| CODE | MNE3202 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Integrated VLSI Systems 3 | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit aims at addressing additional building blocks for analogue IC design, and introduces optimisation techniques for structured logic implementation of combinational circuits. Syllabus: • Two stage OTAs: Miller OTA, design methods and properties. Cascoding techniques, Bode plots. • Zero temperature-coefficient references - simple voltage reference, Widlar bandgap reference; Wilson bandgap reference; zero TC current source. • Integrated output stages - Class A, Class B and Class AB amplifier design. Optimisation for low-voltage operation. • Analogue Layout Techniques: layout of transistors, capacitors, resistors and inductors, matching issues and techniques: interdigitation and common centroid. Mixed mode ICs. Laboratory Work: Familiarization with other CADENCE tools, such as silicon layout implementation in the analogue environment. Textbook: • Geiger R., Allen P., Strader N., VLSI Design Techniques for Analog and Digital Circuits. McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-100728-8. Reading List: • Fabricius E., Introduction to VLSI Design, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-100727-X. • Lewis D. & Prothese D., Design of Logic Systems, Chapman & Hall, ISBN 0-412-42890-3. • Pucknell D. & Eshraghian K., Basic VLSI Design, 3rd edition. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-079153-9. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU ARE ADVISED TO TAKE MNE3001 | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Ivan Grech Joseph Micallef (Co-ord.) |
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