Introduction to Technology

• Basic MOS Semiconductor Fabrication Processes
• PN Junction
• MOS Transistor
• CMOS Transistors
• BJT Transistors
• Passive Components
• Other Technology Considerations

Analog Circuit Modeling

• Simple MOS Large Signal Model
• Modifications for Submicron Technology
• Small-signal MOS Model
• BJT Large-signal Model
• BJT Small-signal Model
• Computer Models
• Extraction of Simple Model using the Computer

Analog Subcircuits

• The MOS Switch
• MOS Diode
• MOS and Bipolar Current Source/Sinks
• Current Mirrors
• Current and Voltage References
• Bandgap Voltage References

Amplifiers

• Simple Inverters
• Differential Amplifiers
• Cascode Amplifiers
• Current Amplifiers
• Output Amplifiers
• High Gain Architectures

Operational Transconductance Amplifiers

• General Design Principles of Op Amps
• Compensation of OTA's
• Two-stage CMOS OTA Design
• Power supply rejection ratio of the two-stage op amp
• Cascode Op Amps
• Simulation and Measurement Techniques
• Macromodels for Op Amps

High Performance Op Amps

• Buffered Amplifiers
• High-Speed/Frequency Op Amps
• Differential Output Op Amps
• Micropower Op Amps
• Low Noise Op Amps
• Low Power Supply Op Amps

Comparators

• Characterization of Comparators
• Two-stage Open-loop Comparator
• Other Open-loop Comparators
• Improving the Performance of Open-loop Comparators
• Discrete-time comparators
• High-speed comparators

Digital-Analog & Analog-Digital Converters

• Characterization and Definition of D/A and A/D Converters
• Current Scaling D/A Converters
• Voltage Scaling D/A Converters
• Charge Scaling D/A Converters
• Voltage and Charge Scaling D/A Converters
• Other Types of D/A Converters
• Characterization and Definition of A/D Converters
• Serial A/D Converters
• Medium-Speed A/D Converters
• High-Speed A/D Converters
• Oversampled A/D Converters
• State of the Art A/D Converters, Limits of A/D • Converters