Start Date
TBD
Duration
100 Weeks
Training Type
Instructor-Led Live Online Weekend Classes
Course Overview
This course explores the design and analysis of advanced analog and mixed-signal circuits, emphasizing the principles and practices critical for contemporary electronic applications. It delves into detailed topics such as operational amplifiers, active filters, feedback systems, data converters (ADCs and DACs), and phase-locked loops (PLLs). Both CMOS and Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) technologies are covered, with a focus on their behavior, noise characteristics, and stability considerations.
The course highlights practical design challenges in analog and mixed-signal environments, along with techniques for simulation, layout, and integration into larger systems. Case studies, real-world applications, and hands-on projects provide valuable experience in designing reliable circuits under various constraints. By the end of the program, participants will gain proficiency in developing efficient, high-performance analog and mixed-signal circuits tailored to industry needs.
Course Delivery Model
- Live Online Sessions on Weekends
- 3 hours - Live lecture sessions every weekend.
- 3 Hours - Live Online Lab Sessions Every Weekend
- Module specific Lecture sessions and Labs conducted hand-in-hand
- Emphasis on hands-on lab sessions aimed at building key skills
- Weekdays: Lab support through WhatsApp.
- Flexible learning with Lab Access from anywhere, any time.
Course Fee
Duration & Timing
- 20 weeks / 5 months
- Total 120 Hours of Instructor Led Live Sessions
- 40 Hours of Self Paced Learning for foundation modules
- 6-8 Hours/ week Commitment is required for better Learning outcome
Course lessons
- Overview of mixed-signal ICs and their applications.
- The importance of analog-digital interfacing.
- Challenges in mixed-signal IC design: noise, process variation, and power.
- Overview of CMOS technology for mixed-signal design.
- Review of analog fundamentals: operational amplifiers (op-amps), differential amplifiers.
- Current mirrors, voltage references, and biasing techniques. Frequency response, stability, and compensation.
- Analog noise sources and input-referred noise.
- Logic gates, flip-flops, and registers.
- Digital circuit timing: setup/hold time, propagation delay.
- Power consumption in digital circuits: dynamic and static power.
- Digital noise sources and signal integrity issues.
- Fundamentals of ADCs: sampling, quantization, and encoding.
- ADC architectures: Flash, Successive Approximation Register (SAR), Pipeline, and Sigma-Delta ADCs.
- Performance metrics: resolution, speed, linearity (INL, DNL), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and effective number of bits (ENOB).
- Design considerations: accuracy, power consumption, and speed.
- Fundamentals of DACs: decoding, interpolation, and filtering.
- DAC architectures: Binary-weighted, R-2R ladder, current-steering, and Sigma-Delta DACs.
- Performance metrics: resolution, linearity, settling time, and glitch energy.
- Design considerations: precision, noise, and bandwidth.
- Static and dynamic errors in ADCs and DACs (INL, DNL, offset, and gain error).
- Thermal and flicker noise in data converters.
- Calibration and correction techniques for data converters.
- Clock jitter and its impact on high-speed data converters.
- PLL fundamentals: phase/frequency detectors, charge pumps, voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), and loop filters.
- Design of low-noise PLLs for clock generation. Frequency synthesis and multiplication using PLLs.
- Jitter and phase noise in PLLs and techniques to minimize them.
- Applications of PLLs in data communication, clock distribution, and wireless systems.
- Basics of switched-capacitor (SC) circuits.
- Design of switched-capacitor filters and integrators.
- Noise analysis in switched-capacitor circuits.
- Applications of SC circuits in ADCs and analog filters.
- Non-idealities: charge injection, clock feedthrough, and mismatch.
- Low-dropout regulators (LDOs) and DC-DC converters for mixed-signal systems.
- Power supply design for analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits.
- Power optimization techniques for data converters and mixed-signal circuits.
- Power integrity: noise in power supplies and its effect on performance.
- Mixed-signal IC floorplanning: separating analog and digital regions.
- Parasitic capacitance and resistance in mixed-signal IC layout.
- Guard rings, isolation techniques, and substrate noise reduction.
- Matching techniques for precision analog circuits.
- Differential layout strategies for minimizing noise.
- Advanced Sigma-Delta modulation techniques.
