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Department of Electrical Engineering
School of Engineering
University of Management and Technology
Course Outline
Course code: EE 323
Course title: Electronic System Design
Program
BSEE& BS(H)
Credit Hours
3
Duration
One semester
Prerequisites
Circuit Analysis, Basic Electrical Engineering
Resource Person
Jameel Ahmad (Sec A)
Muhammad Asim Butt ( B)
Counseling Timing
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Contact
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Course Outline
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Course Description:
This is a wide-ranging course in electrical engineering curriculum. It is designed as an advance course in electronic
systems design. It will develop student’s ability to design modern analog electronic systems. The class deals with the
analysis and design of integrated circuits in CMOS technologies with emphasis on analog circuits. It will cover both
fundamentals as well as practical analog circuit design, with emphasis on circuit performance evaluations using hand
calculations and simulations. Topics include MOS transistor operation, single-stage amplifiers, differential amplifiers, OpAmps, multi-stage amplifiers, frequency response of amplifiers, feedback systems, Oscillators, Power Amplifiers, A/D
and D/A converters. PSPICE/Multisim is used in the design, analysis and simulation.
Course Learning Objectives:
1. Understand how to analyze and design analog circuits with non-linear elements such as BJTs and MOSFET
2. Design of single and multistage MOSFET based amplifier gain stages
3. Understand Frequency response of amplifiers in low and high frequency regime using small signal models and
zero-value time constant approach
4. Design of oscillators, filters, output power amplifier stages, A/D and D/A converters
5. Design of Op-Amp based circuits
6. Understand the importance of positive and negative feedback in electronic system design
Course Learning Outcomes:
Upon Completion of the course, the students will be able to:1. Design current source circuits to provide a specified current and output resistance.
2. Derive the system transfer function of circuits. Develop the Bode Diagrams.
3. Analyze the frequency response of amplifying circuits.
4. Describe and analyze the characteristics of the basic differential amplifier.
5. Describe feedback concepts, in general terms: advantages and disadvantages of using feedback.
6. Analyze and Design Basic Oscillator circuits, gain stages, and filters.
7. Use CAD tools such as SPICE to model, analyze, simulate, design and improve the functionality of
semiconductor devices, circuits, and systems.
Learning Methodology:
Lecture, interactive, participative
Grade Evaluation Criteria
Following is the criteria for the distribution of marks to evaluate final grade in a semester.
Marks Evaluation
Marks in percentage
Quizzes
10
Assignments
5
Mid Term
30
Attendance & Class Participation
N/A
Term Project
5
Presentations
N/A
Final exam
50
Total
100
Recommended Text Books:
[1]Microelectronic Circuits, by Adel S. Sedra, K.C Smith, 6th edition/5th edition (2009 and 2004).
[Adel S. Sedra is an Egyptian Canadian electrical engineer and professor].
Reference Books:
[2] Fundamentals of Microelectronics, Behzad Razavi, Wiley, 2006.[Iranian-American Professor at UCLA]
[3] Microelectronic Circuits, by Adel S. Sedra, K.C Smith, 7th edition (2014).
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Calendar of Course contents to be covered during semester
Course code: EE323Course title: Electronic System Design
Lecture (Lx)
Lecture Contents and Chapter Sections
In lectures L1&L2 student will learn
1. The most basic and pervasive signal-processing function: signal
amplification, and correspondingly, the signal amplifier.
2. How amplifiers are characterized (modeled) as circuit building blocks
independent of their internal circuitry.
3. How the frequency response of an amplifier is measured, and how it is
calculated, especially in the simple but common case of a single-time
constant (STC) type response.
1.1 Signals
L1
1.2 Frequency Spectrum of Signals
1.3 Analog And Digital Signals
1.4 Amplifiers
L2
1.5 Circuit Models for Amplifiers
1.6 Frequency Response of Amplifiers
In lectures L3-L5 student will learn
1. The terminal characteristics of the ideal op amp.
2. How to analyze circuits containing op amps, resistors, and capacitors.
3. How to use op amps to design amplifiers having precise characteristics.
4. How to design more sophisticated op-amp circuits, including summing
amplifiers, instrumentation amplifiers, integrators, and differentiators.
5. Important non-ideal characteristics of op amps and how these limit the
performance of basic op-amp circuits.
