Analog Integrated Circuit
Design
88-444-01
Dr. Roberto Muscedere
rmusced@uwindsor.ca
Who is Roberto Muscedere?
• Roberto Muscedere (Moo-shed-er-ay)
• “Sir” also works
• Some people use Dr. Roberto
• Education (University of Windsor)
• Undergraduate (1992-1996)
• Masters (1996-1999)
• Ph.D. (1999-2003)
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Who is Roberto Muscedere?
• Expertise
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VLSI/ASIC Design
System Level Design
Full and Semi Custom Hardware Implementation
Number Systems
• Only Human
• I make mistakes too
• If something I say doesn’t make sense,
challenge me – you will probably be right
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Where is Roberto Muscedere?
• CEI
• Room 3040
• Office Hours
• Have 3 young kids – there is no schedule – ever!
• Please email me to set up an appointment
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Analog IC Design
(Course Calendar)
• Bipolar and CMOS technology
• CMOS analog circuit modeling, CMOS device
characterization
• Analog Building Blocks:
• Current sinks, sources and mirrors
• Current, differential, and operational amplifiers
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Comparators
A/D converters
Multipliers
Wave-shaping
Low voltage and low power
CAD tools
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Analog IC Design
• We live in an analog world!
• All electronic circuits are analog – even the
digital ones
• “Digital” circuits have a higher tolerance for noise
• They use a range of signals to imply only two
possible values, 0 or 1
• However, excessive noise will cause digital
circuits to fail – and they fail badly
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Analog IC Design
• Digital circuits are generally used for
processing type applications
• For example: microprocessor
• We design digital circuits using digital
building blocks
• For example: AND, OR, XOR, NOT gates
• We add “memories” to extend functionality
• For example: Flip-Flop, Latches, Memory
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Analog IC Design
• When building a “Digital” circuit today, we:
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Develop the functionality
Use Verilog or VHDL to code the circuit
Simulate it to test the functionality
Synthesize it into gates
Simulate again
Partition, Place, and Route
Check timing
Simulate again
Fabricate (or we use FPGAs)
Circuit should work by this point
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Analog IC Design
• When building an “Analog” circuit today, we:
• Develop the functionality with building blocks in
mind
• Build the circuit using analog building blocks
• Test circuit
• Fabricate
• Test fabricated circuit
• Probably fabricate again (CMOS)
• Circuit doesn’t always work since our models
don’t reflect everything about the process
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Analog IC Design
• Analog design is more difficult since we can
not directly map our design into gates
• We must map the building blocks into our
design
• Good analog designers are experienced
(over 10 years)
• Highest paid IC designers
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Analog IC Design
• Common Analog Circuits:
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Amplifier
A/D Converter
D/A Converter
Comparator
Multiplier
Clock synthesisers
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Analog IC Design
• Designing in CMOS is preferred since it is cheaper
(less fabrication steps) than in a Bipolar process
• However, design time is much longer!
• Bipolar is still used (GaAs, SiGe) for high
performance circuits (RF)
• Bipolar is not used for “digital” designs since it
consumes a lot of power – but if it were, the circuits
would be considerably faster than CMOS
• BiCMOS processes available (CMOS and bipolar)
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Questions?
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Chip Design
• Gennum GA911 Array
• Deadline Early Feb!
• 2 Week fabrication time • Must test your chips!
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Chip Design
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Course Schedule
• Lectures (3.0 hours/week)
• Mondays and Wednesdays
• 10:00am to 11:20am
• CE2101
• Attendance is not mandatory, but
recommended
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Course Schedule
• Laboratories (3 hours/week!)
• Wednesdays from 4:00pm to 6:50pm
• CE2105C - Labs
• Attendance is mandatory for chip design
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Grade Distribution
• Laboratory/Chip Design: 30%
• Mid-Term Exam: 30%
• Final Exam: 40%
• Exam grades are based on relative student
performance
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Prerequisite
• Fourth Year Standing
• Electronics I (88-226)
• Electronics II (88-316)
• How much was really covered in Electronics I
and Electronics II?
• PN Junctions
• Diodes
• Transistors (CMOS/Bipolar)
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Learning Outcome
• Review and understand PN junctions
• Introduce Bipolar transistors (maybe CMOS)
• Understand analog building blocks
• Use building blocks for larger circuits
• For serious design, you will need to go into
graduate school
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Text Book
• Microelectronic Circuits (5th Edition)
• Sedra/Smith (0-19-514251-9)
• Same book used in 88-226 
• $170 (+tax) at U of W Bookstore 
• A lot cheaper on-line (Amazon, etc.)
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Examinations
• Mid-Term Exam
• Week of February 9th or February 23rd , 2015
• Location and Time TBA
• Final Exam
• Wednesday April 20th, 2015 at 8:30am
• Location TBA
• Covers all material (mostly second half)
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Course Notes
• All course information will be posted on the
course website
• http://www.uwindsor.ca
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Select “Current Students”
Select “Class Notes”
Select “Engineering – Electrical Engineering”
Select “88-444-01” (Dr. Muscedere)
Follow to course website
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Web Site
• Course Outline
• Graduate Assistants Hours and Locations
• Lectures
• http://courses.muscedere.com
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Questions?
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