18-723 Fall 2005 Schedule


Week Topic Reading Handout Homework
8/29 Fundamental Concepts in RF Design Chapter 2 (Lee, 2nd Ed.) Lecture Slides HW 1
& 9/5
Impact of ADC Noise

ADC Survey

Basics of Wireline Systems
9/12 CMOS RF Device Modeling Chapter 5 (Lee)
BJT RF Device Modeling
Modulation Schemes & Multi-Access Techniques Chapter 3, 4 (Razavi)
9/19 Tranceiver Architecture Trade-offs Chapter 19 (Lee)
Chapter 5 (Razavi)
9/26 Integrated Passive Component Chapter 4 (Lee)
Impedance Matching and Transformation Chapter 3 (Lee)
10/3 Broadband RF Amplifiers Chapter 9 (Lee)
10/10 Low-Noise Amplifiers Chapter 12 (Lee)
10/17 Midterm Exam (in class)
10/24 Mixer Design Chapter 13 (Lee)
10/31 Mixer Design Chapter 13 (Lee)
Voltage-Controlled Oscillator Design Chapter 17 (Lee)
11/7 Voltage-Controlled Oscillator Design Chapter 18 (Lee)
11/14 Phase-Locked Loops Chapter 16 (Lee)
11/21 Phase-Locked Loops Chapter 16 (Lee)
11/28 Power Amplifier Design
12/5 Final Project Presentations