19D041DRF - RF Integrated Circuits Design
| Course specification | ||||
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| Course title | RF Integrated Circuits Design | |||
| Acronym | 19D041DRF | |||
| Study programme | Electrical Engineering and Computing | |||
| Module | Electronics and Digital Systems | |||
| Type of study | doctoral studies | |||
| Lecturer (for classes) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for practice) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for OTC) | ||||
| ESPB | 9.0 | Status | elective | |
| Condition | RF electronics | |||
| The goal | Design of RF integrated circuits for communications systems, primarily in CMOS. | |||
| The outcome | The outcome of course is the ability to independently designing RF integrated circuits. | |||
| Contents | ||||
| Contents of lectures | Modeling of RF components. Low-noise amplifiers and matching networks at RF. Distortion in RF circuits with memory. Passive and active mixers. Low phase noise RF oscillators. Digital front-end. Frequency Synthesizers. High-efficiency RF power amplifiers. Detectors, modulators, and demodulators. Software-defined radio. RF energy harvesting. Wireless Power Transfer. | |||
| Contents of exercises | Work on a PC with modern CAD tools for RF integrated circuits. Implementation of the project tasks. Research study. | |||
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| Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year | ||||
| Lectures | Exercises | OTC | Study and Research | Other classes |
| 8 | ||||
| Methods of teaching | Lectures, tutorials. Exercises in a computer classroom and lab for electronics. Two projects with an oral presentation. | |||
| Knowledge score (maximum points 100) | ||||
| Pre obligations | Points | Final exam | Points | |
| Activites during lectures | Test paper | |||
| Practical lessons | Oral examination | 30 | ||
| Projects | ||||
| Colloquia | ||||
| Seminars | 70 | |||

