Professor Sarpeshkar's class for Fall 2008
6.376 Low Power Analog VLSI
Prereq: 6.301
Units: 4-0-8
Lecture: WF2:30-4

Recitation: M2

A comprehensive introduction to analog microelectronic design including ultra-low-power, ultra-low-noise, and feedback circuits. Device Physics of the MOS Transistor including subthreshold operation and scaling to nanometer processes. VLSI Chip Layout and Design. Transconductance Amplifiers and Filters, Imagers, Microphone Circuits, Current-Mode Circuits, Analog-to-Digital Converters, Biologically Inspired Circuits and Systems, Energy-Harvesting Circuits, Basic Electrochemistry and Battery operation. Electrical Modeling of Non-Electrical Systems. System examples vary from year to year and include biomedical systems, micromechanical systems (MEMS), RF systems, sensory systems, and learning systems. The class project involves a complete design of a VLSI chip including layout, verification, design-rule checking, and SPICE simulation.

8 Engineering Design Points.

TQE (Technical Qualifying Exam) course.

Professor Sarpeshkar was awarded the 2003 Junior Bose Award For Excellence in Teaching and the 2005 Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Distinguished Teaching. In Fall 2005, he received a rating of 6.8/7.0 in 6.376, which is currently the highest rated graduate circuits course in the department.

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