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Course Catalog 2014-2015

ELT-41806 Communication Integrated Circuits, 5 cr

Person responsible

Nikolay. T Tchamov

Lessons

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


 


 
 2 h/week
 18 h/per
+2 h/week
+18 h/per


 
ELT-41806 2014-01 Tuesday 10 - 12 , 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

Course explains the operation and design of selected Integrated Circuits for Wireless Communications. It is built to form the essential knowledge of the RF Integrated Circuits Designer. Lectures deliver the basic principles and illustrate them with examples. Auditorium exercises apply the theory on main practical importance cases, using hand-held analysis and further training on the CAD software tools. CAD tools training start with PSpice and then focuses mainly on Cadence tools to prepare the student for professional IC design. Laboratory exercises give students hands-on experience in RFIC measurement by spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, etc. Upon completing the course the student is able to: - Relate circuit specifications to real communication Integrated Circuits. - Associate different noise types and sources to Integrated Circuits components. - Apply basic skills for RF Integrated Circuits blocks in schematic level; - Use simulation tools; - Measure basic RFIC properties.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. RF IC Low-Noise Amplifiers and Mixers.     
2. GHz range Voltage-Controlled Oscillators (VCO) IC, phase noise, pulling and pushing figures. Quadrature signal generation and Dividers in GHz range.     
3. Data Converters principles and structures for RF/Fast applications. GHz range Track & Hold amplifiers. RF ADC and DAC. Monolithic Implementation challenges.     
4. RF IC Power amplifiers, basic concepts, classes A, B and E.      

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   Principles of Data Conversion Systems   B. Razavi   0780310934       No    English  
Book   RF Microelectronics   B. Razavi   0132839415       No    English  
Book   The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits   T. H. Lee   0521835399       No    English  

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
ELT-41816 Nanometer Devices, Circuits and Models 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 modified13.01.2015