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Analog VLSI Design

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Why enroll

Participants join this course to build a strong foundation in analog circuit design, with a specific focus on MOS-based integrated circuit amplifiers. The course helps learners understand amplifier design using negative feedback, which is a core principle in analog IC design. It also enables them to develop design intuition for selecting and synthesizing appropriate amplifier topologies based on real-world requirements, while learning to analyze practical limitations and performance trade-offs in amplifier circuits. Delivered through structured IIT Kanpur content on NPTEL, the course is ideal for students and professionals pursuing careers in electronics, VLSI, and integrated circuit design.

Is this course for you?

You should take this if

  • You work in Electronics & Instrumentation or Telecommunication
  • You're a Electronics & Telecommunication professional
  • You have 3+ years of hands-on experience in this field
  • You want to build skills in Engineering & Design, Research & Developmnet

You should skip if

  • You're new to this field with no prior experience
  • You need a different specialisation outside Electronics & Telecommunication
  • You need live interaction with an instructor

Course details

This course introduces analog circuits with a strong focus on designing integrated circuit amplifiers using MOS transistors. Students are guided through essential techniques for amplifier design based on negative feedback principles, which form the foundation of reliable and stable analog circuits. The course examines the small-signal characteristics of commonly used amplifier topologies, along with an analysis of their practical limitations. The primary objective is to make learners proficient in the synthesis of basic amplifier topologies, enabling them to develop the intuition needed to design circuits that meet specific real-world requirements in their professional careers.
Source: NPTEL, IIT Kanpur

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Key topics covered

  • Get introduced to analog integrated circuit (IC) design and how amplifiers are built on chips

  • Learn how MOS transistors work and why they are important in amplifier design

  • Understand the concept of negative feedback and how it improves amplifier stability and performance

  • Study small-signal analysis to see how MOS amplifiers behave for small input signals

  • Explore common amplifier types and understand their key features and differences

  • Learn important performance factors like gain, bandwidth, and limitations of real amplifiers

  • Focus on a design-oriented approach to build and improve basic amplifier circuits using theory

Course content

The course is readily available, allowing learners to start and complete it at their own pace.

30 lectures15 hr 53 min
  1. Introduction - What the course is about
    16 min
  2. Introduction - Effect of loading on node voltage
    36 min
  3. Impact of Resistive loading on a Network
    18 min
  4. Necessity of negative feedback for output control under variable load condition
    29 min
  5. Expected properties of a network for power amplification
    26 min
  6. Need for non linearity in a network
    18 min
  7. Development of framework to linearize a non linear element
    54 min
  8. Linearized model of common electrical elements
    27 min
  9. Use of linearization with an example
    22 min
  10. Introduction to two port nonlinear networks
    46 min
  11. Incremental gain using a non linear two port network
    52 min
  12. Desirable I-V Characteristics of the non linear two port network for power amplification
    36 min
  13. Introduction to MOSFET as an amplifying device
    19 min
  14. I-V Characteristics of a MOSFET
    48 min
  15. Incremental two port parameters of a MOSFET
    48 min
  16. Biasing a MOSFET for achieving a amplification
    20 min
  17. Applying Incremental Signal to a MOSFET
    38 min
  18. Effect of signal swing on operating condition
    23 min
  19. Maximum Allowable signal increase at the gate of MOSFET
    34 min
  20. Framework for analysis of total currents and voltages in non linear network
    28 min
  21. Swing limits in common source amplifier
    28 min
  22. Graphical representation of signal swing in a common source amplifier
    27 min
  23. Use of capacitor to replace a floating battery
    24 min
  24. Constraint on coupling capacitor and its relation with time constant
    40 min
  25. Common source amplifier with a single DC voltage source
    29 min
  26. Constraint on output capacitor in a common source amplifier
    22 min
  27. Use of current source for robust biasing
    46 min
  28. Common source amplifier with current mirror biasing
    46 min
  29. Biasing a MOSFET with a current source at its source
    30 min
  30. Common source amplifier with current source at it source
    23 min

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Questions and Answers

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