UTD - Data Converters

The University of Texas at Dallas
Erik Jonsson School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
EECT 7327-001, Data Converters, Fall 2014



Instructor: Professor Yun Chiu
E-Mail: chiu.yun@utdallas.edu Office hours: T, 2-4pm, in ECSN 3.602
Teaching Assistant: Yuan Zhou
E-Mail: yuan.zhou@utdallas.edu Office hours: F, 4-5pm, in ECSN 4.324 (Solarium Lab)
Course Description:
Syllabus This course covers the data converter circuits in modern mixed-signal VLSI systems. We will investigate switched-capacitor amplifiers/integrators, sample-and-hold circuits, Nyquist-rate converters, and oversampled converters. As the major advancement in this field was developed using CMOS technology in the past decade, the course will focus on CMOS building blocks and circuit techniques that implement these converters. Extensive computer simulations are required in the project.
Textbook:
No textbook is required. Lecture notes, slides, and papers will be posted. The following reference texts are recommended as supplementary readings for the course.
	1. Analog Circuit Design
		– Gray et al., Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, Wiley, 2001 – Razavi, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, McGraw-Hill, 2001 – Johns and Martin, Analog Integrated Circuit Design, Wiley, 1997 – Allen and Holberg, CMOS Analog Circuit Design, Oxford, 2002
	2. Data Converters
		– Razavi, Principles of Data Conversion System Design, IEEE Press, 1995 – van de Plassche, CMOS Integrated Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Converters, Kluwer, 2003 – Norsworthy et al., Delta-Sigma Data Converters: Theory, Design, and Simulation, Wiley, 1996
	3. Switched-Capacitor Circuits
		– Gregorian and Temes, Analog MOS Integrated Circuits for Signal Processing, Wiley, 1986


Prerequisites:
EECT 6326 (Analog IC Design) and EE 4361 (Digital Signal Processing)

CAD Tools and Manuals:
SpectreRF and MATLAB/Simulink are the tools we use. Access to Cadence can be helpful, but not required.
BSIM v3.3 Manual HSPICE Manual A Tutorial on SpectreRF for simulating time-varying circuits by Ken Kundert
Helpful Links
The Designer's Guide Community: a wonderful forum for Analog/MM/RF designers Richard Schreier's sigma-delta toolbox (MATLAB Central on MathWorks.com) The Data Conversion Handbook edited by Walt Kester (Newnes, 2005)

Grading:
Midterm Exam: 30% Project Phase 1: 20% Project Phase 2: 20% Project Phase 3: 30% Project presentation: 5% (extra credit)