EEL 5320 - Fall 1994
Course Overview: This upper-level treatment of modern analog circuit design will show how designers use the advantages and work around the limitations of bipolar IC technology. Modern designs depend on ratios of parameters (such as transistor saturation currents) rather than absolute values since ratios are well-controlled, and the absolute values are not. Similarly, transistors are used as ``active loads,'' to replace uneconomical high-value resistors.
Although this course deals with bipolar technologies, the key goal is to emphasize the fundamentals of analog design at the transistor level. The course incorporates computer simulation using SPICE and students will work on several design (simulation) projects.
Exam Schedule:
Homework #1
Due Friday, August 26
Do Gray & Meyer problems 1.1a, 1.2, 1.3