Homework assignments and Project Information for ECE 615 CMOS Mixed-Signal IC Design, Fall 2010

 

Homework guidelines are found here.

 

Note that an A in front of the problem indicates an additional problem from the book’s webpage, not a problem from the book’s end-of-chapter problems.

 

Project# 2 due Wednesday, December 8 – using the 50 nm process from CMOSedu.com design, and simulate using LTspice, a continuous-time K-Delta-1-Sigma modulator based upon the topology seen in Figure 6.24 of the book but using an active integrator. Use the Matlab scripts from CMOSedu.com to combine the paths together, for the digital filtering, and to calculate the SNR. Assume the clock frequency is 250 MHz and 8 paths are used (for an equivalent clock frequency of 2 GHz).

 

HW#10 due Monday, December 6, A7.1-A7.2

HW# 9 due Monday, November 15, A6.1-A6.3

HW# 8 due Monday, November 1, A5.3-A5.6

HW# 7 due Monday, October 25, A5.1-A5.2

HW# 6 due Wednesday, October 20 – A4.5-A4.9

 

Project# 1 due Monday, October 18 – design an anti-aliasing filter (AAF) using the 50 nm process from CMOSedu.com for use with a 10-bit ADC clocked at 100 MHz. Use any topology you want to implement the filter. I would like, along with a PDF of your report, a zipped-up folder of simulations emailed to me before lecture on Oct. 13. Your grade will be based on the quality of your report, the performance of your filter, and your ability to identify the important trade-offs. Stating the obvious, simulation results should be integrated together with your hand calculations and discussions. I will be looking for frequency response, time domain (to determine, for example, output swing), and distortion simulations. It would also be useful to simulate the performance of the AAF over temperature and with VDD variations and noise.

 

HW# 5 due Monday, September 27 A3.1-A3.4

HW# 4 due Monday, September 20 – A2.6-A2.10

HW# 3 due Monday, September 13 – A2.3-A2.5

HW# 2 due Wednesday, September 8 – A1.5-A1.8, A2.1-A2.2

HW# 1 due Monday, August 30 – A1.1-A1.4

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