| CODE | MNE5014 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Foundations in RF Microelectronics Circuit Design | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit offers fundamental and advanced knowledge in RF performance parameters such as non-linearity, time variance, sensitivity and dynamic range; noise modelling and analysis; high speed active device modelling and phase noise modelling. The study-unit then considers oscillator and frequency synthesizer architectures such as Phase Locked Loops, Delay Locked Loops and Direct Digital Synthesis and the design of low noise amplifiers (LNA). Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims at analysing high speed and RF techniques. The unit is aimed at the understanding the concept of an RF system, its main constituting circuit blocks, and the particular challenges associated with operation at a high speed. This is necessary and essential in understanding and designing today's communication systems. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • explain the basic principles of high-speed circuits; • design one or more basic RF microelectronics circuits such as LNAs, oscillators and frequency synthesizers; • design high speed systems. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • make use of the particular analysis parameters used at RF; • model and analyse high speed circuitry; • make use of high speed simulation tools; • operate high speed characterisation equipment. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: • Behzad R., RF Microelectronics, Prentice-Hall, 1998, ISBN: 0-13-887571-5 • Alan Davis W., Radio Frequency Circuit Design, Wiley, 2001, ISBN: 0471200689 • Lee T.H., “The Design of CMOS Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits”, Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISB 0521835398 • John Rogers and Calvin Plett, “Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design”, ISBN 1-58053-502-x |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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