Course category: Entry level course
Target audience: Company employees with no prior experience in designing analog integrated circuits and their chips using the Cadence software suite.

Course summary: The course introduces the main parameters and schematic design solutions of analog microcircuits for CMOS technologies. The curriculum progresses from basic current mirrors and differential pair schematics to operational amplifier circuits. Methodologies for design, simulation, and chip parameter verification are presented. Additionally, an introduction to the Virtuoso software within the Cadence suite is provided, demonstrating how to design a chip from initial schematic entry to post-manufacturing parameter testing.