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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 |
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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:
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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