Mixed-Signal IC Design ECEN 5837 -- Spring 2006 Prof. Regan A. Zane Class: Tues & Thurs, 9:30am - 10:45am, ECEE 1B28 Office Hours: Mon, 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Wed, 10:30am - 12:00pm | Thurs, 12:30pm - 2:00pm, ECEE 1B63

Tuesday	Thursday
Jan 17 Course intro, software tools, IC library Highlight inverter tutorials Project slides	Jan 19 IC Layout Continue inv tutorial overview
Jan 24 Schmitt trigger (pg 24-26) Comparator notes	Jan 26 Cont. Schmitt sim example Oscillator example HW #1 Due: Cascaded inverters
Jan 31 Layout discussion: matching devices, capacitors and resistors, p-cells, IC layout floorplanning, use of metal layers	Feb 2 Differential comparators and 2-stage design procedure HW #2 Due: Schmitt trigger oscillator
Feb 7 Comparators with hysteresis (pg 24-30)	Feb 9 Latching comparators and S/H HW #3 Due: Diff comparator
Feb 14 DAC 1 DAC notes	Feb 16 DAC 2 HW #4 Due: Latched comparator
Feb 21 DAC 3	Feb 23 DAC 4 HW #5 **CANCELLED**:
Feb 28 ADC 1 ADC notes	Mar 2 ADC 2 HW #6 Due: DAC I-steering
Mar 7 ADC 3	Mar 9 Guest Lecture: Paul Brokaw HW #7 Due: DAC serial charge
Mar 14 ADC 4	Mar 16 Final project discussion HW #8 Due: ADC SAR / ADC flash
Mar 21 Top level IC integration, pads, packaging	Mar 23 No lecture Project Milestone 1 Due
Mar 28: NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK	Mar 30: NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK
Apr 4 No lecture	Apr 6 No lecture Proj Milestone #2 Due
Apr 11 No lecture	Apr 13 Project presentationsProj Milestone #3 Due
Apr 18 Project presentations	Apr 20 Project presentations and discussion
Apr 25 No lecture	Apr 27 Project discussions and FCQ Proj Milestone #4 ** Due date moved to Mon, May 1, 8am
May 2 No lecture	May 4 No lecture
May 9	May 11 Final Project Report Due