DS4201 Mixed Signal Processing Syllabus:

DS4201 Mixed Signal Processing Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To know the fundamentals of Signals, Filters and Sampling process
 To understand the design techniques of analog and digital filters Structures
 To know the fundamentals of analog and digital conversion techniques in logical design
 To understand the various conversion architectures for analog and digital signal processing

UNIT I BASIC ELEMENTS OF SIGNAL PROCESSING

Sinusoidal Signals, Comb Filters, Representing Signals, Impulse Sampling, Decimation, The Sample-and-Hold, Interpolation, K-Path Sampling, The Track-and-Hold Implementing the S/H, The S/H with Gain, The Discrete Analog Integrator.

UNIT II ANALOG FILTERS

Integrator Building Blocks- Low pass Filters, Active-RC Integrators, MOSFET-C Integrators, gm-C (Transconductor-C) Integrators, Discrete-Time Integrators, Filtering Topologies- The Bilinear Transfer Function, The Biquadratic Transfer Function.

UNIT III DIGITAL FILTERS TOPOLOGIES

SPICE Models for DACs and ADCs- The Ideal DAC, The Ideal ADC, Number Representation, Sinc-Shaped Digital Filters- The Counter, Low pass Sinc Filters, Band pass and High pass Sinc Filters, Interpolation using Sinc Filters, Decimation using Sinc Filters, Filtering Topologies- FIR Filters, Stability and Overflow, The Bilinear Transfer Function, The Biquadratic Transfer Function.

UNIT IV CMOS DESIGN BASICS & DATA CONVERTER FUNDAMENTALS

Introduction to CMOS Design: Metal layers – CMOS fabrication – Electrical noise, Models for analog design – Inverter – Static and dynamic circuits – Dynamic and nonlinear analog circuits – Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) Specifications, Analog-to Digital Converter (ADC) Specifications.

UNIT V DATA CONVERTER ARCHITECTURES

Mixed-Signal Layout Issues. DSP Hardware, interfaces, applications. DAC Architectures- Digital Input Code, Resistor String, R-2R Ladder Networks, Current Steering, Charge-Scaling DACs, ADC Architectures- Flash, The Two-Step Flash ADC, The Pipeline ADC, Integrating ADCs, The Successive Approximation ADC, The Oversampling ADC

COURSE OUTCOMES:

CO1:Implement basic elements of signal processing
CO2: design analog filters Structures
CO3: design digital filters Structures
CO4: carry out the filters design in data conversions
CO5: design conversion architectures for DSP algorithms.

TOTAL:45 PERIODS

REFERENCES

1. R. Jacob Baker, CMOS Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, A John Wiley & Sons, Second Edition, 2008.
2. R. Jacob Baker, CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, And Simulation, A John Wiley & Sons, Third Edition, 2019.
3. S.Y.Kuang, H.J. White house, T. Kailath, VLSI and Modern Signal Processing, Prentice Hall, 1995.
4. Walt Kester, Mixed Signal and DSP Design Techniques, Analog Devices Inc, 2003.