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MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Spring 2002 Catalogue Supplement |
TR2:30-4
Professor Kenneth O, Room 38-344, 2-2845
Prereq.: 6.301 or permission of instructor
3-0-9
This course will help students develop understanding of the requirements for RF integrated circuits (IC's), proficiency in design and implementation of RFIC's, and understanding of the interdependence of RF circuit performance with devices, parasitics, packages, and process technology. The list of topics includes RF systems, and RF circuit blocks (low noise amplifier, voltage controlled oscillator, mixer) and the problems and solutions to dealing with the parasitic resistances, capacitances and inductances in IC's and packages which are the keys to achieving good RF performance. The list also includes silicon bipolar technology, and basic RF and microwave concepts such as transmission lines, S-parameters, Smith chart, impedance matching, inter-modulation products, noise parameters, and phase noise.
Preliminary Course Outline Week # of Lec. Topic
Feb 4th (2) Introduction, RF Systems (Super Heterodyne, Image Rejection), RF Systems Parameters (Noise, Selectivity, IPn),
Feb 11th (2) Transmission Line, S-parameters
Feb 18th (1) Smith Chart
Feb 25th (2) Matching, Package Modeling
Mar 4th (2) Double Poly npn Bipolar Process Bipolar Design Rules/Layout
Mar 11th (2) Integrated Spiral Inductors Low Noise Amplifier (Output Matching)
Mar 18th (2) Low Noise Amplifier (Input Matching & Gain, Noise)
Mar 25th (0) Spring Break
Apr 1st (2) Low Noise Amplifier (Transistor Sizing, Noise Parameters)
Apr 8th (2) Low Noise Amplifier (Large Signal Behavior, HDn), Quiz 1
Apr 15th (1) Varactors, Resistances
Apr 22nd(2) Resistances, Capacitors, RF Systems Parameters (Cascaded Systems)
Apr 29th (2) RF System Parameters (Cascaded Systems) and other RF systems (Direct Conversion) VCO (Introduction, Basic Operation)
May 6th (2) VCO (Phase Noise)
May 13th (2) Mixer (Introduction, Basic Operation), Mixer (Single and Doubly Balanced Mixer, Noise)