Calendar

LEC # Topics Key Dates
1 Overview of Course
2 Transmission Line Theory
3 S-parameters and Impedance Transformers
4 Generalized Reflection Coefficient, Smith Chart, Passives
5 High Speed Broadband Amplifiers HW #1 Due
HW #2 Out
6 Enhancement of Broadband Amplifiers, Narrowband Amplifiers
7 Noise Modeling in Amplifiers HW #2 Due
HW #3 Out
8 Noise Figure, Impact of Amplifier Nonlinearities
9 Low Noise Amplifiers HW #3 Due
HW #4 Out
10 Mixers
11 Voltage Controlled Oscillators HW #4 Due
HW #5 Out
12 Noise in Voltage Controlled Oscillators
13 High Speed Digital Logic
14 High Speed Frequency Dividers HW #5 Due
Project #1 Out
15 Integer-N Frequency Synthesizers
16 Noise in Integer-N Frequency Synthesizers
17 Advanced Frequency Synthesizers
18 Design and Simulation of Synthesizers Project #1 Due
HW #6 Out
19 Basics of Wireless Communication
20 Performance Measures of Wireless Communication
21 MSK Modulation and Clock and Data Recovery Circuits HW #6 Due
Project #2 Out
22 Guest Lecture by Gu-Yeon Wei, Harvard University: Low-Power High-Speed Links
23 Guest Lecture: Statistical Electronics
24 Guest Lecture by Analog Devices: RF Power Amplifiers
25 Guest Lecture: A 1.6 Gb/s/pair Electromagnetically Coupled Multidrop Bus Using Pulse-Based Modulated Signaling
26 Guest Lecture by Richard Schreier, Analog Devices: Lowpass and Bandpass Delta-Sigma Modulation Project #2 Due