2.1 The Ideal Op Amp
L3
2.2 The Inverting Configuration
2.3 The Noninverting Configuration
2.4 Difference Amplifiers / Instrumentation Amplifier
L4
2.5 Integrators and Differentiators
2.6 DC Imperfections
2.7 Effect of Finite Open-Loop Gain and Bandwidth on Circuit
L5
Performance
2.8 Large-Signal Operation of Op Amps
9.7 Data Converters-An Introduction
9.8 D/A Converter Circuits
L6
In lectures L6-L12 student will learn
1. The physical structure of the MOS transistor and how it works.
2. How the voltage between two terminals of the transistor controls the
current that flows through the third terminal, and the equations that
describe these current–voltage characteristics.
3. How to analyze and design circuits that contain MOS transistors, resistors,
and dc sources.
4. How the transistor can be used to make an amplifier, and how it can be
Course Outline
Reference
Chapter(s)
Chapter 1
Learning Outcome
[1]Chapter 1
Signals and
Amplifiers
Chapter 2
Learning outcome
[1]Chapter 2
Operational
Amplifiers
Chapter-9 (Sedra
5th Ed)
Data Converter
Circuits
Chapter-5
Learning Outcome
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used as a switch in digital circuits.
5. How to obtain linear amplification from the fundamentally nonlinear MOS
transistor.
6. The three basic ways for connecting a MOSFET to construct amplifiers
with different properties.
7. Practical circuits for MOS–transistor amplifiers that can be constructed
using discrete components.
5.1 Device Structure and Physical Operation
L6
5.2 Current—Voltage Characteristics
5.3 MOSFET Circuits at DC
L7
5.4 Applying the MOSFET in Amplifier Design
L8
5.5 Small-Signal Operation and Models
L9
5.6 Basic MOSFET Amplifier Configurations
L10
5.7 Biasing in MOS Amplifier Circuits
L11
5.8 Discrete-Circuit MOS Amplifiers
9.9 A/D Converter Circuits from Chapter-9 (Sedra 5th Ed)
L12
Data Converter Circuits
In lectures L13-L14 student will learn
1. The basic integrated-circuit (IC) design philosophy and how it differs
from that for discrete-circuit design.
2. The basic gain cells of IC amplifiers, namely, the CS amplifiers with
current-source loads.
3. How to increase the gain realized in the basic gain cells by employing the
principle of cascoding.
4. Analysis and design of the cascode amplifier and the cascode current
source in MOS.
5. How current sources are used to bias IC amplifiers and how the reference
current generated in one location is replicated at various other locations
on the IC chip by using current mirrors.
7.1 IC Design Philosophy
L13
7.2 The Basic Gain Cell
7.3 The Cascode Amplifier
L14
7.4 IC Biasing—Current Sources, Current Mirrors, and CurrentSteering Circuits
L15-L16 Midterm
In lectures L17-L19 student will learn
1. The essence of the operation of the MOS differential amplifiers: how
they reject common-mode noise or interference and amplify differential
signals.
2. The analysis and design of MOS differential amplifiers.
3. The structure, analysis, and design of amplifiers composed of two or
more stages in cascade. A practical example is studied in detail: a twostage CMOS op amp
L17
8.1 The MOS Differential Pair
L18
Course Outline
8.2 Small-Signal Operation of the MOS Differential Pair
[1]Chapter 5
MOSFET
Chapter-7
Learning Outcome
[1]Chapter 7
Building Blocks of
Integrated-Circuit
Amplifiers
Chapter 8
Learning Outcome
[1]Chapter 8
Differential and
Multistage
amplifier
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In lectures L19-L21 student will learn
1. How coupling and bypass capacitors cause the gain of discrete-circuit amplifiers to
fall off at low frequencies, and how to obtain an estimate of the frequency𝑓𝐿 at
which the gain decreases by 3 dB below its value at midband.
2. The internal capacitive effects present in the MOSFET and how to model these
effects by adding capacitances to the hybrid model of each of the two transistor
types.
3. The high-frequency limitation on the gain of the CS amplifiers and how the gain
falloff and the upper 3-dB frequency 𝑓𝐻 are mostly determined by the small
capacitance between the drain and gate
4. Powerful methods for the analysis of the high-frequency response of amplifier
circuits of varying complexity.
5. How the cascode amplifier studied in Chapter 7 can be designed to obtain wider
bandwidth than is possible with the CS amplifiers.
