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This work presents an effective overview of the principles and techniques for designing circuits to be implemented in CMOS technology. It explains the methodology of analogue integrated circuit design by using a hierarchically-organised approach.
List of contents
- 1: - Introduction and Background
- 1.1 Analog Integrated Circuit Design
- 1.2 Notation, Symbology and Terminology
- 1.3 Analog Signal Processing
- 1.4 Example of Analog VLSI Mixed-Signal Circuit Design
- 2: - CMOS Technology
- 2.1 Basic MOS Semiconductor Fabrication Processes
- 2.2 The PN Junction
- 2.3 The MOS Transistor
- 2.4 Passive Components
- 2.5 Other Considerations of CMOS Technology
- 3: - CMOS Device Modeling
- 3.1 Simple MOS Large-Signal Model (SPICE LEVEL 1)
- 3.2 Other MOS Large-Signal Model Parameters
- 3.3 Small-Signal Model for the MOS Transistor
- 3.4 Computer Simulation Models
- 3.5 Subthreshold MOS Model
- 3.6 SPICE Simulation of MOS Circuits
- 4: - Analog CMOS Subcircuits
- 4.1 MOS Switch
- 4.2 MOS Diode/Active Resistor
- 4.3 Current Sinks and Sources
- 4.4 Current Mirrors
- 4.5 Current and Voltage References
- 4.6 Bandgap Reference
- 5: - CMOS Single Stage Amplifiers
- 5.1 Inverters
- 5.2 Differential Amplifiers
- 5.3 Cascode Amplifiers
- 5.4* Current Amplifiers
- 5.5* Output Amplifiers/Buffers
- 6: - Simple Operational Amplifiers*
- 6.1 Design of CMOS Op Amps
- 6.2 Compensation of Op Amp
- 6.3 Design of Two-Stage Op Amps
- 6.4 Power-Supply Rejection Ratio of Two-Stage Op Amps
- 6.5 Cascode Op Amps
- 6.6 Simulation and Measurement of Op Amps
- 6.7 Macromodels for Op Amps
- 7: - Complex Operational Amplifiers*
- 7.1 Buffered Op Amps
- 7.2 High-Speed/Frequency Op Amps
- 7.3 Differential-Output Op Amps
- 7.4 Micropower Op Amps
- 7.5 Low Noise Op Amps
- 7.6 Low Voltage Op Amps
- 8: - Comparators
- 8.1 Characterization of a Comparator
- 8.2 Two-Stage, Open-Loop Comparator Design
- 8.3 Other Open-Loop Comparators
- 8.4 Improving the Performance of Open-Loop Comparators
- 8.5 Discrete-Time Comparators
- 8.6 High-Speed Comparators
- Appendix A Circuit Analysis for Analog Circuit Design
- Appendix B Integrated Circuit Layout
- Appendix C CMOS Device Characterization
- Appendix D Time and Frequency Domain Relationship for Second-Order Systems
About the author
Phillip E. Allen is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech.
Douglas R. Holberg is a Technical Consultant.
