Carnegie Mellon University

Electrical and Computer Engineering

College of Engineering

Course Information

18-721: Advanced Analog Integrated Circuits Design

Units:

12

Description:

This course will familiarize students with advanced analog integrated circuit design issues. Analog circuit design issues play an important role in creating modern ICs. First and foremost, analog circuits act as the interface between digital systems and the real world. They act to amplify and filter analog signals, and to convert signals from analog to digital and back again. These analog interfaces appear in all communications devices (e.g., cell phones) both to condition the "transmitted" signal and as sensitive "receivers." In addition, these analog interfaces appear in sensors (e.g., accelerometer). The goal of this course is to familiarize students with some of the advanced analog circuit design ideas that are involved in these tasks. Specific topics will include analog filtering (continuous-time and discrete-time), sample-and-hold amplifiers, analog-to-digital converters, digital-to-analog converters.

Prerequisites: 18-623 (was 18-523 before Fall 2005) and senior or graduate standing.

Last Modified: 2024-01-19 11:29AM

Current session:

This course is currently being offered.

Semesters offered:

  • Spring 2024
  • Spring 2023
  • Spring 2022
  • Spring 2021
  • Fall 2019
  • Fall 2018
  • Spring 2018
  • Fall 2016
  • Spring 2015
  • Spring 2014
  • Fall 2012
  • Fall 2011
  • Fall 2010
  • Fall 2009
  • Fall 2008
  • Fall 2007
  • Spring 2006
  • Spring 2005