Primers for Analog & Mixed-Signal Circuits  新進研究生培訓

1. OTA Design and Cadence Tools Warm-up

1-1 current mirror and bias.  

研讀項目: AIC, lecture 4

1-2 differential pair; design of single-ended OTAs.  

研讀 AIC, lecture 5~7

1-3 opamp design:  AIC HW3

simulation and design of a folded-cascoded OTA: gain, phase margin, output swing range and etc..

2. ADC Basics and Matlab/Simlink Warm-up

2-1  z-domain frequency response.  混合信號 hw1.

2-2  ADC sampling and quantization. FFT and plot spectrum.  混合信號 hw2.

       Reference: z-transform tutorial by Razavi at Solid-State Circuits Magazine.

2. ADC Basics and Matlab/Simlink Warm-up

2-1  z-domain frequency response.  混合信號 hw1.    

       Reference: z-transform tutorial by Razavi at Solid-State Circuits Magazine.

2-2  ADC sampling and quantization. FFT and plot spectrum.  混合信號 hw2.

3. Simulink models build up for ADCs

3-1  5-bit flash ADC Simulink model and spectrum plot. 混合信號 hw5

3-2  2nd-order delta sigma modulators. 混合信號 hw6

 1st-order modulator example for your reference.

 Maloberti example on Chapter 6 can be downloaded here.

 Malcovati's toolbox can be downloaded online.

4. Macro models: build up and simulation of a Delta Sigma Modulator

4-1  Simulink simulation of a 2nd-order 1-bit delta sigma moudlator. 混合信號 期末 project.

4-2  Build up circuit by using macro models.

4-3  Use of macro models and simulate a 2nd-order delta sigma modulator.

5. Simulink models build up for Nyquist-rate ADCs

5-1  study "SAR ADC by P. Harpe". 混合信號 lecture 4.2,  5,  5.2.

5-2  Pipelined ADC study.

5-3  SAR or pipelined ADC Matlab/Simlink model simulation.