Advanced Analog Blocks

Course Holder: Prof. Dr. Eng. Claudius DAN
Laboratory holder: Prof. Dr. Eng. Claudius DAN

Follow-up topics of the "Analog Block" course. Presents main complex building blocks of mixed signals SOCs. Devices available in an IC are reviewed including their simulation models. Both D to A, CMOS switch, and A to D, comparator, are analyzed in detail. Novel (discrete time/latch based) comparator implementation solutions are described. Switch capacitor circuits are used to illustrate CMOS switch usage. Exhaustive presentations are dedicated to D to A and A to D converters. Lab activities are focused on Spice simulation of studied structures and specific methods like behavioral modelling are introduced.