EEL6935: Syllabus

Instructor: John G. Harris
Office: CSE-446
Phone: x2-2652
Email: harris@cnel.ufl.edu
Office hours: Tues&Thurs 2-3 period (8:30-10:25)

Prerequisite: EEL3304, EEL3135 and graduate standing.

Class Meeting: Tue 10th period (5:10-6:00), Thu 9-10th period period (4:05-6:00), Weil 326

Required textbook:

• Analog VLSI and Neural Systems, by C. Mead, Addison-Wesley, 1989.

Reference Books:

• The Art of Electronics by P. Horowitz and W. Hill, Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, 1995.
• L-Edit Book-student Version

Course Overview: Biological sensory processing systems are used to motivate the development of analog circuit models of information processing in the brain. Analog models for the human cochlea, retina, neural circuits, and signal processing will be discussed in detail. Such hardware can also lead to economical commercial products since real-world signal processing systems must interface with the fundamentally analog world-there is much that can be done in the continuous-time analog realm before conversion to the digital domain. Both discrete and analog VLSI techniques will be discussed. The major course requirement is either: is a complete CMOS chip designed, verified and submitted for fabrication or a working discrete analog circuit project. Homeworks will include exercises in MATLAB, SPICE, and L-Edit CAD design. Important course topics include:

• Basic continuous-time CMOS circuit techniques
• Review of discrete analog design principles
• Physics of computation
• Biological models for auditory and visual processing
• Continuous-time signal processing
• Neural network models and optimization