COURSE SYLLABUS - IC 776CA TV Program Cal VIEW Spring 1997 Consultant: 205 McLaughlin Hall George Chien College of Engineering Office Hours: Tues, Thur 1-2 pm PST University of California E-Mail: gchien@eecs.berkeley.edu Phone: (510) 642-5776 Phone: (510) 642-5776 Fax: (510) 643-5877 Fax: (510) 643-5877 NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY IC 776CA - Spring 1997 - 3 Units Critical Problems in Communications IC Professor Paul Gray (UC Berkeley EECS 290Y) Special Note: This syllabus reflects the sequence of lectures as it was videotaped in the Spring of 1995. You must take the exams by the deadlines below. If you have a conflict, call BEFORE the deadline to arrange an alternative time. Fri, January 17 Conference Call Sign -In: You must call the Cal VIEW office (510)642-5776 by 3 pm PST today to sign up for the mandatory conference call with the consultant. Tue, January 21 Conference Call: With George Chien at 1pm PST. Wed, January 22 Lecture #1- Introduction Fri, January 24 Lecture #2 - Integrator Based Active Filters Mon, January 27 Lecture #3 - R-C Filters Wed, January 29 Lecture #4 - MOSFET-C Filters Fri, January 31 Lecture #5 - Excess phase Week of Feb 3-8 NOTICE: George will be unavailable due to travel commitments. He will not have office hours and e-mail replies maybe delayed. Mon, February 3 Lecture #6 - S.C. Filters Wed, February 5 Lecture #7 - S.C. Integrators HOMEWORK #1 DUE: with background questionnaire Fri, February 7 Lecture # 8 - Guest Speaker Mon, February 10 Lecture #9 - Domain models for integrators; BIQUADS Wed, February 12 Lecture #10 - Dynamic range limits in SCF Fri, February 14 Lecture #11 - Speed, accuracy,power limits in SCF Conference Call Sign - In: Please call the Cal VIEW office at (510)642-5776 to sign up for the conference call w/ Prof. Gray on 2/19. Mon, February 17 PresidentUs Day - HOLIDAY Wed, February 19 Lecture #12 - A/D overview Conference Call: With Prof Gray at 10 -11am PST. Fri, February 21 Lecture #13 - MOS S/H conUt. HOMEWORK #2 DUE Mon, February 24 Lecture #14 - MOS S/H conUt. Wed, February 26 Lecture #15 - MOS S/H conUt. Fri, February 28 Lecture #16 - Voltage comparators Mon, March 3 Lecture #17 - D/A converters Wed, March 5 Lecture #18 - Linearity in DACUs Fri, March 7 Lecture #19 - A more analytical look at mismatching in DAC Mon, March 10 Lecture #20 - Finish D/H Tue, March 11 Conference Call Sign - In: Please call the Cal VIEW office at (510)642-5776 to sign up for the conference call with George on 3/13. Wed, March 12 Lecture #21 - A/D system view HOMEWORK #3 DUE Thur, March 13 Conference Call: With George Chien to review for the midterm at 1 p.m. PST. Fri, March 14 Lecture #22 - Flash ADC Week of March MIDTERM EXAMINATION: ANY TIME THIS WEEK; M 3/17 - F 3/21 Must be postmarked no later than Fri,3/21. Week of March SPRING BREAK - NO LECTURES BROADCAST M 3/24 - F 3/28 Mon, March 31 Lecture #23 - Pipeline ADCU midterm review Wed, April 2 Lecture #24 - Pipeline conUt. Fri, April 4 Lecture #25 - Oversampling ADCUS Mon, April 7 Lecture #26 - Sigma delta modulator Wed, April 9 Lecture #27 - Midas Fri, April 11 Lecture #28 - Sigma delta modulator con't. Mon, April 14 Lecture #29 - Practical issues in sigma delta Wed, April 16 Lecture #30 - Practical issues con't. Fri, April 18 Lecture #31 - High order coders; cascade Mon, April 21 Lecture #32 - guest speaker Conference Call Sign - In: Please call the Cal VIEW office at (510)642-5776 to sign up for the conference call w/Prof. Gray on 4/23. Wed, April 23 Lecture #33 - Intro to RF design Conference Call: With Prof. Gray at 10-11 am PST. Fri, April 25 Lecture #34 - RF conUt. Mon, April 28 Lecture #35 - Low power RF design Wed, April 30 Lecture #36 - RF conUt. Fri, May 2 Lecture #37 - Synthesizers Project Due Conference Call Sign - In: Please call the Cal VIEW office at (510)642-5776 to sign up for the conference call w/George on 5/6. Mon, May 5 Lecture #38 - Synthesizers conUt. Tue, May 6 Conference Call: With George Chien to review for the final at 1 p.m.PST. Wed, May 7 Lecture #39 - Final Review Mon 5/12 - Fri 5/16 FINAL EXAMINATION: Must be postmarked by Fri, 5/16.