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RF transceivers 2: design

5SFE0
Electrical Engineering

About this course

• General introduction to RF transceiver circuits
• RF design methods and design tools
• IC process and devices
• RF subcircuits (incl. specs): LNA, PA, mixer, oscillator, filter, additional circuits if interest & time permits.

Lecture 1 Introduction, course organization, software description and installation, description on design methods
Lecture 2 IC technology description, device design in an IC technology, challenges/assignments presentation
Lecture 3 System design and Architecture
Lecture 4 RF Low-noise amplifiers (LNA)
Lecture 5 RF Power amplifiers (PA)
Lecture 6 RF Mixers
Lecture 7 RF Oscillators
Lecture 8 RF Synthesizers
Lecture 9 Lab 1
Lecture 10 Lab 2
Lecture 11 mm-Wave Low noise amplifiers (LNA)
Lecture 12 mm-Wave Power amplifiers (PA)
Lecture 13 mm-Wave mixers
Lecture 14 mm-Wave Oscillators
Lecture 15 mm-Wave Synthesizers
Lecture 16 Extra lab session, excursion, or a guest lecture (TBD)

Learning outcomes

  1. Explain the properties of common modern IC technologies and devices and their relation to RF/Millimeter-wave transceiver circuits.
  2. Explain and effectively use appropriate RF/Millimeter-wave transceiver circuit design methods.
  3. Explain and effectively use advanced CAD tools in the design and verification of RF/Millimeter-wave transceiver circuits.
  4. Explain, analyze and design the following RF/Millimeter-wave circuit types using modern IC technology according to predefined specifications: low-noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, mixer, VCO, and filters.

Examination

Presentation online

Course requirements

This course assumes that students have an understanding of analog circuit design as it will involve analysis and synthesis of RF and Millimeter-wave circuits. Knowledge on various RF system architectures is not compulsory but recommended.

Resources

  • RF Microelectronics (Behzad Razavi)
  • Book: The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits (Thomas Lee)
  • Presentations, assignments, reading material, videos, exercises:

Activities

Lectures, presentations, challenges

Additional information

  • Credits
    ECTS 5
  • Contact hours per week
    8
  • Instructors
    Marion Matters-Kammerer, Peter Baltus, Piyush Kaul
  • Mode of instruction
    Online - at a specific time
If anything remains unclear, please check the FAQ of TU/e (The Netherlands).

Offering(s)

  • Start date

    3 February 2025

    • Ends
      6 April 2025
    • Term *
      Block GS3
    • Location
      Eindhoven
    • Instruction language
      English
    • Register between
      29 Oct - 29 Nov 2024
    • Time info
      Tuesday 13:30 - 15:30, Thursday 08:45 - 10:45
    Enrolment open
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These offerings are valid for students of TUM (Germany)