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Analysis and Design of VLSI Analog-Digital Interface Circuits

NTU NEEI6351 / Berkeley EECS247

Spring 2007

 


 

Special Note:  This syllabus reflects the sequence of lectures in the course as it was videotaped in the Fall of 2002.  You must take the exams by the deadlines below.  If you have a conflict, call BEFORE the deadline to arrange an alternative Time..


  • Lecture #1 – Analog Interface circuits overview

 

 

 

      Conference Call - MANDATORY Introductory telephone discussion with David Chen.

 

  • Lecture #4 – Noise and dynamic range            

 

  • Lecture #5 – Higher order filters               

 

 

                                                                                                    

 

  • Lecture #9 – SC filters

 

  • Lecture #10 – Bilinear transform ( HOMEWORK #2 DUE )

 

  • Lecture #11 – Digital filters

 

  • Lecture #12 – Amplitude quantization

 

  • Lecture #13 – DFT testing

 

  • Lecture #14 – D/A Converters ( HOMEWORK #3 DUE )

 

  • Lecture #15 – Sampling                     

        

      Conference Call - Telephone discussion with David Chen.

 

  • Lecture #16 –ADC architectures

 

      MIDTERM  EXAMINATION: Must be postmarked by 3/2.

 

  • Lecture #17 – Flash converters

 

  • Lecture #18 – Pipeline converters

 

  • Lecture #19 – Oversampled A/D Converters

 

  • Lecture #20 – 5th order modulator example ( HOMEWORK #4 DUE )

 

  • Lecture #21 – Tones    

 

  • Lecture #22 – Nonlinearities in sigma-delta modulators ( HOMEWORK #5 DUE )

 

  • Lecture #23 – Decimation filters

 

  • Lecture #24 – Multi-rate decimation filters

 

  • Lecture #25 – Digital data receivers (  Term Project DUE )

 

  • Lecture #26 – Equalization ( HOMEWORK #6 DUE )

        

      Conference Call: Telephone discussion to review for final exam with David Chen.

 

  • Lecture #27 –  Offset control             

                                                                             

      FINAL EXAMINATION: Must be postmarked by 4/11.