EE 448: Electronic Circuits II
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Catalog Data:
448 Electronic Circuits II (3, Fa) Fundamental network and semiconductor device modeling theories applied to the design and computer simulation of wideband analog and high-speed digital integrated circuits. Prerequisite: EE 348L (Electronic Circuits).
Text book:
David Johns and Ken Martin, Analog Integrated Circuit Design. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997.
NOTE: Approximately 250 pages of supplementary notes are handed out to students as a complement to the assigned textbook. These notes are a precursor of a forthcoming Kluwer Academic Publishers textbook authored by the course coordinator.
Course Coordinators:
John Choma, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Topics:
1. Feedback circuits.
2. Models of MOS and CMOS devices.
3. Physical and circuit-level modeling of PN junction diodes.
4. MOS technology canonic analog cells.
5. Operational amplifier design.
6. Radio frequency amplifiers.
7. Analog multipliers.
8. Oscillators.
9. Transconductor amplifiers and applications.
Course Objectives:
To provide students with the analytical tools and engineering insights that collectively underpin the design of reproducible and cost-effective electronic circuits and systems.
Course Outcomes:
The students will be able to:
1. Forge physically sound models and circuit-level high frequency macromod¬els for electronic circuits in MOSFET technologies.
2. Efficiently analyze electronic circuits and systems for the purpose of assess¬ing the performance attributes and limitations of electronic circuits and systems.
3. Understand the performance limitations incurred in electronic networks by high input signal frequencies.
4. Understand the fundamental performance characteristics and physical operation of deep submicron MOS technology devices.
5. Be able to compute, assess, and interpret such important electronic network performance metrics as gain, input and output impedance levels, and 3-dB bandwidth.
6. Be able to apply, intelligently and efficiently, such computer tools as SPICE and MATLAB to application specific design problems.
7. Design and simulate electronic circuits and electronic communication sys¬tems, formulate circuit layout and testing procedures, develop strategies for testing circuit and system performance in both frequency and time domains.
8. Design and simulate a pragmatic electronic signal-processing network based on given specifications for a class project assignment.
Laboratory Projects:
No formal laboratories are currently required for this course.
Prepared by: John Choma Date: October 15, 2002 
