Analog Integrated Circuit (IC) Design

Summer Internship course 2025

Daily Activity

• Detail daily activity content here
• Video/Problem/etc links from above link
  • Day-10 (13 June)
    • VIDEO: Differential Amplifier
    • SLIDES: Differential Amplifier
  • Day-9 (12 June)
    • VIDEO: Small-Signal Modeling and Analysis
    • SLIDES: Small-Signal and Current Mirror
  • Day-8 (11 June)
    • VIDEO: MOS Device
  • Day-7 (10 June)
    • VIDEO: Semiconductor Devices and IC Processing
    • SLIDES: Semiconductor IC Devices (pn-junction, MOS)
    • SLIDES: IC Processing
    • ASSIGNMENT: Layout Cross-Section with Siliwiz
  • Day-6 (09 June)
    • VIDEO: Passive Devices (RLC)
    • VIDEO: Xschem-ngspice Lab: Transient chracterization
    • SLIDES: Passive IC Devices
    • PROBLEMS: Electrical Circuits
    • PROBLEMS: RC Circuits
  • Day-5 (06 June)
    • See detail activity page for xschem/ngspice assignments
  • Day-4 (05 June)
    • VIDEO: Review of Basic Circuit Theory
    • VIDEO: OpAmp Modeling, Creating symbols in Xschem
    • SLIDES: Review of Circuits
  • Day-3 (04 June)
    • VIDEO: Introduction to Xschem-2
  • Day-2 (03 June)
    • Video: Introduction to Xschem
  • Day-1 (02 June)
    • Video: Introduction

Resources

• TEXT

  • [JohnsMartin] T. C. Carusone, D. A. Johns, and K. A. Martin, Analog Integrated Circuit Design, 2nd ed. Wiley, 2012. Online
  • [Uyemura] Uyemura, John P. "CMOS Logic Circuit Design". Springer, 2007
  • [Rout], Saroj. 2025. IC Engineering I. [eBook]
    • Most of the notes covered during this PS will shared on this eBook.

• REFERENCES

  • [Thomas] R. E. Thomas, A. J. Rosa, and G. J. Toussaint, The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits. John Wiley & Sons, 2016
  • [Hodges] D.A., et.al., "Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits", Tata-McGraw Hill, 3rd Ed
  • [Weste] Weste, Neil, and David Harris. "CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspective". Pearson Education, 2011
  • [Baker] Baker, R. Jacob. "CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation". John Wiley & Sons, 2008

• NOTES

  • Basic Circuit Theory
  • Dynamic Circuits and IC devices
  • Small-Sginal Modeling
  • Current Mirrors
  • Cascode Current Mirror
  • Differential Amplifier
  • Small-signal modeling of Diff-Amp
  • Frequency Analysis
  • Frequency Response of MOS circuits
  • Laplace Transform
  • Feedback analysis

• USEFUL DOCS

  • Skywater PDK and DRC Manual
  • Datasheet: MEMS Microphone
  • Datasheet: OPA344
  • Schematic: Sparkfun breakout board
  • Schematic to Layout Tutorial using Xscheme, ngspice and Magic

• VIDEOS/TUTORIALS/QUICKREFS

  • Cheatsheet Linux
  • Cheatsheet ngspice
  • Cheatsheet Xschem
  • Analog simulation with xschem and the skywater 130nm Process Development Kit (PDK) Excellent tutorial by xschem creator Stefan Schippers

• GITHUB PAGE EXAMPLES

  • Digital Temp Monitor
  • Bandgap Reference
  • CubeSat Summer Internship Student Report

• ONLINE RESOURCES

  • SparkFun Analog MEMS Microphone Breakout - SPH8878LR5H-1
  • Using Perplexity Spaces

Course Venue & Timings

• 📆 DURATION: June 2nd till June 20th (3 weeks)
• ⏲️ TIMINGS:
  • Session-1: 🕙 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Session-2: 🕝 2:30pm - 5:30pm
  • ⚠️ NOTE: Session-1 on June 2nd (Mon) and 4th (Wed) will in Room-112, Academic Building Ground FLoor
• 🏛️ VENUE: Room 656, 5th Floor, New Admin Building
• 👨‍🏫 RESOURCE PERSONS:
  • Dr. Saroj Rout and Prof. Prasant Swain, ECE, Silicon University
  • Mrinal Das, Head, Sensor IP, Synopsys, Bhubaneswar

COURSE INFORMATION

• 🔗 Course Detail
• 🔗 Day-Wise Course Plan
• CAD and IT Setup (These need to be setup before 2nd June)
  • 🔗 Follow this guide to install Ubuntu 24.04 on Windows Subsytem for Linux (WSL)
  • 🔗 Follow these steps to install and setup the EDA tools.
    • ⏯️ YouTube video: quick walk through the installation and setup of WSL, Ubuntu and EDA tools.
  • 🔗 Follow this quick start guide to get familiar with Linux Command Line
  • nano is a good text editor for begineers.