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TSTE16 Mixed-Signal Processing Systems (MSPS)

(Autumn 1 and 2, 2012)


Lectures

In total there are ten scheduled lectures throughout the course. The tentative outline is found in the table below.

All lectures are given in the Nollstället conference room.

Please see http://www.es.isy.liu.se/courses/MSPS/download for the L1, L2, ..., L8.pdf files to access lecture notes.

No Contents Ch.
1 Introduction by JJW (NUA)
Introduction
Fundamentals of targeted system.
2.1 - 2.7
2 Frequency tradeoffs by JJW
Multirate systems, interpolation, decimation, oversampled digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters
2.1 - 2.7
3 Top-down design by JJW
System level design, top-down design methodology, signal-to-noise ratio, spurious-free-dynamic range, SNR requirement derivation, SNR estimation techniques. Test-driven development. Continuous testing.
1, (2.8)
4 Amplifiers by JJW
Voltage amplifiers, voltage amplifier modeling, small- and large-signal analysis, dc-gain, unity-gain frequency, phase margin, offset errors, output swing, slew-rate, settling time, linear and nonlinear settling, comparators, characteristic resolution parameter, offset errors, propagation delay, speed-accuracy trade-off, offset error compensation by dynamic biasing
7
5 Analog filters by JJW
Relative-, multiparameter-, and parasitic sensitivity, frequency scaling, impedance scaling, standard approximations, pole-Q, cascade realization, single-amplifier active RC filters, first- and second-order sections scaling of cascaded filters, noise in active RC filters
6 and 8
6 Lessons learned by JJW, NUA
A lecture on how to take the course :). We list typically errors, give hints on how to attack the problems, etc. We highlight supervision rules, etc.
N/A
7 D/A converters by JJW
Digital-to-analog converters, code-domain performance metrics, differential and integral nonlinearity, frequency-domain performance metrics, Flash DACs, binary-offset representation, DAC bit-weighting, binary-weighting, thermometer code, segmented DACs, glitches, R-2R ladder DACs, systematic and random matching errors, effect of finite current source output impedance, amplifier nonidealities, paracitics, clock jitter, bit-skew
11
8 Digital filters by JJW
FIR filters, Linear phase response, FIR filter design, FIR filter structures, digital and analog filter specifications standard approximations, two's complement arithmetic, overflow scaling, round-off noise in digital filters
3, 4 & 5
9 Sample-and-hold (S/H) by JJW
Basic sample-and-hold citcuit, need for S/H, output buffers, nonzero and signal-dependent switch resistance, nmos and pmos sampling switch, transmission-gate switch, bootstrapped sampling switch, charge injection, dummy transistors, bottom-plate sampling, clock feed-through, acquisition time, aperture time, pedestal error, droop rate, signal feed-through, kT/C noise.
9
10 A/D converters by JJW
SNR of uniform quantization, oversampling, A/D converter static performance metrics, integral nonlinearity, differential nonlinearity, missing codes, A/D converter dynamic performance metrics, signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio, effective number of bits, spurious-free dynamic range, flash A/D converter topology, reference level errors, offset errors, pipeline A/D converters, effect of sub-A/D converter static errors, effect of sub-D/A converter static errors, correction techniques, redundant codes, digital post-correction
10

Note: J Jacob Wikner , Niklas U Andersson (NUA)