ECE331F - Analog Electronics - Fall 2024

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

- Jul 18, 2024 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: david.johns@utoronto.ca Office: BA5144 (inside of BA5145)

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Textbook

"Microelectronic Circuits" (eighth edition) by Sedra, Smith, Carusone, Gaudet Oxford University Press, 2020

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

Tue	9-10am	GB303
Thu	9-10am	GB303
Fri	9-10am	GB303

First Day of Classes is Sept 3, 2024
Last Day of Classes is Dec 4, 2024
Fall Study week, Oct 28 - Nov 1, 2024
Thanksgiving Day, Oct 14, 2024 (university closed)

Lec #	Topic	Textbook Section	Lecture Notes	Topic Summary	Video	Date
	Circuit Review		01_circuitReview.pdf			Sept 3
	Circuit Review		(01_circuitReview)	circuitReview.pdf waterAnalogy.pdf thevNort.pdf
	MOSFET Large Signal Analysis		02_mosLargeSignal.pdf	largeSignalMod.pdf	fabrication.mp4 FinFetInfo.pdf	Sept 10
	MOSFET Small Signal Analysis		03_mosSmallSignal.pdf	smallSignalMod.pdf
	Single Transistor Gain Stage	8.3	04_singleTransGain.pdf		Gain Cell	Sept 17
	Cascode Amp	8.5 (mosfet)	05_cascodeGain.pdf		Cascode Amplifier
	Current Mirrors	8.2, 8.7 (mosfet), 13.2.7	06_currentMirrors.pdf		Current Mirrors	Sept 24
	Multi-Stage Amps	notes	07_multiStageAmps.pdf		MultiStage Amps	Sept 24
	Body Effect	notes	07b_bodyEffect.pdf
	Differential Amplifiers	9.1-9.6	08_diffAmps.pdf		Diff Amps (1 of 2)	Oct 3
	Differential Amplifiers		(08_diffAmps)		Diff Amps (2 of 2)
	Freq Response Intro	10.1-10.8	09_freqIntro.pdf		Freq Review	Oct 10
	Single-Time Constant Circuits		10_singleTimeConstant.pdf		Single Time Constant
	Pole/zero Estimation		11_poleZeroEstimation.pdf		Open/Short Circuit Time Constant Estimation	Oct 15
	Low Freq Cutoff		12_lowFreqCutoff.pdf		Low Freq Response	Oct 24
	Mos Capacitor Model and Miller's Theorem		13_mosCapsAndMiller.pdf		Mosfet Cap modelling and transistor ft; Miller Theorem
	High Freq Cutoff		14_highFreqCutoff.pdf		High-Frequency Response
	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	Nov 8
	Loop-gain analysis Asymptotic Gain Formula	(Gray/Hurst textbook)	17_asymptotic_gain.pdf		Asymptotic Gain Formula	Nov 12
	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
	Stability Compensation		21_stabilityCompensation.pdf		Stability Compensation
	Loop Gain Simulation		22_LG_simulation.pdf		Simulation of Loop Gain	Nov 28
	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
	Power Amps CMOS AB		26_power_cmos_AB.pdf		Power Amps CMOS AB

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Tutorials

TUT01	Fri	10-11am	BA1200	Starts Sept 6

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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%
Term Test 1	22.5%	Oct 22, 9-10am in MS 2170 (Medical Sciences Building)
Term Test 2	22.5%	Nov 19, 9-10am in EX 310 (Exam Centre)
Laboratory	15%

For all tests
A non-programmable calculator is allowed. No other aids allowed.
A equation sheet is included as the last page for all tests and the final exam (so you don't have to memorize alot of equations).
The equation sheet is here: Equation Sheet

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Email

David Johns david.johns@utoronto.ca

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Problem Sets

Problem Set 01 - Problem Set 01 Solution - Sept 13

Problem Set 02 - Problem Set 02 Solution - Sept 20

Problem Set 03 - Problem Set 03 Solution - Sept 20

Problem Set 03b - Problem Set 03b Solution - Sept 27

Problem Set 03c - Problem Set 03c Solution - Oct 4

Problem Set 03d - Problem Set 03d Solution ALL and some in Problem Set 4 (see below) - Oct 11

Problem Set 04 - Problem Set 04 Solution Questions 1-4 - Oct 11 --- Questions 5-13 - Oct 18