EE 4350
Spring 2026
Analog VLSI Circuit Design

Instructor: Randy Geiger		Spring in Ames

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Instructor: Prof. Randy Geiger

Syllabus and policies,    Daily Schedule   

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| Lecture notes  |  Homework Assignments  |  Selected Streams  | Exams  |  Lab Handouts | Exams from Previous Years|
| Lecture Notes from Previous Years | Reference material  |  Additional Reading  |

Lecture Notes from Spring 2026

• 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  
• Week 09    Lecture 24          Lecture 25           Lecture 26  
• Week 10    Lecture 27          Lecture 28           Lecture 29  
• Week 11    Lecture 30          Lecture 31           Lecture 32  
• Week 12    Lecture 33          Lecture 34           Lecture 35  
• Week 13    Lecture 36          Lecture 37          Lecture 38  
• Week 14    Lecture 39          Lecture 40          Lecture 41  
• Week 15    Lecture 42          Lecture 43           

                                           Lecture Notes from Previous Offering

  Lecture Notes from Spring 2025

• 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
• Week 09    Lecture 24          Lecture 25           Lecture 26
• Week 10    Lecture 27          Lecture 28           Lecture 29
• Week 11    Lecture 30          Lecture 31           Lecture 32
• Week 12    Lecture 33          Lecture 34           Lecture 35
• Week 13    Lecture 36          Lecture 37           Lecture 38
• Week 14    Lecture 39          Lecture 40           Lecture 41
• Week 15    Lecture 42          Lecture 43           Lecture 44

Homework Assignments and Exams

• Homework 1:    Assignment   
• Homework 2:    Assignment   
• Homework 3:    Assignment   
• Homework 4:    Assignment   
• Homework 5:    Assignment   
• Homework 6:    Assignment   
• Midterm Exam: Exam 1   
• Homework 7:    Assignment    Data for HW 7  
• Homework 8:    Assignment   
• Final Exam:       Exam 2   

Streams for Spring 2026

• Week 1    Hol iday           Stream 1         Stream 2
• Week 2    Stream 3         Stream 4         Stream 5
• Week 3    Stream 6         Stream 7         Stream 8
• Week 4    Stream 9         Stream 10       Stream 11
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• Week 10  Stream 27      Stream 28        Stream 29
• Week 11 Stream 30       Stream 31        Stream 32
• Week 12  Strean 33       Stream 34        Stream 35  
• Week 13 Stream 36       Stream 37        Stream 38
• Week 14 Stream 39       Stream 40        Stream 41
• Week 15 Stream 42              

                                           Streams from Previous Offering

Selected Streams from Spring 2025

• Week 1    Holiday           Stream 1         Stream 2
• Week 2    Stream 3        Stream 4         Stream 5
• Week 3    Stream 6        Stream 7         Stream 8'
• Week 4    Stream 9        Stream 10       Stream 11
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• Week 10  Stream 27      Stream 28       Stream 29
• Week 11  Stream 30      Stream 31       Stream 32
• Week 12  Stream 33       Stream 34      Stream 35
• Week 13  Stream 36       Stream 37      Stream 38
• Week 14  Stream 39       Stream 40      Stream 41
• Week 15  Stream         Stream          Stream
 

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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 4: OTA Open-Loop Applications                     Datasheet for LM 13700

• Lab 5: Two-Stage Op Amp Design                    

• Lab 6: Fully Differential Two Stage Op Amp Design with CMFB and Output Stage

• Lab 7: Spectral Characterization of Weakly Nonlinear Systems

　

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

• Complete CMOS process flow ( PowerPoint file )

• MOSIS scalable CMOS design rules ( PDF )

• MOSIS rules pictorial (All rules in one PDF files)

• Wheatley and Wittlinger OTA Paper

• Op Amp Data Sheet 741

• Op Amp Data Sheet TL082

• EDU 1000 Data Sheet

• Op Amp OPA 277 Data Sheet

• Op Amp OPA 191 Data Sheet

• Inverting Amplifier DataSheet CD 4007

• Operators Manual 34401a Multimeter

• Half-digit Discussion from EDN

• Analog Devices App Note MT-033 Discusses Feedback and Bandwidth

• Notes on Op Amp Specifications and Testbenches from TI

• Slides from TI _ The Basics of Testing Operational Amplifiers: Three Methods

• Select Measurement Data from MOSIS Process Runs

  ON 0.5u          V37P

  TSMC 0.25    T6BE

  TSMC 0.18    T48K

  IBM 0.13        T5BQ

Some material for final project

•   Verilog tutorial (old lab handout)

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

Additional Reading

Useful Links