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

2. EE 616 2 Outline Class organization Course outline CAD overview Design and simulation problems formulation of circuit equations

3. EE 616 3 Class organization (1) Class schedule: See syllabus (2) Web page: http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~starzyk/network/Class/ee616/index.html (3) Office hours: Tuesday & Thursday 2:00-3:00 p.m.; other hours by appointment @ Stocker 347. (4) Grading: -- Midterm (25%); -- Homework (25%); -- Computer Assignments (25%); -- Final examination (25%);

4. EE 616 4 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, 1995. [2] B. Razawi, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, Mc Graw- Hill, 2001. [3] P.W. Tuinenga, Spice - A Guide to Circuit Simulation & Analysis Using PSpice, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1992. [4] D. Foty, MOSFET Modelling with Spice - Principles and Practice, Prentice Hall, 1997.

5. EE 616 5 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.

6. EE 616 6 Computer-aided design (CAD) Overview of CAD technology VLSI and IC Design Electronic systems Silicon Fabs The world