25271: RF Integrated Circuits
Course Name: RF Integrated Circuits
Course Number: 25271
Prerequisite(s): 25253 (CMOS Circuits Design 1) and 25148 (Communication Circuits)
Co-requisite(s): -
Units: 3
Level: Postgraduate
Last Revision: Fall 2012

Description: 
The aim of this course is to cover integrated circuits design education in telecommunication applications.
 
Syllabus:
  • A glance on the history of wireless communication
  • Metrics
    • Nonlinearity: Gain compression, Intermodulation, Cascaded stages
    • Noise: Device noise model, SNR, NF, Cascaded stages
    • Dynamic range
    • SFDR
  • Modulation
    • Analog
    • Digital
    • Quadrature
  • Standards
    • Transceiver architectures
    • Receivers: Heterodyne, Homodyne, Low IF and image rejection, Digital receivers
    • Transmitters
  • Low noise amplifiers
    • Input matching
    • CS/CE config.'s
    • CG/CB config.'s
    • Feedback config.'s
    • Noise cancellation techniques
    • Variable gain techniques
  • Mixers
    • General model
    • Single balanced
    • Double balanced
    • Passive mixers
    • Linearity
    • Noise
  • Oscillators
    • Review of oscillator topologies
    • VCO
    • Phase noise
    • Low noise oscillator design
  • Frequency synthesizers
    • PLL
    • Type I and II PLLs
    • Noise
    • Integer-N
    • Fractional-N
    • Frequency dividers
    • AFC
  • Power amplifiers
    • Class A
    • Class B
    • Class C
    • Class D
    • Class E
    • Class F
    • Linearization techniques
  • AGC and wide-band detectors
  • Baseband circuits
  • Case study

References:
  • B. Razavi, RF Microelectronics
  • Tom. H. Lee, The Design of CMOS Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits


 
Last Update: 2024-07-10