Bruun E. CMOS Integrated Circuit Simulation with LTspice IV. A Tutorial Guide

Bookboon, 2015. — 247 p. — ISBN: 978-87-403-1059-7.An ideal companion for students following a first course in integrated CMOS design.
An ideal introduction to circuit simulation for new students in electrical or electronics engineering.
Organized as a series of tutorials on specific subjects.
Includes end-of-chapter problems.
Covers introduction to LTspice for first-year students in electrical and electronics engineering - Tutorials 1 and 2.
Includes both the classic Shichman-Hodges analytic transistor models and modern BSIM transistor models for circuit simulation - Tutorial 3.
Deals with the basic CMOS gain stages both using analytical models and using simulation - Tutorial 4.
Includes an example of the design of a two-stage opamp using a combination of analytical methods and simulation - Tutorial 5.
Covers simulation of CMOS circuits in process corners and over temperature variations - Tutorial 6.
Includes several hints and pitfalls specific to LTspice at the end of every tutorial.
Appendix for the beginner with overviews of components and simulation commands.
Appendix for the CMOS designer with examples of BSIM CMOS models for use with LTspice.Resistive Circuits.
Aresistor circuit.
A transconductance amplifier.
Acurrent amplifier.Circuits with Capacitors and Inductors.
AnRCnetwork.
A half-wave rectifier with a smoothing filter.
An amplifier with capacitive feedback network.
Anideal inductor.
Revisiting the capacitor charging and discharging.MOS transistors.
Different MOS transistor symbols and models in LTspice.
Advanced transistor models.
MOS transistor input characteristics.
MOS transistor output characteristics.
Deriving transistor parameters from input and output characteristics.
Simulating small signal parameters using the ‘.tf’ simulation.Basic gain stages.
The common source amplifier (inverting amplifier).
The common drain amplifier (source follower).
The common gate amplifier.
Thedifferentialpair.Hierarchical design.
A two stage operational amplifier.
Designing the two stage opamp for an inverting feedback amplifier.
Genericfilter blocks.
A mixed analog/digital circuit.Process and parameter variations.
Model files for corner simulations.
Aninverter.
A test bench for the two stage opamp.
Monte Carlo simulation.Importing and exporting files.
Importing a netlist file describing a current conveyor.
Creating a subcircuit from a netlist.
Exporting a netlist.
Exporting other files.