RF IC Design (January 2025)

• Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits
• Semester Offered: 2nd 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
• Venue: EEEI 120 and via Zoom
  • Zoom link
  • Meeting ID: 955 0973 0919
  • Passcode: 14953304

Announcements

• 1/21: Welcome to EE229! This class will be broadcast via Zoom and is available to all Philippine companies and universities as part of the CIDR program.
• 1/21: Our first lecture will be on 1/28. Zoom details to follow.
• 1/21: Here is the Zoom link.

Class Schedule

Week	Date	Topic	Resources
1	1/28	Introduction to EE229 Challenges in RF Design The Big Picture General Considerations
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

From the UP Diliman Academic Calendar for AY 2024-2025

• 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