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ECE-4220: Analog Integrated Circuit Design

Description: Integrated circuit design in silicon bipolar, MOS (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor), and BiCMOS (Bipolar Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) technologies for communications, sensor, instrumentation, data conversion, and power management applications. Models for active devices in bipolar and MOS technologies; transistor-level amplifiers and output stages (amplifier classifications); transistor-level current mirrors and voltage reference generators, transistor-level operational amplifiers; transistor-level feedback circuits; noise and linearity; layout and simulation of analog integrated circuits with modern VLSI CAD (Very Large Scale Integration- Computer Aided Design) software.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ECE-3204

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 5

Average GPA: 3.30 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 43.40%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Pour Fariborz Lohrabi202230.4%43.5%21.7%0.0%4.3%0.0%2.981
Dong S Ha202456.2%30.3%7.1%4.2%2.3%0.0%3.293
Steven W Ellingson202172.8%27.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.671

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W