Analog & Mixed-Signal IC Design

Mirrors, differential pairs and op-amps on silicon. Analog blocks inside every SoC: small-signal models, current mirrors, cascodes, differential pairs, the gm/I_D method, analog IC design flow and op-amp theory.

• Analog IC Building Blocks — The transistor-level circuits every analog/mixed-signal chip uses. Learn small-signal models, the common-source stage and intrinsic gain, current mirrors and cascodes, the differential pair and common-mode rejection, the gm/I_D design methodology, two-stage op-amp structure with Miller compensation, bandgap references, matching and layout for analog.
• Analog IC Design — Designing amplifiers, references and converters on silicon. Learn the gm/I_D methodology, intrinsic gain, current mirrors, differential pairs, two-stage op-amps and compensation, bandgap references, device matching (Pelgrom), noise (thermal, flicker, kT/C), and layout techniques.
• Operational Amplifiers — The op-amp is the universal analog building block. Learn the ideal op-amp rules (virtual short), inverting, non-inverting, voltage follower, summing, difference, instrumentation, integrator and comparator circuits, plus real limitations: gain–bandwidth product, slew rate, offset, input bias current and rail-to-rail behaviour.