Analog VLSI Design

By Prof. Imon Mondal | IIT Kanpur

Learners enrolled: 10462 | Exam registration: 1186

ABOUT THE COURSE:

This course is aimed at introducing analog circuits from the perspective of designing amplifiers in an integrated circuit using MOS transistors. The students will be introduced to the techniques required for designing amplifiers using negative feedback as the guiding principle. Small signal characteristics of widely used amplifier topologies will be discussed and their limitations analysed. The learning objective of the course is to make the students proficient in the synthesis basic amplifier topologies so that one can develop an intuition to design circuits based on specific requirements in their career.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: 3rd 4th year UGs or first year PGs

PREREQUISITES: Suitable for 3rd year B.Tech and 1st year M.Tech/MS/Ph.D students. Expected knowledge of: Network theory, Laplace transform, Sinusoidal state analysis

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Semiconductor circuit design companies like, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Maxlinear, Samsung, Aura Semiconductor, Silicon Labs and many more

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering VLSI design
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	21 Jul 2025
End Date :	10 Oct 2025
Enrollment Ends :	04 Aug 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	22 Aug 2025
Exam Date :	26 Oct 2025 IST
NCrF Level	4.5 — 8.0

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1 & 2 : Introduction: Linearization of non-linear elements, Generation of small incremental linear equivalents from non-linear elements.

Week 3 & 4 : Basic amplifier design using MOSFET. Common source amplifier with resistive load.Biasing a common source amplifier. Gain limitations of the configuration.Introduction to swing limits. Relevance of the limitations in a integrated circuit.

Week 5 & 6 : Different biasing techniques of a common source amplifier. Use of negative feedback to realize stable biasing. Distinction between constant voltage and constant current biasing.

Week 7 & 8 : Introduction to controlled sources. Realizing controlled sources using a voltage controlled current source. Using MOSFETs to realize the controlled sources and other amplifier configurations. Body effects in an MOSFET. The effect of output resistance of a MOSFET on an amplifier configuration.

Week 9 & 10 : Introduction to active loads, and single stage differential amplifiers. Analysis of gain,swing limits, slew rate, common mode rejection ratio, power supply rejection ratio in a single stage differential amplifier.

Week 11 & 12 : Multi-stage amplifiers using controlled sources. Introduction of stability parameters of multistage amplifier when configured in negative feedback. Design and analysis of multi-stage amplifier by replacing the controlled sources with MOSFETs.

Books and references

• Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits by Behzad Razavi.

• NPTEL lectures on analog circuit design by Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura

• CMOS Circuit Design- Layout and Simulation by Jacob Baker

Instructor bio

Prof. Imon Mondal

IIT Kanpur

Prof.Imon Mondal is an assistant professor in the Microelectronics and VLSI group of the department of Electrical Engineering in the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and his M.Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He was also associated with Cypress Semiconductor India Pvt. Ltd. as a Sr. Electrical Design Engineer where he was involved in the design of power management circuits. The instructor has over thirteen years of experience in designing integrated circuits where he has demonstrated multiple working prototypes for various applications ranging from power management systems, sense amplifiers and ultra-low power references to wideband delay lines for radio frequency applications.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: October 26, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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