ECE331F - Analog Electronics - Fall 2020

General

This course is focussed on analog electronics with an emphasis on transistor level design of integrated circuits. Topics to be covered include transistor amplifiers (differential and multistage amplifiers), integrated circuit biasing techniques, output stage design and IC amplifier building blocks, frequency response of amplifiers, stability and compensation techniques for amplifiers using negative feedback.

This page can also be accessed directly at http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~johns/ece331/ece331.html

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to teach design and analysis techniques for electronic circuits with multiple transistors.

Announcements

- Aug 16, 2020 This web page goes live!

- Quertus will be used for Grades, Discussion Board and Announcements.

- This Web page will be used for Lecture info, Lab info, Problem Set info and Term Test info.

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Lecturer

David A. Johns Email: johns@eecg.toronto.edu Office: BA5144 (inside of BA5145)

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Textbook

"Microelectronic Circuits" (seventh edition) by A.S. Sedra and K.C. Smith, Oxford University Press, 2015

We will be covering chapters 8-12.

- For the chapter on Feedback, we will be covering the material "Feedback circuit analysis using return ratio" in

"Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits" (fifth edition) by P. Gray, P. Hurst, S. Lewis and R. Meyer, Wiley & Sons, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-470-24599-6

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Lectures

Mon	3-4pm	on request
Wed	3-4pm	Q&A live Online (recorded)
Fri	3-4pm	on request

First Day of Classes is Sept 10, 2020

Last Day of Classes is Dec 9, 2020

Lec #	Topic	Textbook Section	Lecture Notes	Video	Date
	Introduction		01_intro.pdf		Sept 11
	Circuit Review		02_circuit_review.pdf
	Transistor Review		03_trans_review.pdf
	Transistor Review		(trans review notes)
	Gain Cell	8.3	04_gain_cell.pdf	Gain Cell	Sept 21
	Cascode Amp	8.5 (mosfet)	05_cascode_amp.pdf	Cascode Amplifier
	Multi-Stage Amps	notes	06_multi_stage_amps.pdf	MultiStage Amps
	Current Mirrors	8.2, 8.6 (mosfet), 13.2.7	07_current_mirrors.pdf	Current Mirrors	Sept 28
	Differential Amplifiers	9.1, 9.3.1, 9.4.1, 9.5, 9.6.1	08_diff_amps.pdf	Diff Amps (1 of 2)
	Differential Amplifiers		(diff amps notes)	Diff Amps (2 of 2)
	Freq Response Review		09_freq_review.pdf	Freq Review	Oct 5
	Single-Time Constant Circuits		10_single_time_constant.pdf	Single Time Constant
	Low Freq Response	10.1	11_low_freq.pdf	Low Freq Response
	Mos Capacitor Model	10.2	12_mos_cap_model.pdf	Mosfet Cap modelling and transistor ft	Oct 19
	Miller's Theorem	10.3.3	13_miller_theorem.pdf	Miller Theorem
	Open/Short Circuit Time-Constant Estimation		13b_openShort_timeConstant.pdf	Open/Short Circuit Time Constant Estimation
	High-Frequency Response	10.4, 10.5.2, 10.6.1	14_high_freq.pdf	High-Frequency Response	Oct 26
	Intro to Feedback	11.1, 11.2	15_intro_feedback.pdf	Intro to Feedback
	Four Types of Feedback		16_four_type_feedback.pdf	Four types feedback method
	Loop-gain analysis Asymptotic Gain Formula	(Gray/Hurst textbook)	17_asymptotic_gain.pdf	Asymptotic Gain Formula	Nov 2
	Loop-gain analysis Port Impedance	(Gray/Hurst textbook)	18_port_impedance.pdf	Port Impedance
	Loop-gain analysis Examples	(Gray/Hurst textbook)	19_feedback_examples.pdf	Feedback Examples
	Stability of Feedback Circuits	11.7 - 11.10	20_stability.pdf	Stability of Feedback Circuits	Nov 18
	Stability Compensation		21_stabilityCompensation.pdf	Stability Compensation
	Loop Gain Simulation		22_LG_simulation.pdf	Simulation of Loop Gain	Nov 23
	Bipolar Transistors		23_bipolar_transistors.pdf	Bipolar Transistors
	Power Amps Class A/Class B	12.1 - 12.5	24_power_classA_classB.pdf	Power Amps Class A/Class B
	Power Amps Class AB		25_power_classAB.pdf	Power Amps Class AB	Nov 30
	Power Amps CMOS AB		26_power_cmos_AB.pdf	Power Amps CMOS AB

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Tutorials

TUT01	Mon	1-2pm	Online	Starts Sept 21

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Laboratory

The laboratory information is available here.

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Grades/Tests

Your final grade will be determined by:

Final Exam	40%	Thu Dec 17 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm (upload must be done by 9:30pm)
Term Test 1	22.5%	Fri Oct 16 from 3pm to 4:30pm (upload must be done by 4:30pm)
Term Test 2	22.5%	Mon Nov 16 from 3pm to 4:30pm (upload must be done by 4:30pm)
Laboratory	15%