2022 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Information and Communications Engineering Graduate major in Information and Communications Engineering
Analog Integrated Circuits
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Information and Communications Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Shigetaka Takagi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Tue / 1-2 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ICT.I408
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Integrated circuits supports basis of current society. This course will particullarly focus on analog integrated circuits.
Students will comprehend design methods of various kinds of amplifiers, filters, analog-to-digital converters, digital-to-analog converters, oscillators, phase locked loops and layout methods proper to analog integrated circuits based on consideration of features of integrated circuits.
Course description and aims
The aim of this course is to comprehend operation principles of the following analog integrated circuits and to acquire simple integrated circuits.
1) Amplifiers
2) Filters
3) A-D converters, D-A converters
4) Oscillators
5) Phase locked loops
6 Layout method for analog integrated circuits
Keywords
Analog Integrated Circuits，Filter，A-D Converter，D-A Converter，Oscillator，Phase Locked Loop
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lectures will be given based on materials uploaded on OCW. Students will acquire deep knowledge of analog integrated circuits through excercises given in lectures.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Circuit Analysis Methods | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 2 | Transfer Function: Zeros and Poles | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 3 | Features of Monolithic Intgrated Circuits | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 4 | Modelings of Bipolar Transistors | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 5 | Modelings of MOS Transistors | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 6 | Basic Intgrated Circuits: Deifferential Amplifiers | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 7 | Voltage-Controlled Current Souce Circuits | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 8 | Operational Amplifiers | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 9 | Low-Noise Amplifiers | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 10 | Continuous-Time Filters | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 11 | Automatic Tuning of Countinuous-Time Filters | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 12 | Descrete-Time Filters | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 13 | Analog-to-Digital Converters and Digital-to-Analog Converters | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
| Class 14 | Voltage-Controlled Oscillators and Phase Locked Loops | Peruse course materials found on OCW before coming to class. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
All materials used in course can be found on OCW.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' knowledge of analog integrated circuit designs will be assesed by the final examination.
Related courses
- ICT.I203 ： Electric Circuits
- ICT.I207 ： Linear Circuits
- ICT.I312 ： Linear Electronic Circuits
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment of the related courses is desirable.