Perry L. Heedley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Education
Ph.D. (EE), Auburn University, 1990
M.S. (EE), Auburn University, 1984
B.S. (EE), Georgia Institute of Technology, 1981
Technical Interests
Interests include high-speed data converters, low-jitter clock generation and distribution, high-speed serial data communications, switched-capacitor circuits for analog signal-processing and low-voltage analog design in deep sub-micron CMOS processes. For information on current projects, please see the Mixed-Signal Design Laboratory web page.
Curriculum Vitae
PERRY L. HEEDLEY earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from Auburn University and his B.E.E. from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has over 18 years of industrial experience designing analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for companies including Akros Silicon, KeyEye Communications, Intel, Sacramento (formerly Level One Communications), Crystal Semiconductor, and Harris Semiconductor. In 2003 he joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at California State University, Sacramento, while continuing to consult with industry on a part-time basis. In 2005 he co-founded the Mixed-Signal Design Laboratory (MSDL) at Sacramento State with Professor Thomas W Matthews. His interests include high-speed data converters, low-jitter clock generation and distribution, high-speed serial data communications, switched-capacitor circuits for analog signal-processing and low-voltage analog design in deep sub-micron CMOS processes.
Courses
CpE 151 - CMOS and VLSI Design
| Offered: | Every semester |
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| Course Description: | An introduction to CMOS digital logic including transistor level design, gate level design, MOS device physics and processing, and memories. System level physical design (layout) issues for VLSI System-on-Chip (SOC) designs are discussed, such as floorplanning, interconnect delay and signal routing, power distribution and I/O. Projects include the layout of digital logic blocks. 3 units |
| Syllabus: | CpE 151 syllabus |
EEE 230 - Analog & Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design
| Offered: | Every semester |
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| Course Description: | This course covers core topics and circuits important for analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. Topics include: device structures and models, single-stage and differential amplifiers, current mirrors and active loads, operational amplifier design, stability and compensation, fully-differential circuits and common-mode feedback. An introduction to sampled-data systems and switched-capacitor circuits is also included. Design projects are assigned using SPICE software. 3 units |
| Syllabus: | EEE 230 syllabus |
EEE 231 - Advanced Analog & Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design
| Offered: | Every Fall semester |
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| Course Description: | This course picks up where EEE 230 leaves off and covers additional topics important in analog and mixed-signal IC design. Topics include traditional issues such as device matching and analog layout techniques, as well as important building blocks such as bandgap references and bias circuits. Also included are current-mode techniques such as high-speed current-mode logic (CML), and an introduction to noise in integrated circuits. Design projects are assigned using CAD software. 3 units |
| Syllabus: | EEE 231 syllabus |
EEE 232 - Key Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Blocks
| Offered: | Every Spring semester |
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| Course Description: | This class covers the key circuits most important to modern mixed-signal integrated circuits, such as comparators, Analog to Digital Converters (ADCs), Digital to Analog Converters (DACs) and Phase Locked Loops (PLLs). Multiple architectures are explored for each type of circuit, focusing on the advantages of each for different applications and the tradeoffs that designers typically have to make among competing effects. Both the underlying concepts for each type of circuit and examples are covered, providing students with the tools they need to tackle real designs for these complex mixed-signal building blocks. 3 units |
| Syllabus: | EEE 232 syllabus |
EEE 296Q - Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Methodology Laboratory
| Offered: | Fall 2008 (offered next in Fall 2009) |
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| Course Description: | This laboratory covers the methodology needed to develop successful mixed-signal integrated circuits using a professional style design flow and computer-aided design tools. Students will learn proven design techniques and gain hands-on experience by designing their own integrated circuit. Good communication skills will also be developed as students give periodic presentations of their work to their peers and advisors. 1 unit |
| Syllabus: | EEE 296Q syllabus |
EEE 296R - Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Seminar
| Offered: | Fall 2008 (future times TBD) |
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| Course Description: | This course is a weekly seminar series for students in the area of mixed-signal integrated circuits. Topics will be on both practical issues important to IC designers and current and emerging areas of interest to industry. Speakers will include industry experts and students presenting select journal and conference papers. Time will be reserved at the end of presentations for discussion of topics between students and presenters. Students will learn and practice the techniques and styles used in successful presentations. 1 unit |
| Syllabus: | EEE 296R syllabus |