Modeling and implementation of analog and mixed analog/digital circuits and systems on chip

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

a. Contribution of the activity to the learning outcomes of the program

AA1 Knowledge base : electronic concepts (AA1.1), simulation and CAD tools (AA1.2)

AA2 Engineering skills : analysis and modeling of an electronic system,

AA3 R&D skills : find appropriate references on the existing solutions in the field of the course¿s project (AA3.1)

AA4 Project management

AA5 Communication skills : analysis and writing of a technical datasheet (AA5.3-5.5).

b. Learning outcomes

After this course, the electrical engineers in circuit and systems should be able to:

• critically compare analog and digital circuit solutions within a given applicative system context with respect to signal quality, power consumption, cost and flexibility,
• analyze the sources and propagation of analog non-idealities into a mixed-signal chain,
• generate appropriate abstractions for analog building blocks and model their behavior at high level in Verilog-AMS language,
• setup an appropriate methodology for designing, simulating and verifying a mixed-signal system from specification phase to block partitioning to physical implementation,
• co-simulate and co-verify analog blocks with a digital circuit in Verilog to mitigate the limitations of analog blocks and to extract specifications for the mixed-signal circuit implementation,
• analyze industrial-level datasheets of an electronic system in the context of a design project ,
• analyze scientific-level papers in the field of electronic circuit and systems.