EE 435
Spring 2025
Analog VLSI Circuit Design


Instructor: Randy Geiger		Spring in Ames

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Instructor: Prof. Randy Geiger

Syllabus and policies, Daily Schedule

Lab Instructors and Lab policies

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| Lecture Notes from Previous Years | Reference material | Additional Reading |

Lecture Notes from Spring 2025

Week 01 Holiday Lecture 1 Lecture 2
Week 02 Lecture 3 Lecture 4 Lecture 5
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Week 06 Lecture 15 Lecture 16 Lecture 17
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Week 08 Lecture 21 Lecture 22 Lecture

Lecture Notes from Previous Offering

Lecture Notes from Spring 2024

Week 01 Holiday Lecture 1 Lecture 2
Week 02 Lecture 3 Lecture 4 Lecture 5
Week 03 Lecture 6 Lecture 7 Lecture 8
Week 04 Lecture 9 Lecture 10 Lecture 11
Week 05 Lecture 12 Lecture 13 Lecture 14
Week 06 Lecture 15 Lecture 16 Lecture 17
Week 07 Lecture 18 Lecture 19 Lecture 20
Week 08 Lecture 21 Lecture 22 Lecture 23
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Week 10 Lecture 27 Lecture 28 Lecture 29
Week 11 Lecture 30 Lecture 31 Lecture 32
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Week 14 Lecture 39 Lecture 40 Lectrure 41
Week 15 Lecture 42 Lecture 43 Lecture 44

Homework Assignments

Homework 1: Assignment
Homework 2: Assignment
Homework 3: Assignment
Homework 4: Assignment
Homework 5: Assignment
Homework 6: Assignment

Streams for Spring 2025

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Streams from Previous Offering

Selected Streams for Spring 2024

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Exams

Old Exams from EE 435

Exam 1: Spring 2020
Final Exam: Spring 2020

Lab Handouts

Lab 1: Measurement of Op Amp Parameters Datasheet for TL082
Lab 2: Design of the 5T Operational Amplifier
Lab 3: Design of Current Mirror Operational Amplifier
Lab 5: OTA Open-Loop Applications Datasheet for LM 13700
Lab 4: Two-Stage Op Amp Design

Miscellaneous Laboratory Materials

Behavioral opamp, Complete opamp (use the command 'tar zxvf opampee434.tar.gz" to extract)

Directions for running post-layout simulations

Reference material

Some material for final project

Verilog tutorial (old lab handout)
Synopsys tutorial (including which constructs are not synthesizable) (old lab handout)

Additional Reading

VLSI Design Techniques for Analog and Digital Circuits , Geiger/Allen/Strader

Useful Links

Verilog tutorial (old lab handout)

EE 435 Spring 2025 Analog VLSI Circuit Design

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EE 435
Spring 2025
Analog VLSI Circuit Design