6. 2016-01-19 (notes): Influence of body effect on small and large signal behaviour of basic amplifier circuits
7. 2016-01-20 (notes): Small signal model of the MOS transistor; Transit frequency
8. 2016-01-21 (notes): Transit frequency
9. 2016-02-08 (notes): MOS transistor mismatch; Noise
10. 2016-02-09 (notes): Basics of noise-variance, autocorrelation, spectral density; Resistor noise
11. 2016-02-10 (notes): Resistor noise; kT/C across a capacitor; Circuit noise calculations; MOS transistor noise
12. 2016-02-11 (notes): MOS transistor thermal and flicker noise
13. 2016-02-15 (notes): Noise calculations; Single stage opamp frequency response
14. 2016-02-16 (notes): Noise calculations; Single stage opamp frequency response
15. 2016-02-17 (notes): Single stage opamp noise; Input referred noise
16. 2016-02-18 (notes): Single stage opamp offset, swing limits, slew rate
17. 2016-02-24: Quiz I discussions
18. 2016-02-25 (notes): Cascode current mirror
19. 2016-02-29 (notes): Telescopic cascode opamp
20. 2016-03-01 (notes): Negative feedback amplifier using an integrator; Step response and transfer function of such an amplifier
21. 2016-03-02 (notes): Negative feedback amplifier using an integrator; Loop gain and unity loop gain frequency
22. 2016-03-03 (notes): Negative feedback amplifier using an integrator; Finite dc gain and steady state error
23. 2016-03-07 (notes): Increasing the dc gain of the opamp; Folded cascode structure
24. 2016-03-08 (notes): Folded cascode opamp swing limits
25. 2016-03-09 (notes): Folded cascode opamp dc gain; Noise in a telescopic cascode opamp
26. 2016-03-10 (notes): Noise in a folded cascode opamp; Improving the dc gain of an opamp
27. 2016-03-14 (notes): Multi-stage Miller compensated opamps
28. 2016-03-15 (notes): Multi-stage feedforward opamps
29. 2016-03-16 (notes): Transistor realization of the two-stage opamp
30. 2016-03-17 (notes): Two-stage opamp-noise, mismatch and slew rate
31. 2016-03-21: Fully differential circuits (no recording-link to last year's lecture)
32. 2016-03-22 (notes): Analysis of fully differential circuits using common-mode and differential half circuits
33. 2016-03-23 (notes): Common mode feedback
34. 2016-03-28 (notes): Common mode feedback circuits
35. 2016-03-30 (notes): Common mode feedback circuits
36. 2016-03-31 (notes): Fully differential two-stage opamp
37. 2016-04-04 (notes): Loop gain and stability
38. 2016-04-05 (notes): Loop gain and stability-poles and zeros as delays
39. 2016-04-06 (notes): Loop gain and stability
40. 2016-04-07 (notes): Loop gain and stability
41. 2016-04-11 (notes): Nyquist plot, stability criteria for feedback loops
42. 2016-04-12 (notes): Frequency multiplication using a phase locked loop
43. 2016-04-19 (notes): 3 state phase frequency detector; Incremental phase domain model of the PLL
44. 2016-04-20 (notes): Incremental model of the PLL
45. 2016-04-21 (notes): Reference feedthrough in a type-I PLL; Type II PLL derivation
46. 2016-04-22 (notes): Type II PLL; Charge pump and loop filter realization

• Opamps
• Phase locked loops

1. Assignment 1: Noise calculations. Due on 22nd Feb. 2016
2. Assignment 2: Mismatch; Basic amplifier analysis. Due on 22nd Feb. 2016
3. Assignment 3: Negative feedback. Due on 14th Mar. 2016
4. Assignment 4: Negative feedback. Due on 18th Apr. 2016
5. Assignment 5: Oscillators and Phase locked loops. Due on 26th Apr. 2016

1. Simulation exercises: Simulation exercises. Use the 0.18μm models from this link.