Spring 2006
18-321 Analysis and Design of Analog  Circuits


Lectures  

Mon. & Wed. 10:30 am to 12:20 pm in Hammerschlag Hall B131

Recitation (Sec. A)
  Fri. 9:30 am to 10:20 pm DH 2105
Recitation (Sec. B)
  Fri. 11:30 am to 12:20 pm OSC 200
Instructor  

Prof. C. Patrick Yue

Email, URL   cpyue@ece.cmu.edu, www.ece.cmu.edu/~cpyue
Office, Phone   Roberts Hall 338, 412-268-4994
Office Hours   Mon. & Wed. 2:30 to 3:30 pm Roberts Hall 338
 
Course Secretary  

Nancy Dean

Email   ndean@ece.cmu.edu
Office, Phone   Roberts Hall 330, 412-268-5208
 
Teaching Assistant  

Dong Hun (Peter) Shin

Email
  dhshin@ece.cmu.edu
Lab (Sec. A)
  Mon. 6:30 pm to 9:20 pm HH 1305
Office Hours
  Tue. 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm in HH 1113 (ECE Ugd. Lounge)
 
Teaching Assistant  

Shadi Saberi Ghouchani

Email
  ssaberig@andrew.cmu.edu
Lab (Sec. B)
  Fri. 1:30 pm to 4:20 pm HH 1305
Office Hours
  Tue. 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm in HH 1113 (ECE Ugd. Lounge)
 
Lab TA  

Steven Nielsen

Email
  snielsen@andrew.cmu.edu
Lab (Sec. A)
  Mon. 6:30 pm to 9:20 pm HH 1305
 
Lab TA  

Christopher Valarezo

Email
  cjv@andrew.cmu.edu
Lab (Sec. A)
  Mon. 6:30 pm to 9:20 pm HH 1305
Lab (Sec. B)
  Fri. 1:30 pm to 4:20 pm HH 1305
 

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the fundamentals of the analysis and design of basic analog circuits. Topics to be covered include: operational amplifier design, basic amplifier feedback theory, frequency stability and compensation, dc bias calculations and circuits, MOSFET and BJT large- and small-signal device models, small-signal gain and frequency response characteristics of amplifiers, large-signal characteristics and nonidealities. In the hardware laboratory the student will gain experience designing, building, and characterizing analog circuits. The students will also learn how to use the SPICE circuit simulation program to compare actual and simulated performance. The analysis and design of analog circuits incorporating both Bipolar and CMOS technologies will be considered.

Work Load: 12 units - 3 hrs. lec., 1 hr. rec., 3 hrs. lab.

Text

REQUIRED: Sedra & Smith, Microelectronic Circuits (Fifth Edition), Oxford University Press, 2004.

Prerequisites

ECE 18-220 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering. Or solid understanding of circuit analysis techniques, passive and active components modeling, operational amplifiers, energy storage elements, power analysis, time-response of first- and second-order systems, sinusoidal steady-state response, frequency domain analysis, and filters. Familiar with diodes and transistors, basic noise analysis, transformers, pole-zero plotting and analysis in the complex plane. Hands-on experience in building and operating circuits such as amplifiers and filters.