EE EE 616 Computer Aided Analysis of Electronic Networks Lecture 1 Instructor: Dr. J. A. Starzyk, Professor School of EECS Ohio University Athens, OH, 45701

EE Outline Class organization Course outline CAD overview Design and simulation problems formulation of circuit equations

EE Class organization (1) Class schedule: See syllabus (2) Web page: (3) Office hours: Tuesday & Thursday 2:00-3:00 p.m.; other hours by Stocker 347. (4) Grading: -- Midterm (25%); -- Homework (25%); -- Computer Assignments (25%); -- Final examination (25%);

EE Class organization (cont’d) Textbook: J. Vlach and K. Singhal, Computer Methods for Circuit Analysis and Design, (2 nd edition), Chapman & Hall, 1994 Note: available at OU library and Ohiolink Reference: [1] L.T. Pilage, R.A. Rohrer, and C. Visweswariah, Electronic Circuit and System Simulation Methods, Mc Graw-Hill, [2] B. Razawi, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, Mc Graw- Hill, [3] P.W. Tuinenga, Spice - A Guide to Circuit Simulation & Analysis Using PSpice, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, [4] D. Foty, MOSFET Modelling with Spice - Principles and Practice, Prentice Hall, 1997.

EE Course outline ·Network Equations and their Solution Ch. 2 ·General Formulation Methods Ch. 4 ·Sensitivities Ch. 5 ·Computer Generation of Sensitivities Ch. 6 ·Network Functions in the Frequency Domain Ch. 7 ·Large Change Sensitivities Ch. 8 ·DC Solution of Networks Ch. 12 ·Introduction to Optimization Ch. 15 Note: These and remaining chapters are required for the Ph.D. comprehensive examination in the circuits and systems area.

EE Computer-aided design (CAD) Overview of CAD technology VLSI and IC Design Electronic systems Silicon Fabs The world