Analog Circuit Design: Mixed A/D Circuit Design, Sensor Interface Circuits and Communication Circuits (Repost)

The first Workshop of Advances in Anlogue Circuit Design was organized by J.Huijsing in Scheveningen in April 1992. Due to its success, it was decided to organize ' " : ~ o t h e r one in Leuven in 1993. Again more designers applied than could be accomodated. As a result a third one will be organized in Eindhoven in 1994. The organization of the AACD Workshops remains in hands of H.Huijsing, R.Van de Plassche and myself. The reason why the workhops are held in the Benelux is that a large number of designers can be identified in and around the tiangle Delft- Leuven- Eindhoven.
The reason for this success is that a number of analogue designers are brought together to discuss analogue design during three full days. This is unheard of at any other conference or workshop. It allows designers to learn from each other indeed and to brainstorm on new possibilities and future developments, clearly advancing the frontiers of analogue design.
Each workshop is organized in the same way. On each day, six tutorial are presented by experts in the field. Considerable time is allotted to discussion. Each different day is devoted to a different topic. On the first workshop, operational amplifiers, ADC's and analogue CAD were in focus. This workshop dealt with mixed analogue-digital circuit design, sensor interface circuits and communication circuits. This choice was suggested by the following considerations.
Analogue-Digital circuits have become the largest growth area in microelectronics. This is certainly true for telecommunication chips in which large digital signal processing sections are supplemented by analogue amplifiers and other blocks. This also applies to embedded controller chips in which analogue sensor interfaces and drivers are controlled by large digital processors. In all cases, design methodology has become a necessity in order to be able to design such chips and to predict their performance after production.