EE 229

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  • Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits
  • Semester Offered: 1st semester
  • Course Credit: Lecture: 3 units

Catalog Description

Introduction to RF and wireless technology. Characteristics of passive devices at RF. High-frequency amplifier design. Analysis of distortion in amplifiers. Low-noise amplifiers and mixers. Oscillators. Frequency synthesizers. Power amplifiers. Phased-locked loops. Modulators and demodulators. Transceiver architectures. Prereq: EE 220. 3 u.

Syllabus

Module Topics Outcomes External Resources Activities
Basic Concepts in RF Design
1

Introduction

  • Challenges in RF Design
  • The Big Picture
  • General Considerations

Impedance Transformation

2

Nonlinearity

  • Distortion
  • Intermodulation

Noise

  • Noise Spectrum
  • Circuit Models

Sensitivity and Dynamic Range

Communication Concepts
3

Modulation

  • Analog Modulation
  • Digital Modulation

Multiple Access Techniques

  • Time and Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • CDMA

Examples of Wireless Standards

4

Transceiver Architectures I

  • Heterodyne Receivers
  • Direct-Conversion Receivers
5

Transceiver Architectures II

  • Image-Reject Receivers
  • Direct Conversion Transmitters
RF Circuits
6

Low Noise Amplifiers

  • Input Matching
  • LNA Topologies
7

Mixers I

  • Passive Downconversion Mixers
8

Mixers II

  • Active Downconversion Mixers
9

Oscillators

  • Cross-Coupled Oscillators
  • Voltage-Controlled Oscillators
10

Phase-Locked Loops

  • Type-I and Type-II PLLs
  • PFD/CP Nonidealities
11

Power Amplifiers

  • PA Classes
  • High-Efficiency PAs
  • Cascode Output Stages
  • Linearization
12

Transceiver Design Example I

  • System-Level Considerations
  • Receiver Design
13

Transceiver Design Example II

  • Transmitter Design
  • Synthesizer Design

Textbook

Behzad Razavi, RF Microelectronics (2nd Edition), Prentice Hall Press, 2011, USA.