Basics of MOSFET modeling, Current Mirrors - Simple CMOS current mirror Sensitivity analysis - Temperature analysis -Transient response - Cascode current mirror - Wilson current mirror, Voltage References - Voltage dividers - Current Source Self-Biasing - Advanced voltage references - band-gap and beta multiplier referenced circuits

Single stage amplifiers - Basic configurations: common source - common drain - common gate circuits, Active Loads, Cascode amplifiers: folded cascode amplifiers, Push-Pull amplifiers, CMOS Class AB amplifiers

 Differential amplifiers - Source coupled pair: current source load – CMRR – Matching considerations, Source cross coupled pair, cascode loads, Wide swing differential amplifiers: Current differential amplifier – constant transconductance differential amplifier, Output stages : source follower as an output stage, CMOS Class AB output stages

Frequency response  of Amplifiers – General Considerations – Miller effect – Association of Poles with Nodes, Common source, Source followers , Common gate , Cascode stage, Differential Pair.

Noise  - Statistical Characteristics of Noise - Noise Spectrum - Amplitude Distribution - Correlated and Uncorrelated Sources, Types of Noise - Thermal Noise - Flicker Noise – shot noise, Representation of Noise in Circuits, Noise in Single-Stage Amplifiers - Common-Source Stage - Common-Gate Stage - Source Followers  - Cascode Stage, Noise in Differential Pairs, Noise Bandwidth