Announcements
Schedule (Handout & homework download)
Cadence Tools |
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Course Information
Lectures |
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Mon. & Wed. 2:30 to 4:20 pm in Porter 22A |
Web Page |
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http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ece723 |
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Instructor |
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Prof. C. Patrick Yue |
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cpyue@ece.cmu.edu,
www.ece.cmu.edu/~cpyue |
Office, Phone |
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Roberts Hall 338, 412-268-4994 |
Office Hours |
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Mon. & Tue. 4:00 to 5:00 pm |
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TA |
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Peter Dong Hun Shin |
Email |
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dhshin@ece.cmu.edu |
Office, Phone |
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Hamerschlag 2135, 412-268-5237 |
Office Hours |
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Wed. & Fri. 11:00 am to 12:00 pm |
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Admin. Assistant |
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Nancy Dean |
Email |
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ndean@ece.cmu.edu |
Office, Phone |
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Roberts Hall 330, 412-268-5208 |
Course Description
This course covers the design and analysis of radio-frequency
integrated systems at the transistor level using state of the art CMOS and bipolar
technologies. It focuses on system-level trade-offs in transceiver design,
practical RF circuit techniques, and physical understanding for device parasitics.
Accurate models for active devices, passive components, and interconnect parasitics
are critical for predicting high-frequency analog circuit behavior and will be
examined in detail.
The course will start with fundamental concepts in wireless system design and their
impact on design trade-offs in different transceiver architectures. Following that,
RF transistor model, passive matching networks will be discussed.
Noise analysis and low-noise amplifier design are studied next. The effects of
nonlinearity are treated along with mixer design techniques. Practical
bias circuit for RF design will be illustrated. Then, the importance of phase
noise and VCO design will be considered together. The course will conclude with a
brief study of frequency synthesizer and power amplifier design.
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Text
- REQUIRED: Thomas H. Lee, The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits (First or Second Edition), Cambridge University Press.
- OPTIONAL: Behzad Razavi, RF Microelectronic, Prentice Hall, 1998.
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Prerequisites
- Strong fundation in analog integrated circuit design (18-523)
- Strong fundation in basic circuit analysis techniqes (18-321 and 18-322)
- Solid understanding of semiconductor device properties (MOSFET and BJT) (18-311)
- Familiar with using Cadence simulation tool, e.g. Analog Artisit and Spectre.
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