(Master Degree in Electronic Engineering, 10 credits)

Module A (5 credits, first semester) - Prof. D.Caviglia

Content

• The MOS transistor and CMOS technology
• Microelectronic Layout
• Design rules and layout optimization
• Static and dynamic CMOS logic gates: design and simulation

Module B (5 credits, second semester) - Prof. M.Valle

Content

• Cascode amplifiers
  • Frequency response
  • Double cascading
  • Cascode current mirror
  • Folded cascode
• Differential amplifier
  • Differential pair
  • Differential pair with active load
  • Operational transconductance amplifier
  • Frequency response
• Multistage amplifier: the OTA Miller
• Precision in (MOS) analog integrated circuits
• Design flow
• Basics of switched capacitor filters
• A/D and D/A conversion systems
• “noise shaping” and sigma-delta A/Ds