RF IC Design (January 2025)

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

Catalog Description

EE229: 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.

Course Information

• Instructor: Louis P. Alarcon (louis.alarcon@eee...)
• Schedule: Tuesdays, 7am - 10am
• Room: EEEI 120

Class Schedule

Week	Date	Topic	Resources
1	1/28	Introduction to EE229
Basic Concepts in RF Design
2	2/4	Passive Matching Networks Nonlinearity
3	2/11	Noise in RF Circuits Resistor Noise Diode and Transistor Noise Noise Analysis Sensitivity and Dynamic Range
Communication Concepts
	2/18	No Class (ISSCC)
	2/25	No Class (EDSA Revolution Anniversary)
4	3/4	Modulation Analog Modulation Digital Modulation Multiple Access Techniques Time and Frequency Division Multiplexing CDMA
5	3/11	Transceiver Architectures (1) Heterodyne Receivers Direct-Conversion Receivers
6	3/18	Transceiver Architectures (2) Image-Reject Receivers Direct Conversion Transmitters
RF Circuits
7	3/25	Low Noise Amplifiers Input Matching LNA Topologies
8	4/1	Mixers (1) Passive Downconversion Mixers
9	4/8	Mixers (2) Active Downconversion Mixers
	4/15	No Class (Lenten Break)
10	4/22	Oscillators Cross-Coupled Oscillators Voltage-Controlled Oscillators
11	4/29	Phase-Locked Loops Type-I and Type-II PLLs PFD/CP Nonidealities
12	5/6	Power Amplifiers PA Classes High-Efficiency PAs Cascode Output Stages Linearization
Transceiver Design Example
13	5/13	Transceiver Design Example (1) System-Level Considerations Receiver Design
14	5/20	Transceiver Design Example (2) Transmitter Design Synthesizer Design

Textbook

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

Important Dates

• Start of classes: January 20, 2025
• Mid-Semester: March 18, 2025
• Dropping deadline: April 24, 2025
• Lenten break: April 14-19, 2025
• LOA deadline: May 7, 2025
• End of classes: May 22, 2025