Course catalog description: Basic concepts in RF design, analysis and design of RF circuits used in modern wireless systems
Credits and contact hours: 3 credits; 1 hour and 20-minute session twice a week, every week
Pre-Requisite courses: 14:332:361, 14:332:463
Co-Requisite courses: None
Topics Covered:
- Basic Concepts in RF Design, Dynamic Range, Linearity, Noise Analysis, Scattering Parameters
- Modern IC technologies (SiGe, CMOS), fundamental limitation of speed of transistors, Physics of Noise
- Communication Concepts: Analog/Digital Modulation, Multiple Access Techniques
- Transceiver Architectures, Heterodyne/Direct Conversion/Low-IF Receivers
- Impedance Matching, RF Filters
- Low Noise Amplifiers
- Passive and Active Mixers
- Oscillators, Basic Principles, Cross-Coupled, VCO, Phase Noise
- RF Passive Components
- Silicon-based receivers, Layout consideration, Packaging Issues
- PLL
Textbook: RF Microelectronics, by Behzad Razavi, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 978-0137134731
Other supplemental material: The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits, by Thomas H. Lee, ISBN: 978-0521835398