Schedule
Please complete all reading assignments before coming to class.Week | Date | Subject | Reading | Projects |
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1/15 | Class Policies Introduction to Neuromorphic Analog VLSI Semiconductor Overview |
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1/17 | Transport of
Charged Particles p-n Junctions MOS Capacitors |
2.1-2.4 2.5-2.6 2.7 |
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1/22 | MOS Capacitors MOS Transistor Operation Subthreshold MOSFET Modeling |
2.7 3.1 3.2 |
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1/24 | Project 1 Design Review Subthreshold MOSFET Modeling |
3.2, 3.3 |
Project 1 Due |
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1/29 | SPICE
Simulation |
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1/31 | Quiz 1 Subthreshold MOSFET Modeling |
3.2, 3.3 |
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2/5 |
Early Voltage Backgate Effect |
3.5 3.5 |
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2/7 |
Above-Threshold MOSFET Modeling |
3.2-3.5 |
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2/12 | Single-Transistor Circuits Current Mirrors Large-Signal Analysis of Amplifiers |
5.1 5.2 |
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2/14 | Project 2 Design Review Small-Signal Modeling Gain Stages |
3.4, 3.7 5.2 |
Project 2 Due | |
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2/19 | Quiz 2 Gain Stages |
5.2 |
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2/21 | Quiz 2 Review Amplifiers with Non-Ideal Current Sources |
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2/26 | Cascoded Circuits Parasitic Capacitances Time and Frequency Responses of Circuits |
3.7 8.5-8.10 |
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2/28 | Project 3 Design Review Time and Frequency Responses of Circuits Differential Pairs |
8.5-8.10 5.3 |
Project 3 Due |
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3/4 |
Project Work Day |
5.3, Handout |
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3/6 |
Quiz 3 Differential Pairs Operational Transconductance Amplifiers |
5.3 5.3, Handout |
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3/11 |
Operational Transconductance Amplifiers Integrators and Differentiators |
5.3, Handout 9.1-9.6 |
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3/13 | Project 4 Design Review Integrators and Differentiators Second-Order Sections |
9.1-9.6 Handout |
Project 4 Due | |
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3/18 | Second-Order Sections |
Handout |
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3/20 | Project 5 Design Review Biology of Neuronal Channels Hodgkin-Huxley Neuron Model |
Handout |
Project 5 Due |
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3/25 | Spring Break (No Class) |
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3/27 | Spring Break (No Class) |
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4/1 |
Integrate-and-Fire Neuron Silicon Axons |
Handout Handout |
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4/3 |
Quiz 4 Project 5 Design Review |
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4/8 | Silicon Neurons |
Handout |
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4/10 | Project 6 Design Review CMOS Fabrication and Layout Silicon Dendrites and Diffusors |
13.1 6.4 |
Project 6 Due | |
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4/15 | Winner-Take-All Circuit Current Correlator |
6.3 6.5 |
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4/17 | Bump Circuit Floating-Gate Transistors and E-Pots |
6.5 4.1 |
Project 7 Due |
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4/22 | Quiz 5 Programmable Neuromorphic Circuits and Synapses |
4.1-4.4 |
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4/24 | Project 7 Design Review Project 8 Design Review Cochlear Biology |
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Project 8 Due |
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4/29 |
Silicon Cochlea Silicon Retina |
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5/1 |
Optional Quiz 6 Optional Project Presentations |
Optional Project Due |
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5/9 |
Final Project Presentations |