9.1 Low-Frequency Response of the CS Amplifiers
L19
9.2 Internal Capacitive Effects and the High-Frequency Model of the
MOSFET
9.3 High-Frequency Response of the CS Amplifier
L20
9.4 Useful Tools for the Analysis of the High-Frequency Response of
Amplifiers
9.5 A Closer Look at the High-Frequency Response of the CS
L21
Amplifier: Open Circuit Time Constant Approach /Miller Theorem
9.6 High-Frequency Response of the CG and Cascode Amplifiers
Chapter 9
Learning Outcome
[1]Chapter 9
Frequency
Response
In lectures L22-L24 student will learn
1. The general structure of the negative-feedback amplifier and the basic principle
that underlies its operation.
2. The advantages of negative feedback, how these come about, and at what cost.
3. The appropriate feedback topology to employ with each of the four amplifier
types: voltage, current, transconductance, and transresistance amplifiers.
4. An intuitive and insightful approach for the analysis of practical feedback
amplifier circuits.
5. Why and how negative-feedback amplifiers can become unstable (i.e., oscillate)
and how to design the circuit to ensure stable performance.
10.1 The General Feedback Structure
10.2 Some Properties of Negative Feedback
L22
10.3 The Four Basic Feedback Topologies
L23
L24
10.4 The Feedback Voltage Amplifier (Series—Shunt)
10.5 The Feedback Transconductance Amplifier (Series—Series)
10.6 The Feedback Transresistance Amplifier (Shunt—Shunt)
Chapter 10
Learning Outcome
[1]Chapter 10
Feedback
10.7 The Feedback Current Amplifier (Shunt—Series)
10.8 Summary of the Feedback Analysis Method
10.9 Determining the Loop Gain
In lectures L25-L26 student will learn
1. The classification of amplifier output stages on the basis of the fraction of the
cycle of an input sine wave during which the transistor conducts.
2. Analysis and design of a variety of output-stage types ranging from the simple but
power-inefficient emitter follower (class A) to the popular push–pull class AB
Course Outline
Chapter 11
Learning Outcome
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circuit in both bipolar and CMOS technologies.
L25
L26
11.1 Classification of Output Stages
11.2 Class A Output Stage
11.3 Class B Output Stage
11.4 Class AB Output Stage
11.5 Biasing the Class AB Circuit
1. How filters are characterized by their signal-transmission properties and how
they are classified into different types based on the relative location of their
passband(s) and stopband(s).
2. How filters are specified and how to obtain a filter transfer function that
meets the given specifications, including the use of popular special functions
such as the Butterworth and the Chebyshev.
3. The various first-order and second-order filter functions and their realization
using op amps and RC circuits.
4. The basic second-order LCR resonator and how it can be used to realize the
various second-order filter functions.
5. The design of tuned transistor amplifiers for radio-frequency (RF)
applications.
16.1 Filter Transmission, Types, and Specification
16.2 The Filter Transfer Function
L27
16.3 Butterworth and Chebyshev Filters
L28
16.4 First-Order and Second-Order Filter Functions
16.5 The Second-Order LCR Resonator
16.11 Tuned Amplifiers : The design of tuned transistor amplifiers for
radio-frequency (RF) applications
[1]Chapter 11
Output stages and
Power Amplifiers
Chapter 16
Learning Outcome
[1]Chapter 16
Filters and Tuned
Amplifiers
In lectures L29-L30 student will learn
1. That an oscillator circuit that generates sine waves can be implemented
by connecting a frequency-selective network in the positive-feedback
path of an amplifier.
2. The conditions under which sustained oscillations are obtained and the
Chapter 17
frequency of the oscillations.
Learning Outcome
3. How to design nonlinear circuits to control the amplitude of the sine
wave obtained in a linear oscillator.
4. A variety of circuits for implementing a linear sine-wave oscillator.
5. How op amps can be combined with resistors and capacitors to
implement precision multi-vibrator circuits.
L29
L30
L31-L32
17.1 Basic Principles of Sinusoidal Oscillators
17.2 Op Amp–RC Oscillator Circuits
17.3 LC and Crystal Oscillators
17.4 BistableMultivibrators
[1]Chapter 17
Signal Generators
and
Waveform-Shaping
Circuits
Final Examination
End of Semester
Course Outline
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