Schedule

Please complete all reading assignments before coming to class. 

Week Date Subject Reading Projects
1
 1/15 Class Policies
Introduction to Neuromorphic Analog VLSI
Semiconductor Overview
    
1/17 Transport of Charged Particles
p-n Junctions
MOS Capacitors
2.1-2.4
2.5-2.6
2.7
  
2
 1/22 MOS Capacitors
MOS Transistor Operation
Subthreshold MOSFET Modeling
 2.7
3.1
3.2
  
1/24 Project 1 Design Review
Subthreshold MOSFET Modeling
3.2, 3.3
 Project 1 Due
3
 1/29 SPICE Simulation
  
  
1/31 Quiz 1
Subthreshold MOSFET Modeling
3.2, 3.3
  
4
 2/5
 Early Voltage
Backgate Effect
 3.5
3.5
  
2/7
 Above-Threshold MOSFET Modeling
 3.2-3.5
  
5
 2/12 Single-Transistor Circuits
Current Mirrors
Large-Signal Analysis of Amplifiers
 5.1
5.2

  
2/14 Project 2 Design Review
Small-Signal Modeling
Gain Stages
3.4, 3.7
5.2
 Project 2 Due
6
 2/19 Quiz 2
Gain Stages
5.2 		 
2/21 Quiz 2 Review
Amplifiers with Non-Ideal Current Sources
  
  
7
 2/26 Cascoded Circuits
Parasitic Capacitances
Time and Frequency Responses of Circuits
3.7
8.5-8.10
  
2/28 Project 3 Design Review
Time and Frequency Responses of Circuits
Differential Pairs
8.5-8.10
5.3
 Project 3 Due
8
 3/4
 Project Work Day
 5.3, Handout
  
3/6
 Quiz 3
Differential Pairs
Operational Transconductance Amplifiers
5.3
5.3, Handout
  
9
 3/11
 Operational Transconductance Amplifiers
Integrators and Differentiators
 5.3, Handout
9.1-9.6
  
3/13 Project 4 Design Review
Integrators and Differentiators
Second-Order Sections
9.1-9.6
Handout
 Project 4 Due
10
 3/18 Second-Order Sections
 Handout
  
3/20 Project 5 Design Review
Biology of Neuronal Channels
Hodgkin-Huxley Neuron Model
Handout

 Project 5 Due

3/25 Spring Break (No Class)
  
  
3/27 Spring Break (No Class)
  
  
 11
 4/1
 Integrate-and-Fire Neuron
Silicon Axons
 Handout
Handout
  
4/3
 Quiz 4
Project 5 Design Review

 
12
 4/8 Silicon Neurons
 Handout
  
4/10 Project 6 Design Review
CMOS Fabrication and Layout
Silicon Dendrites and Diffusors
13.1
6.4
 Project 6 Due
13
 4/15 Winner-Take-All Circuit
Current Correlator
 6.3
6.5
  
4/17 Bump Circuit
Floating-Gate Transistors and E-Pots
 6.5
4.1
 Project 7 Due
14
 4/22 Quiz 5
Programmable Neuromorphic Circuits and Synapses
4.1-4.4 		 
4/24 Project 7 Design Review
Project 8 Design Review
Cochlear Biology
  
Project 8 Due
15
 4/29
 Silicon Cochlea
Silicon Retina		  
 
5/1
 Optional Quiz 6
Optional Project Presentations
   Optional Project Due
 
 5/9
 Final Project Presentations