- Foundations of linear systems, functions and related transforms, electrical circuit theory, fundamentals of electronic circuits, physical principles of semiconductors (especially MOSFET and BJT transistors) and small-signal models. - Foundations of electronic technology knowledge acquired in bachelor degrees such as Bachelor Degree in Industrial and Automatic Electronic Engineering, Bachelor Degree in Audiovisual Systems Engineering, Bachelor Degree in Communications Systems Engineering, Bachelor Degree in Telematics Engineering, Bachelor Degree in Electronic Communications Engineering, Bachelor Degree in Telecommunication Technologies Engineering, Bachelor Degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering with intensification in electronics, or similar.

The main objectives of the course are the following: - To make the students acquire knowledge of analog microelectronic circuits. This knowledge includes specific training in the design of analog integrated circuits, associated problems and non-idealities, learning a methodology for the design of complex analog circuits composed of several interconnected blocks and their verification via simulation. - To make the students acquire practical skills with modeling languages and tools for integrated circuits design, as well as the current trends. For this purpose, it is necessary to do practical exercises using these tools, leading them to the design of analog chips. - To make the students go through practical examples, with the required knowledge for the design of analog circuits oriented towards the typical operations required at industrial level, such as amplification, filtering, modulation or the generation of reference voltages and currents.

1. MOSFET-based transistors: in-depth analysis and understanding. 1.1 Introduction. Bias operating point and small-signal models. 1.2 Scaling. Analog impairments. PVT. Mismatch. 1.3 Towards an analog design. Inversion factor. Equations. 2. Noise and distortion in integrated circuits. 2.1 Types of electrical noise. 2.2 Noise models. Input-referred noise. SNR. 2.3 Distortion in integrated circuits. 3. Integrated bias and reference circuits. 3.1 Current sources and current mirrors: simple, cascode configuration, complex architectures. 3.2 Circuits for voltage references. 3.3 Temperature robust reference circuits. 4. Voltage and current integrated amplifiers. 4.1 Simple architectures: CS, CD, and CG. 4.2 Cascode-based architectures. 4.3 Differential pair, simple OTA, symmetric, folded-cascode, Miller. 4.4 Common-mode feedback control circuits. 4.5 Output stages. 4.6 High-frequency, low power, and low noise architectures. 5. Sampling and interface analog circuits. 5.1 MOSFET-based switch. Charge injection. 5.2 kT/C noise. 5.3 Sample-And-Hold circuits. 6. Integrated comparators. 6.1 Comparator stages: pre-amplifier, decision and output stages: 6.2 Comparator characterization. 6.3 Types of comparators. 7. Integrated oscillators. 7.1 Foundations of oscillators. 7.2 Examples.

- Theory and problem resolutions lectures, individual and group tutoring sessions and student personal homework; oriented towards the acquisition of theoretical knowledge. - Simulation and verification lectures making use of informatics tools. The goal of these sessions is to encourage the use of the CAD tools to complement the theoretical-practical learning during the course.. Microelectronics projects deliverables for evaluation. - Midterm and final exams.