Analog I C Design

MEL G632
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ANU GUPTA EEE

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Anu Gupta

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Analog I C Design MEL G632

Instructor-in-charge : ANU GUPTA

Email (I/C): anug@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

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Objective
The objective of this course is to teach analog integrated circuit design using todays technologies and in particular, CMOS technology.

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The (electronic) world is going Digital,

why Analog?

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NEED
While many applications have replaced much analog circuitry with their digital counterparts, the need for analog circuit design is actually growing. REASON 1------Consumer-focused electronics have become the driving force of industry, But , consumer electronics has become all-digital, networked, sophisticated, and almost independent of time, place, physical embodiment, and content. Users expect their tailored audio and video content when, where, and how they want it, to their own schedule and convenience.

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Reason 1--Consumer-focused electronics

Ans.---As the digital demands have increased, they have increased the demands on analog as well, which is good for R&D and production investment. Ironically, new requirements for features in digital cell phones are dictating the needs for new analog functions. And in turn, the increased analog capability has enabled more the desired digital functionality and performance, as well. So we have one of the few cases where a positive feedback loop is for good Example---Electronic application in demand CELL PHONE
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Basic Digital Handset

The key components of a basic handset are the radio, the power management, and the analog and digital baseband processing.

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Analog in digital handset. Interesting fact: There's more analog in a digital handset than in an analog model

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In a digital handset, --convert the voice signal to a digital stream (with an "analog" ADC). ---But before conversion, need to filter it (using an analog filter). --What comes out to your ear must be converted from digital to analog.(DAC) --And there's an analog filter there to clean up that signal.

Getting the signal up onto the RF carrier, ---power amplifier (PA), --analog circuitry is needed to control the PA to ramp it up and down, and to control the power,

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Putting the signal up on the air waves generally requires turning bits into a modulated carrier, which requires DACs and some filters (more analog parts).

On the receive side, what comes down from the RF carrier is a modulated signal that needs ADCs to decompose the signal into quadrature components.

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The battery and power management CIRCUIT that's needed to handle all the new digital "stuff that's being packed into the newer models, like things to manage a color display, and the backlighting for it, high-performance audio, and so on.
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Modern Handset

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 Higher resolution camera---analog image processing required to interface a multimegapixel camera sensor to the digital processor, Music-player phones with iPod-like capabilities----high-quality playback digital-toanalog converters (DACs) and headphone driver amplifiers for audio playback. TV reception is a new feature emerging in cell phones----keeping the display brightly lit to watch a video clip without consuming too much power requires power management. power-management and battery-monitoring/charging functions needed to maximize battery life while powering all the new features. Emerging TV-related feature is the ability to play back recorded still photos and short video clips from the phone to a TV set. This requires creating an analog video signal from the digitally-stored photo or video clip. Games---improved graphics capability, user interfaces, and even sound effects.
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Reason2- High speed

Also, as the clock speed of digital circuitry approaches 1 GHz, analog effects in these digital circuits are playing an important role in the circuit behavior.

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Which Analog circuits are important?

If not for the multitude of analog and mixed-signal components that vendors have developed in the past decades, the digital media river would slow to a trickle. It takes countless A/D and D/A convertersaudio, video, RFto make it possible.

It also takes basic small-signal amplifiers, audio through RF power amplifiers, disk-drive read/write circuitry, motor controls, line drivers and receivers, transmitters, power-supply components, touch-screen interfaces, display drivers, thermal sensors and fan controls,

and much more, to make the digital world possible.

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Analog IC Design

Aim while teaching

The aim of this course is to help students conceive, develop, debug analog integrated circuits by presenting a concise treatment of the wide array of knowledge designer. required by an analog IC

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Approach to be followed
a. Develop a firm background on technology and modeling b. Present analog integrated circuits in a hierarchical, bottom-up manner c. Emphasize understanding and concept over analytical methods (simple models) d. Illustrate the correct usage of the simulator in design e. Develop design procedures that permit the novice to design complex analog circuits (these procedures will be modified with experience)

Emphasis
Presenting the fundamentals required to build highperformance analog systems, -----will help to take the mystery out of analog design.

In all cases ,

emphasis on

the most important and

fundamental principles as they pertain to state-of-the-art analog design.

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Course Handout
Component Duration Weight age 25 40 Spread throughout the semester Date, & Time Remarks

Mid-semester Test

90 min

OB OB

Analog design project / take continuous home weekly lab-assignments

Comprehensive

3 hrs.

