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1. 4 January 2024 (notes): Introduction to the course
2. 9 January 2024 (notes): Bit errors due to noise and jitter; Q function
3. 11 January 2024 (notes): Random processes; Spectral density and autocorrelation
4. 12 January 2024 (notes): Noise models of resistor, MOS transisitor, and BJT
5. 16 January 2024 (notes): Noise calculation in circuits; kT/C noise; Impedance scaling; PSD of sampled noise
6. 18 January 2024 (notes): Noise calculation in circuits; Output noise and input-referred noise; 1/f noise in MOS transistors
7. 23 January 2024 (notes): Jitter: Phase of a signal; Absolute jitter and period jitter; Spectrum of a phase modulated signal
8. 25 January 2024 (notes): Jitter spectrum; Spectrum of a square wave with jitter; Phase noise at the output of a frequency divider
9. 30 January 2024 (notes): Phase noise and jitter; Phase noise after frequency division
10. 2 February 2024 (notes): Phase noise PSD in a VCO; 1/f^3, 1/f^2, and white regions; Decision slicer-amplifier with a high gain
11. 6 February 2024 (notes): Decision slicer; Increasing the gain; Regenerative latch
12. 13 February 2024 (notes): Regenerative latch variants; Latch as a time-varying system; Gain and noise calculations
13. 15 February 2024 (notes): Gain and noise in a latch; Noise simulation; Edge triggered latch
14. 16 February 2024 (notes): Latch setup time and clock-to-Q delay; Maximum possible data rate for a decision slicer(flip-flop)
15. 22 February 2024 (notes): Aligning clock and data at the receiver; Phase detector for random data
16. 27 February 2024 (notes): Linear phase detector; Offset due to clock-to-Q delay
17. 29 February 2024 (notes): Binary(Bang-bang/Alexander) phase detector; CDR with linear and binary phase detectors; Phase domain model of the CDR
18. 1 March 2024 (notes): Phase-domain model of the CDR; Transfer functions; CDR parameters-JTOL, JTRAN, JGEN
19. 7 March 2024 (notes): CDR parameters-JTOL, JTRAN, JGEN in a CDR with forwarded clock; Jitter generation due to charge pump noise and delay line phase noise
20. 12 March 2024 (notes): Gain of a binary phase detector; CDR without a forwarded clock
21. 19 March 2024 (notes): CDR without a forwarded clock; Phase domain model; Transfer functions; JTOL, JTRAN
22. 21 March 2024 (notes): CDR without a forwarded clock; Jitter generation
23. 28 March 2024 (notes): Bang-bang jitter
24. 2 April 2024 (notes): Bang-bang jitter; Digital CDR
25. 4 April 2024 (notes): Digital CDR; Phase interpolator; Jitter due to quantization; Serializer/Deserializer
26. 12 April 2024 (notes): Serializer; Channel response;
27. 16 April 2024 (notes): Channel response; Discrete-time channel response; Eye diagram
28. 18 April 2024 (notes): Discrete-time equalizer for a serial link
29. 19 April 2024 (notes): Semi-digital implementation of TX equalizer; Continuous-time equalizer; Crosstalk and effect of equalization
30. 23 April 2024 (notes): Decision feedback equalizer; Comparison of different equalizer types

• Recorded lectures: VLSI group video lectures site
• Handout on input referred noise
• Handout on signals and their spectra
• Contour integration-useful for calculating integrated noise