Integrated Circuits and Applications

ABOUT THE COURSE: The objective of this course is to impart thorough understanding of operational amplifiers. After completing this course, the participants would be able to design and implement various signal conditioning operations involved in instrumentation, signal processing and communication systems.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Undergraduate studentsPREREQUISITES: Basic Circuit TheoryINDUSTRY SUPPORT: All Analog VLSI industries

Week 1: Integrated circuits basics, Operational Amplifiers: Introduction to ideal and practical Op. amps, Characteristics, Modes of operation Week 2:Applications of Op. amp: Adder, Subtractor, Integrator, Differentiator, Instrumentation amplifierWeek 3:Problem Solving: Problems based on applications of Op. amp.Week 4:Active filters: Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass and Band reject filtersWeek 5:Sinewave Oscillators: RC phase shift, Wien bridge OscillatorsWeek 6:Non-linear applications of Op. amp: Comparators, Zero crossing detectors and Schmitt trigger, waveform generatorWeek 7:555 Timer: Operation, Monostable and Astable modes Week 8:IC 565 PLL: Operation and applications Week 9:IC 78xx/79xx Voltage regulators: Features, three terminal voltage regulatorsWeek 10:CMOS inverter, CMOS combinational and sequential circuits Week 11:Digital to Analog Converters: Weighted resistor DAC and R-2R ladder DACWeek 12:Analog to Digital Converters: Flash type, counter type, successive approximation type and dual slope integrating type