35 100

CB

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Required background knowledge

Basic knowledge about single stage amplifiers Modelling AC., DC. Analysis techniques Frequency response analysis Negative feedback

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Introduction
Analog Integrated Circuit Design Technology Impact on Analog IC Design Analog Signal Processing functions Notation, Symbology and Terminology Summary

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Unique Features of Analog IC Design

Geometry is an important part of the design Electrical Design Physical Design Test Design Usually implemented in a mixed analog-digital circuit Analog is 20% and digital 80% of the chip area Analog requires 80% of the design time Analog is designed at the circuit level Passes for success: 2-3 for analog, 1 for digital
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The Analog IC Design Flow

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Analog IC Design - Continued

Electrical Aspects-Topology, W/L values, and dc currents

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Analog IC Design - Continued

Physical Aspects-(Layout) -Implementation of the physical design including: - Transistors and passive components - Connections between the above - Busses for power and clock distribution External connections

Testing Aspects -Design and implementation for the experimental verification of the circuit after fabrication

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Comparison of Analog and Digital Circuits

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Skills Required for Analog IC Design

In general, analog circuits are more complex than digital Requires an ability to grasp multiple concepts simultaneously Must be able to make appropriate simplifications and assumptions Requires a good grasp of both modeling and technology Have a wide range of skills - breadth (analog only is rare) Be able to learn from failure Be able to use simulation correctly Simulation truths:---(Usage of a simulator) x (Common sense) = Constant Simulators are only as good as the models and the knowledge of those models by the designer Simulators are only good if you already know the answers
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Complexity as a Function of the Number of Transistors

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Technology Impact On Analog IC Design

Trends in CMOS Technology Moores law: The minimum feature size tends to decrease by a approx. factor of 1/ 2 every three years.

Semiconductor Industry Association roadmap for CMOS

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Trends in IC Technology
Technology Speed: Figure of Merit vs. Time:

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IC Design Development Time

A steeper ramp for the IC design development is required for every new generation of technology

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Technology impact on IC Design

The good: Smaller geometries, Smaller parasitics, Higher transconductance, Higher bandwidths The bad: Reduced voltages, Smaller channel resistances (lower gain),More nonlinearity, Deviation from square-law behavior The ugly: Increased substrate noise in mixed signal applications, Increased 1/f noise below 0.25m CMOS, Threshold voltages are not scaling with power supply, Suitable models for analog design not available
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Threshold voltages and power supply

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Frequency Performance based on Scaling

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Innovation in Analog IC Design

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Technology-Driven versus Application-Driven Innovation

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Application driven circuit innovation

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Results:
Scramble to develop new tools Complexity is increasing with each new scaling generation Need more trained and skilled circuit designers

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Analog Signal Processing

Signal Bandwidths versus Application

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Signal Bandwidths versus Technology

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Analog IC Design has Reached Maturity

There are established fields of application: Digital-analog and analog-digital conversion Disk drive controllers-circuit which allows the CPU to communicate with a hard
disk, floppy disk or other kind of disk drive

Modems , filters---A modem is a device that modulates an analogue carrier

signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital data

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 Codecs---A codec is a device or program capable of

performing encoding and decoding on a digital data stream or signal. Bandgap reference Analog phase locked loops DC-DC conversion Buffers

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Existing philosophy
Regarding analog circuits:

If it can be done economically by digital, dont use analog.

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Consequently

Analog finds applications where speed, area, or power have advantages over a digital approach.

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Eggshell Analogy of Analog IC Design

(Paul Gray)

Analog Signal Processing versus Digital Signal Processing in VLSI

Key issues: Analog/Digital mix is application dependent Not scaling driven Driven by system requirements for programmability/adaptability/testability/desig nability
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Application Areas of Analog IC Design

There are two major areas of analog IC design: Restituitive - performance oriented (speed, accuracy, power, area)

Classical analog circuit and systems design

Cognitive - function oriented (adaptable, massively parallel) A newly growing area inspired by biological systems

Analog VLSI (An oxymoron):

Combination of analog circuits and VLSI philosophies

Many similarities between analog circuits and biological systems Scalability Nonlinearity Adaptability

Neuromorphic analog VLSI Use of biological systems to inspire circuit design such as smart sensors and imagers

Smart autonomous systems Self-guided vehicles (Mars lander) Industrial cleanup in a hazardous environment

Sensorimotor feedback Self contained systems with sensor input, motor output

What is the Future of Analog IC Design?

Technology will require more creative circuit solutions in order to achieve desired performance Analog circuits will continue to be a part of large VLSI digital systems Interference and noise will become even more serious as the chip complexity increases Packaging will be an important issue and offers some interesting solutions Analog circuits will always be at the cutting edge of performance

 Analog designer must also be both a circuit and systems designer and must know:

-Technology and modeling -Analog circuit design -VLSI digital design -System application concepts

There will be no significantly new and different technologies - innovation will combine new applications with existing or improved technologies

 Semicustom methodology will eventually evolve with CAD tools that will allow:

- Design capture and reuse - Quick extraction of model parameters from new technology - Test design - Automated design and layout of simple analog circuits

NOTATION, SYMBOLOGY, AND TERMINOLOGY

Example:

MOS Transistor Symbols

Other Schematic Symbols

SUMMARY
Analog IC design combines a function or application with IC technology for a successful solution. Analog IC design consists of three major steps: 1.) Electrical design , Topology, W/L values, and dc currents 2.) Physical design (Layout) 3.) Test design (Testing)

Analog designers must be flexible and have a skill set that allows one to simplify and understand a complex problem

 Analog IC design is driven by improving technologies rather than new technologies. Analog IC design has reached maturity and is here to stay. The appropriate philosophy is If it can be done economically by digital, dont use analog. As a result of the above, analog finds applications where speed, area, or power have advantages over a digital approach. Deep-submicron technologies will offer severe challenges to the creativity of the analog designer.

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