ECE 802-610: Mixed-signal Prototyping and Testing

ECE 802-610: Mixed-signal Prototyping and Testing

Instructor :

Shantanu Chakrabartty Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3530 Engineering Building. Phone: 517-432-5679 Email: [email protected]

Schedule :

Wednesday 5:00 PM – 8:00PM

Location :

TBD

Course Synopsis The course will cover different techniques for prototyping and evaluating mixed-signal circuits and systems. Different measurement and benchmarking methods will be discussed and will be used for evaluating data converters and other analog / digital systems. The students will design instrumentation circuits and integrate them on printed circuit board along with prototyped mixedsignal integrated circuits. The goal of this course is to design a portable test system interfaced with other measurement instruments and programmable through a host computer.

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Mixed-signal Design Flow. Test Specifications and IC test structures. Parametric, AC and DC Measurements. Noise, Sampling and Calibration. Benchmarking and Accuracy. Voltage and Current References. Pattern Generators Case Study II: Amplifiers, Comparators and Regulators. Case Study II: ADC and DAC measurements. PCB design, prototyping and integration.

Text Books and References Most of the material in the course will be covered using handouts and journal papers. The following references are recommended: • M. Burns and G. Roberts, An Introduction to Mixed-signal IC Test and Measurement, Oxford series of Electrical Engineering, 2001. • P. Horowitz and W. Hill, The art of electronics, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Credit Assignment 1. Class Participation 30% 2. Project Presentation I 30% 3. Project Presentation II 40%