Lecture 6¶

Overview of the program¶

1. Presentation Agenda lecture 6.
2. Design of the active antenna
   1. Design of amplifier configurations
   2. Selection of the most promising configuration
3. Discussion of homework: design of the input stage of the controller:
   1. Design of the input stage using LTspice LTspiceInputStageNoise.zip.
   2. Design of the input stage using SLiCAP Active antenna SLiCAP design project.

Study¶

CMOS operation and modeling: Chapter 4.4.

Design of the noise performance of a CS stage driven from a capacitive source 5.4.3.

Homework¶

1. Finish the design of the input stage, determine show-stopper values of the design parameters
2. Design of the output stage:
   1. Type of stage
   2. Design parameters
   3. Design in LTspice
3. The differential pair can be considered as an anti-series connection of two equal CS stages.
   1. What measures need to be taken to give the differential pair the same equivalent noise sources as the CS stage?

Update SLiCAP.lib¶

Download the latest version of SLiCAP.lib and copy it (overwrite) to the /lib/ subdirectory of your SLiCAP install path.

Update LTspice symbols for SLiCAP¶

Download the latest version of LTspice.zip and copy (overwrite) the contents (.asy files) to the /LTspice/ subdirectory of your SLiCAP install path.