Op-Amp Practical Applications: Design, Simulation and Implementation
INTENDED AUDIENCE :Any Engineering Student/Faculty
PREREQUISITES : Op-Amps fundamentals, Basic Electronics and Circuits and Networks
ABOUT THE COURSE :This course is a system design-oriented course aimed to provide exposure on applications of op-amps and its importance in the real world. Since analog circuits play a crucial role in the implementation of an electronic system, this course emphasis 0n complete system design with initial discussion on circuit design. As part of this course student can build analog systems using analog ICs and study their macro models. Below are some of the course outcomes. To expose the operation of the basic building blocks of analog system To understand and analyze the Op-Amps. To understand feedback techniques and its advantage Ability to design amplifiers using Op-Amps Ability to analyze and design filters using Op-Amps, To develop the skill to build and troubleshoot Analog circuits To develop the skill to build complete system using analog circuits.
Prof. Hardik Jeetendra Pandya
IISc Bangalore
Dr. Hardik J. Pandya is an assistant professor in the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, Division of Electrical Sciences, IISc Bangalore where he is developing Advanced Microsystems and Biomedical Devices Facility for Clinical Research and Biomedical and Electronic (10-6-10-9) Engineering Systems Laboratory to carry out cutting-edge research on novel devices to solve unmet problems in biology and medicine. He is recipient of prestigious Early Career Research Award from Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India as well as a start-up grant of 228 Lacs from IISc. He has taught Design for Analog Circuits, Analog Integrated Circuits, VLSI technology, and Semiconductor Devices to undergraduate and graduate students from Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, and Applied Physics. He seek to understand and exploit novel ways of fabricating microengineering devices using glass, silicon, polymers and integrate with unusual classes of micro/nanomaterials. His research interests include integrating biology/medicine with micro- and nanotechnology to develop innovative tools to solve unmet clinical problems. His current research focuses on flexible sensors for smart catheters, microsensors, microfluidic devices, and microelectromechanical systems, all lately with an emphasis on cancer diagnosis, therapeutics, e-nose, and biomedical device technologies. Before joining IISc, he worked as a postdoctoral scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maryland Robotics Center, University of Maryland, College Park and in the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital–Harvard Medical School affiliated with Harvard-MIT Health Science and Technology. His work has resulted in several patents and publications. His work has been highlighted as “Breaking Research News” by The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and has been featured on IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering July 2016 issue cover image as well as IEEE TBME July 2016 feature article for the website and monthly highlights. The work on portable cancer diagnosis tool was also featured on Science Translational Medicine as an Editorial Choice, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, March 2016 and has been highlighted on CapeRay blog as “Biochips and Diagnostic tools” in April 2016. His work has been published in high-quality journals including Lab on a Chip, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Sensors and Actuators B, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, Sensors and Transducers, and Journal of Micromechanics and Micromachining.
Course layout
Week 1:Understanding the Datasheet of Op-Amps
Week 2:Introduction to op-amps and discussion on its characteristics by simulation and experiment
Week 3: Understand the basics of Hysteresis and the need of hysteresis in switching circuits
Week 4: Op-Amp Circuits Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)
Week 5: Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) using Op-Amps
Week 6: To design and build a function generator capable of generating square wave and a triangular wave of a known frequency using simulation and experiment by TI analog system lab kit pro
Week 7: To design and build a voltage-controlled oscillator using simulation and TI analog system lab kit pro
Week 8: To design and build an automatic volume control using simulation and TI analog system lab kit pro
Week 9: To design and build a constant current drive circuit for measuring unknown resistance using simulation and Experiment on bread board
Week 10: To design and build a temperature controlled system using op-amps as ON-OFF controller and Proportional controller by simulation and Experiment on bread board
Week 11: To design and build a signal conditioning circuit for the thermocouple to compensate for temperature correction
Week 12: To design and Implement a speed controller of a DC motor using simulation and experiment
Books and references
1.Gray, Hurst, Lewis, and Meyer, Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, John Wiley & Sons, 5th edition, 2009
2.Horowitz and Hill, The Art of Electronics, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999
3.Behzad Razavi, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, McGraw-Hill, 2001
4.Phillip E. Allen and Douglas R. Holberg, CMOS Analog Circuit Design, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2002
5.Johan H. Huijsing, Operational Amplifiers – Theory and Design, 3rd edition, Springer
6.Carusone, Johns, and Martin, Analog Integrated Circuit Design, 2nd edition, John Wiley, 2012
7.Razavi, Fundamentals of Microelectronics, John Wiley, 2008
8.Franco Maloberti, Analog Design for CMOS VLSI Systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001
9.Willy M.C. Sansen, Analog Design Essentials, Springer, 2007
