IN5220 – Advanced mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuit design

The main learning outcome is the ability to understand and design advanced mixed-signal integrated circuit. In particular you will be able to:

• Understand the concept of sampling and how the sampling process affects the involved signals
• Implement filters and other circuit functions using switched-capacitor design methodology
• Understand and design data converters, both analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters including oversampling and noise-shaping systems
• Understand and design phase-locked-loops (PLL) and its key building blocks
• Design and implement mixed-signal circuits in CMOS from schematic to layout using state-of-the-art design tools and methods

Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

IN5220 and IN9220 will be assessed together in regards to the number of admissions, with priority given to PhD candidates with IN9220 in an approved study plan.

4 hours of lectures and 2 hours of lab work (Circuit design lab). Some of the teaching will be given as supervision in labs/exercise classes. Mandatory assignments must be approved prior to the exam.

Access to foundry Process Design Kits (PDKs) require students to sign an NDA.

The course grade is based on the following assessments:

• project assignment (40%) with presentation. It's the project assignment itself that will be graded. The presentation will not affect the grading, but it is mandatory.
• final exam (60%), oral/written.

Both parts of the exam must be passed and must be passed in the same semester.

This course has mandatory assignments that must be approved prior to the exam.

The final exam will be an oral or 4 hours written exam depending on the number of course attendees. The project assignment must be presented for the class and teaching staff.

It will also be counted as one of your three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: IN9220 – Advanced mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuit design.