Degree Level

Analog Circuits

This course is an introduction to the analysis and understanding of transistor-based amplifiers. Students will first be introduced to basic concepts of MOS and BJT transistors, techniques for biasing them, and small-signal analysis fundamentals. This will then be extended to amplifiers, and their small- and large-signal characteristics. Frequency compensation techniques to stabilize higher order systems will be discussed. Noise in analog circuits will be introduced, analysis of noisy circuits will be studied. At the end of this course, students should be able to recognize and analyze the basic amplifiers and biasing arrangements using MOS or bipolar transistors. Students should also be able to perform dominant-pole compensation of higher order analog systems and stabilize them.

Taught by Prof. Sankaran Aniruddhan

Code EE3107

Credits 4 Credits

Type Degree

Prerequisites None

12-Week Roadmap

Course Structure & Syllabus

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Module 1

Incremental (small-signal) analysis in circuits using non-linear components; Review of MOSFET I-V characteristics

Module 2

Common source amplifier, AC coupling via capacitor, small-signal analysis of common source amplifier

Module 3

Large-signal characteristics of common source amplifier

Module 4

Negative feedback biasing of common source amplifier

Reading List

Prescribed Books & References

Microelectronic Circuits: Theory and Applications (International Version) Paperback – 11 Mar 2013 by A. Sedra, K. Smith, A. Chandorkar; Publisher: Oxford; Sixth edition (11 March 2013); ISBN-13: 978-019808913
Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits (2nd edition) Paperback – 1 Nov 2017 by Behzad Razavi; Publisher: McGraw Hill Education (India); ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 938706784X; ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9325983274

Faculty & Experts

About the Instructors

Prof. Sankaran Aniruddhan

Associate Professor , Department of Electrical Engineering , IIT Madras

Faculty Webpage

Dr Sankaran Aniruddhan is Associate Professor in the VLSI group of the department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He obtained his B. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras in 2000, and Ph.D. degree from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2006. Between 2006 and 2011, he worked in the RF-Analog group at Qualcomm Inc., San Diego where he designed integrated circuits for Cellular RF applications. His research primarily focuses on CMOS RF Integrated Circuits for Wireless Communications.

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