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Course Catalog 2014-2015

ELT-48156 RF Integrated Circuits Design, 9 cr

Person responsible

Jani Järvenhaara, Nikolay. T Tchamov

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises


 


 
 3 h/week
 30 h/per
+3 h/week
+30 h/per


 
ELT-48156 2014-01 Wednesday 16 - 19 , TH103
Wednesday 16 - 19 , TC171

Requirements

1. Completion of auditorium exercises. 2. Completion of homeworks from Auditorium Exercises. 3. Completion of laboratory exercises. 4. Exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning Outcomes

This course focuses on a Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) design, starting from design specification, trough electrical design toward complete physical design, and measurement. Upon completion of the course, the student is able to: - Understand the specifics/limitations of RFIC process and utilized in the specific RFIC design; - Design an RF integrated circuit both on Electrical and on Physical design level; - Utilize various techniques for improving the performance of the developed integrated circuit; - Operate freely the modern CAD tools of Cadence; - Prepare an RF integrated circuit for fabrication on a modern nanometer CMOS process; - Prepare and conduct the measurement on the developed particular integrated circuit; - Analyze the obtained simulation and measurement results;

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Introduction of the RF-IC Design flow at MSc Level. Overview and detailed presentation of state-of-art LC VCO.     
2. Cadence GPDK045 CMOS process overview, available components and their characterization. VCO Electrical Design: Resonator, Negative-Gm stage, Capacitor Banks, Current Mirrors. Differential layout and specifics for RFIC. Bonding Pads and ESD. IC Packaging parasitic accounting.     
3. RF-Measurements: RF Components, Wafer probing, Calibration and Measurement set-up preparation. RF-Measurements instruments: HP54750A High-Speed Oscilloscope, R&S FSEM Spectrum Analyzer, HP 4352B VCO/PLL Signal Analyzer.     

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

Exam and home works from exercises.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   The Design of Low Noise Oscillators   A. Hajimiri         No    English  
Book   The Designers Guide to High-Purity Oscillators   E. Hezagi, J. Rael, A. Abidi         No    English  

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
ELT-48106 RF Integrated Circuits Architectures Advisable    

Additional information about prerequisites
In case you have taken other course(s) which you might consider to be compatible with the prerequisite one above, please contact the Course Coordinator for approval.

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Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

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Last modified10.06.2015