Analog circuit design represents one of the most complex and sophisticated
tasks facing today's IC engineers. In these courses, leading practitioners
in the area will discuss the most important problems and their solutions on
an advanced level. In particular, the two courses will focus on basic and
advanced topics in the paper design and CAD of analog integrated circuits.
In the first course, the lecturers will discuss structures and design
techniques for state-of-the-art analog integrated circuit stages, such as
amplifiers, comparators, oscillators, PLLs, voltage converters and
references. The second course will provide up-to-the-minute information,
much of it previously unpublished, on the limitations of SPICE algorithms
and models (and how to overcome them), on advanced FET models such as
BSIM3 and the EKV model; the simulation of MOSFET matching; and the
difficult simulation problems associated with RF circuits, interconnects
and substrate noise.