RF IC Design (January 2025): Difference between revisions

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Revision as of 10:36, 11 February 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
Basic Concepts in RF Design
1 1/28
  • Introduction to EE229
    • Challenges in RF Design
    • The Big Picture
    • General Considerations
2 2/4
  • Two-Port Networks
  • Passive Matching Networks (1)
3 2/11
  • Passive Matching Networks (2)
  • Nonlinearity
  • Lecture 3 (pdf, video)
2/18
  • Nonlinearity Metrics
  • Noise in RF Circuits
    • Resistor Noise
    • Diode and Transistor Noise
    • Noise Analysis
  • Sensitivity and Dynamic Range
Communication Concepts
4 2/25 No Class (EDSA Revolution Anniversary)
5 3/4
  • Modulation
    • Analog Modulation
    • Digital Modulation
  • Multiple Access Techniques
    • Time and Frequency Division Multiplexing
    • CDMA
6 3/11
  • Transceiver Architectures (1)
    • Heterodyne Receivers
    • Direct-Conversion Receivers
7 3/18
  • Transceiver Architectures (2)
    • Image-Reject Receivers
    • Direct Conversion Transmitters
RF Circuits
8 3/25
  • Low Noise Amplifiers
    • Input Matching
    • LNA Topologies
9 4/1
  • Mixers (1)
    • Passive Downconversion Mixers
10 4/8
  • Mixers (2)
    • Active Downconversion Mixers
4/15 No Class (Lenten Break)
11 4/22
  • Oscillators
    • Cross-Coupled Oscillators
    • Voltage-Controlled Oscillators
12 4/29
  • Phase-Locked Loops
    • Type-I and Type-II PLLs
    • PFD/CP Nonidealities
13 5/6
  • Power Amplifiers
    • PA Classes
    • High-Efficiency PAs
    • Cascode Output Stages
    • Linearization
Transceiver Design Example
14 5/13
  • Transceiver Design Example (1)
    • System-Level Considerations
    • Receiver Design
15 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
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