ECE529C Fall 2009

Problem Sets

  1. HW Set 1 (due 9/28/09)
  2. HW Set 2 (due 9/28/09)
  3. HW Set 3 (due 10/5/09)
  4. HW Set 4 (due 10/12/09)
  5. HW Set 5 (due 10/26/09)
  6. HW Set 6 (due 11/2/09)
  7. HW Set 7 (due 11/9/09)
  8. HW Set 8 (due 11/16/09)

Sample Exams

Exams / Quizzes

Project


Handouts / Lecture Material by Date


Date
Lecture
Board Photos / Annotated Notes
Handouts
Sept 14
1 Lecture Overview | Types of Problems You'll be Able to Solve
Set Theory Review | Venn Diagrams | DeMorgan's Law
Applying Set Theory to Probability | Single Die Example
Set Operations
What is Probability Anyway?
Card Game | Coin Flip Game
Course Information /Academic Honesty
Lecture Outline
Student Survey
HW Set 1
Dice Rolls
Project Ideas
Sept 21
2
Lecture Overview
Probability Notes (Annotated)
Random Variable Notes (Annotated)

HW Set 2
Sept 28
3
Continous R.V. Notes (annotated)
Multiple R.V. Notes (annotated)

Matlab code for

BONUS: Notes on adding independent R.V.s & help on HW3
Revised Lecture Outline

Continous R.V. Notes (blank)
Multiple R.V. Notes (blank)

Central Limit Theorem:
Triangle PDF sums
Random PDF sums

Sample Mean Slow Convergence
Oct 5
4
Random Variable Examples handout (annotated)
Random Processes handout (annotated)

Noise Analysis Procedure
Random Variable Examples handout (blank)
Random Processes handout (blank)
Oct 12
5
Noise analysis handout (partially annotated)

LF356 Data Sheet (noise plot annotated)
Noise analysis handout (blank)
LF356 Data Sheet
Oct 19
6
Completed Noise analysis handout (annotated)
Diode, BJT Noise analysis handout (partially annotated)
Fundamental Noise Sources slides
Noise in Short Channel MOSFETs paper
BJT Noise Experiment Notes
MOS-BJT Comparison
"Real World" MOS, BJT Issues
Oct 26
7
Annotated BJT Design Example Notes; Input Referring; Optimal IC Bias

Nov 2
8
MOS Movies (warning: uncompressed; large files)
Accumulation - Depletion - Inversion
Triode - Active Region

Noise in MOS Devices (annotated)
Noise in Systems : Cascaded Blocks; Composite Amplifier (annotated)
Noise in MOS Devices
Noise in Systems : Cascaded Blocks; Composite Amplifier
Nov 9
Exam
Nov 16
9
Op-Amp Design Overview
Differential Pair Gain Stage Noise Notes
Stability Notes with Composite Amplifier
Low Noise Op-Amp Design Simulation (annotated)
Input Stages Comparison
Nov 23
10
  1. 1/f Noise
  2. Analysis Strategy: 1/f, White Noise Independent; 1/f Noise Corner
  3. 1/f: Equal Noise Power Per Decade; 741 Example
Annotated Noise vs. Frequency diagram for LM741
1/f Noise Simulation Handout
Interference Scope Photos Handout
PCB Fields Slides
Nov 30
11
Lecture Notes (annotated)

Bypass Capacitors
Lecture Notes Originals
  • Tradeoffs in Reducing Noise
  • Noise in Bias Networks
  • Noise in Integrators
  • Interference, Supply Noise, Ground Loop

MATLAB code for resistor noise plots

Adaptive Optics Article
Adaptive Optics Coloring Book
Dec 7
12
Lecture Notes (annotated)
Lecture Notes Originals

Quantization SNR = 1.76 + 6.02 N
(p. 41) (Also, a nice tutorial of ADC terminology in general)

Current Feedback Op-Amp
Comlinear CLC1606 Data Sheet
Dec 14
13
Lecture Notes (Annotated)
Lecture Notes Originals

Estimation Worksheet

AD8021 Data Sheet

Phase Noise / Jitter Resources:
PLL / Jitter Tutorial
Thinking About Jitter Slides