In this project some alternative SC Integrator architectures will be analyzed during an evaluation study and the results will be compared. The circuits will be designed under required performance constraints of minimal power, layout area, signal cross talks and noise reduction using advanced IC technologies.
Project description:
In the 1970s, CMOS technology was finding its way into analog design through switched-capacitor circuits. The availability of simple switches and high impedance nodes in CMOS afforded more efficient sampling and holding of signals than in bipolar technologies. The switched-capacitor integrator was a versatile function developed in that era as a building block for filters, but it later found usage in such systems as DR modulators as well. In this project, you study the operation and properties of this circuit.
http://www.seas.ucla.edu/brweb/papers/Journals/BRWinter17SwCap.pdf
https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/INF4420/v14/slides/inf4420_v14_08_switchedcapacitor.pdf
https://www.ijera.com/papers/Vol8_issue1/Part-3/N0801038690.pdf
In this project some alternative SC Integrator architectures will be analyzed during an evaluation study and the results will be compared. The circuits will be designed under required performance constraints of minimal power, layout area, signal cross talks and noise reduction using advanced IC technologies. The students will be responsible for the circuit requirements, analysis and specifications definition, focusing on the readout noise performance. Circuit design and simulations and analog layout will be done using Cadence tools.
Required courses: Linear Circuits
Recommended courses: Introduction to VLSI