CEC350 RF Transceivers Syllabus:
CEC350 RF Transceivers Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To understand the fundamentals of RF system design
To acquaint with the various components of RF system for wireless communications
To know the basic techniques needed for analysis of RF systems
To enable the students to verify the basic principles and design aspects involved in RF systems components
To conduct experiments to analyze and interpret data to produce meaningful conclusion and match with theoretical concepts
UNIT I CMOS PHYSICS, TRANSCEIVER SPECIFICATIONS AND ARCHITECTURES
CMOS: Introduction to MOSFET Physics – Noise: Thermal, shot, flicker, popcorn noise – Transceiver Specifications: Two port Noise theory, Noise Figure, THD, IP2, IP3, Sensitivity, SFDR – Phase noise – Transceiver Architectures: Receiver: Homodyne, Heterodyne, Image reject, Low-IF Architectures – Transmitter: Direct-up conversion, Two-step up conversion schemes
UNIT II IMPEDANCE MATCHING NETWORKS AND AMPLIFIERS
Review of S-parameters and Smith chart – Passive IC components – Impedance matching networks – Amplifiers: Common Gate, Common Source Amplifiers – OC Time constants in bandwidth estimation and enhancement – High frequency amplifier design – Low Noise Amplifiers: Power match and Noise match, single-ended and differential LNAs
UNIT III FEEDBACK SYSTEMS AND POWER AMPLIFIERS
Feedback Systems: Stability of feedback systems, Gain and phase margin, Root-locus techniques, Time and Frequency domain considerations, Compensation – Power Amplifiers: General model – Class A, AB, B, C, D, E and F amplifiers – Linearization Techniques – Efficiency boosting techniques – ACPR metric
UNIT IV FILTERS, OSCILLATORS AND MIXERS
Overview – basic resonator and filter configuration, special filter realizations, filter implementation – Basic oscillator model, high-frequency oscillator configuration, Colpitt’s oscillator – basic characteristics of mixers, single and double-balanced mixers
UNIT V PLL AND FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS
PLL: Linearized Model, Noise properties, Phase detectors, Loop filters and Charge pumps Frequency Synthesizers: Integer-N frequency synthesizers – Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizers
30 PERIODS
PRACTICAL EXERCISES: 30 PERIODS
1. Measurement of S-parameters for impedance matching circuits, and RF filters using network analyzer
2. Design of RF inductor and capacitor
3. Design and characterization of LNA
4. Design of impedance matching network
5. Design of low-pass and band-pass filter at RF
6. Design and characterization of mixer
TOTAL:60 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of this course, the students will be able to:
CO1: Interpret the nonlinear effects in RF circuits
CO2: Design RF circuits
CO3: Analyze the performance of RF circuits
CO4: Apply knowledge to identify a suitable architecture and systematically design an RF System
CO5: Comprehensively record and report the measured data, and would be capable analyzing, interpreting the experimentally measured data and produce the conclusions
TEXTBOOKS
1. Lee T, Design of CMOS RF Integrated Circuits, Cambridge, Second Edition, 2004
2. Razavi B, RF Microelectronics, Pearson Education, Second Edition, 2012
REFERENCES
1. Ludwig R, and Bretchko P, RF Circuit Design Theory and Applications, Prentice Hall, 2000
2. Razavi B, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, McGraw Hill, Second Edition, 2017
3. Kyung-WhanYeom, Microwave Circuit Design – A Practical Approach using ADS, Pearson Education, 2015