Analog Design for CMOS VLSI Systems

Preface. 1: The MOS Transistor. 1.1. Electrical Conduction in Solids. 1.2. Fermi-Dirac Statistic. 1.3. Properties of Materials. 1.4. CMOS Technology. 1.5. MOS Threshold Voltage. 1.6. I-V Characteristics. 1.7. Equivalent Circuits. 1.8. More Sophisticated Models. 1.9. Noise. 1.10. Layout of Transistors. 1.11. Design Rules. 1.12. References. 1.13. Problems. 2: Resistors, Capacitors, Switches. 2.1. Integrated Resistors. 2.2. Integrated Capacitors. 2.3. Analog Switches. 2.4. Layout of Switches. 2.5. References. 2.6. Problems. 3: Basic Building Blocks. 3.1. Inverter with Active Load. 3.2. Cascode. 3.3. Cascode with Cascode Load. 3.4. Source Follower. 3.5. Threshold Independent Level-Shift. 3.6. Improved Output Stages. 3.7. References. 3.8. Problems. 4: Current and Voltage Sources. 4.1. Current Mirrors. 4.2. Current References. 4.3. Voltage Biasing. 4.4. Voltage References. 4.5. References. 4.6. Problems. 5: CMOS Operational Amplifiers. 5.1. General Issues. 5.2. Performance Characteristics. 5.3. Basic Architecture. 5.4. Two Stages Amplifier. 5.5. Frequency Response and Compensation. 5.6. Slew Rate. 5.7. Design of a Two Stage OTA: Guidelines. 5.8. Single Stage Schemes. 5.9. Class AB Amplifiers. 5.10. Fully Differential Op-Amps. 5.11. Micro-Power OTA's. 5.12. Noise Analysis. 5.13. Layout. 5.14. References. 5.15. Problems. 6: CMOS Comparators. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Performance Characteristics. 6.3. General Design Issues. 6.4. Offset Compensation. 6.5. Latches. 6.6. References. 6.7. Problems. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Index.