Teaching Top Down Design of Analog/Mixed Signal ICs Through Design Projects

In English This paper describes a project course that
focuses on the design of analog and mixed signal circuits
through a systematic top down design flow. In the project,
the student will be involved in the planning, modeling,
circuit level design, physical level implementation and
measurement verification of for example a successive
approximation (SA) ADC or a class-D audio amplifier.
Throughout the project, the project members will improve
their design skills and create an understanding for the
importance of a systematic top-down design methodology
at the different levels of the design flow.