Courses persons responsible
Nikolay Tchamov

Lecturetimes and places
Per I,II: Thursday 13 - 16, TC173

Implementations

	Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4	Period 5	Summer
Lecture	3 h/week	3 h/week	-	-	-	-
Exercise	2 h/week	2 h/week	-	-	-	-
Exercise work	3 h/week	3 h/week	-	-	-	-
Exam

(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
To acquire advanced knowledge of the RF building blocks and architectures of modern wireless communication receivers and transmitters. New and challenging architectures along with their tradeoffs and sophisticated circuit-level block implementations are discussed.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Advanced receiver and transmitter architectures with their pros and cons.
2.	Study of various circuit-level implementations of RF communication circuits: Oscillators, low-noise amplifiers, mixers, power amplifiers and others.
3.	Circuit analysis and design with CAD products such as PSpice and Cadence.
4.	RF measurement specifics using a spectrum analyzer, VCO/PLL signal analyzer, network analyzer and other instruments.

Requirements for completing the course
Exam and completion of exercises.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Study material

Type	Name	Auhor	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability...	Exam material	Language
Lecture slides						Yes	English

Prerequisites

Code	Course	Credits	M/R
TLT-8106	TLT-8106 Basic Communication Circuits	4	Recommendable
TLT-8206	TLT-8206 Communication Circuits and Modules I	4	Recommendable

Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

Remarks

The course is lectured in English.

Scaling

Methods of instruction	Hours
Lectures	90
Exercises	48
Laboratory assignments	36

Other scaled	Hours
Preparation for exam	5
Exam/midterm exam	3
Total sum	182

Correspondence of content
8307030 Communication Circuits & Modules

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Last modified	25.04.2006
Modified by	Tarja Erälaukko