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Focuses on the analysis, design, simulation and mask-level chip layout of integrated analog circuits and systems. Begins with a brief review of MOSFET operation and large and small signal models. Much of the course involves designing and analyzing analog building blocks such as current mirrors, transconductance amplifiers, capacitors, multipliers, current mirrors and D/A and A/D circuits. Simultaneously, the course covers IC design and layout techniques and system analysis. It concludes by looking at sensor applications. Requires a final project consisting of a complete IC layout. Students may have the opportunity to fabricate their final project through MOSIS.
This course is too advance for UB undergraduate students given the only prerequisites that we had to take were EE310 and E311. These prerequisites did not provide us undergraduates the foundations we needed to understand and success at EE491
Tips for success
You can’t get an A unless you had background knowledge prior to this course
Very high difficulty — come prepared.