- Time-interleaved ADCs and DACs for high-speed applications.
- Low-power, high-resolution converter design for IoT and wearable devices.
- Design of mixed-signal circuits for wireless communication.
- Mixed-signal IC design for biomedical applications (e.g., implantable devices, sensors).
Join Us
Who should join this course?
- Working Professionals from VLSI industry, having some exposure to MOS circuits and who want to switch to Analog Circuit design.
- Working professional doing layout — either IO or analog and would like to switch to circuit design.
- Working Analog Circuit Design Engineers who want to fill the gaps in their understanding & strengthen circuit design concepts to contribute effectively in their current role.
- Faculty working in Engineering Colleges / Universities, teaching VLSI subjects, who would like to get practical exposure to Analog circuit design.
- College fresher with inclination towards Analog Circuit design, who can explore opportunities in the industry
- Qualification
- B.E / B.Tech in Electronics / Electrical / Instrumentation
- M.Tech / M.S in VLSI / Embedded Systems / Electronics / Similar
VLSI Tools & Lab
Synopsys Tools:
- Custom Compiler
- PrimeSim HSPICE
- PrimeWave Design Environment
Lab Access:
- Flexible learning with online 24x7 lab access running on high-end cloud servers
- Access VLSI Lab anytime anywhere using VPN
Payments
- Pay through Debit card/ Credit card/ Net banking/ UPI.
- Avail no cost EMI option with ZERO processing charge from our financial partners. You can choose 6 to 9 months of EMI without paying any additional cost on interest.
Admission Procedure
Step 1: Online Admission Test
Take online test for 90 mins with 60 MCQs. Syllabus includes Aptitude, Digital Electronics, Electronic Devices.
Step 2: Seat Confirmation
Enroll in the course, if selected. Start your preparation by getting access to the pre-requisite materials.
Placement Assistance
Our Placement Desk works closely with the leading VLSI companies to meet their entry level skilled engineer hiring needs and arranges interview opportunities for our trained engineers. The Hiring companies include both MNC and Service Companies.
We provide placement support as a complimentary service until the candidate gets the job. Interested candidates need to register with the placement desk for further assistance. For more information, please speak to our Learning Advisor.
Prerequisites
- Basic circuit theory and analysis
- Signals and systems
- Good understanding of MOS Devices
Projects
- Design Reference voltage using Opamp and from that reference voltage generate a constant current Iref
- Comparator based Digitizer
- Voltage Controlled Oscillator
Why Choose ChipXpert
Online VLSI Lab
Synopsys Tools
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Placement Assistance
Learning App
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Have Any Questions
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We provide placement assistance by arranging interview opportunities with hiring companies. This is complimentary service from ChipXpert, without charging any extra amount for this. We charge only for our training, but not for placements.
We provide placement support until candidate gets job. To Ensure Successful Placements, We provide added support including mentorship, fundamentals classes, soft skills training, mock interviews Etc.
Salary Range For Freshers Is From 3- 4 Lakhs Per Annum In Service Companies. Salaries In Product/MNC Companies Can Range Between 7 To 16 Lakhs.
Though 3-4 LPA appears similar to software salaries, your real growth comes after 3 years. First 2-3 years are to be considered as career building phase, to learn as much as you can and do not compare with others / IT salaries. Your knowledge will be your power and your career / salary growth from 4th year onwards depends on your talent/knowledge.
Each year many companies visit ChipXpert for recruiting the various entry level positions because of the quality training that we offer.
For complete list of companies visit https://chipxpert.com/view-hiring-companies/
We use 28nm,14nm libraries for labs, projects.
We use the latest and genuine versions of Synopsys Tools for our courses. please check course pages, for the list of tools used for that respective course. We provide a dedicated tool license for every learner during the lab/project work.
This is the biggest advantage with ChipEdge courses, as quality and standard EDA/VLSI tools are important for any VLSI course. And these tools are typically very costly ranging from $50,000 to $200,000 per license per year. Many service companies cannot afford these tools. Thanks to the EDA/Tool companies for giving these tools at subsidized & affordable rates to training companies, so that engineers can get trained on these tools.
We do have installment options for some courses. EMI option is available through our partner organizations, who provide loans for training programs. Please check with our learning advisors.
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