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TSEK03

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits

credit: 6 HP

NEWS

16 Jan: Welcome to the first lecture coming on 16th Jan.
24 Jan: Those students who have not yet signed up for Labs, please do it as soon as possible.

COURSE INFORMATION

• General
• Staff
• Laboratory Exercises
  
• Homework 
• Examination
  
• Schedule
  

GENERAL

• Course Code: TSEK03,  Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits / Integrerade radiofrekvenskretsar, 6 HP  (6 ECTS)
• Required Background: Recommended TSEK02 or at least knowledge of analog circuits
• Goal: The aim of this course is to give the student knowledge on fundamental Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver design. Mainly circuit perspective is presented in a context of today wireless personal and data communication. The particular objective of the course is that the student shall learn basic methods and techniques for RF circuit design oriented to CMOS technology . Detailed specifications and limitations for RF blocks are discussed throughout the course.
  
• Content:
  Principles of RF CMOS circuit design. Circuit design of basic RF CMOS blocks: low noise amplifier (LNA), mixer, oscillator, frequency synthesizer, power amplifier. Introduction to RF design. Practical RF circuit design  with professional software
  

• Course book:
  [1] T. H. Lee, The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits, Cambridge Univ.Press, ISBN 0-521-83539-9,2004   (primary book)
  [2] B. Razavi, RF Microelectronics, Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0138875715, 1997  (supplementary book)
  

STAFF

• Instructor:
  Behzad Mesgarzadeh, Assistant Professor 
  Electronic Devices, Dept. of Electrical Engineering (ISY)
  Office: 2D:449, B-building
  Tel: 285719
  E-mail: behzad@isy.liu.se
  
  

• Teaching Assistants:
  Amin Ojani, PhD student
  Electronic Devices, Dept. of Electrical Engineering (ISY)
  Office: 229:224, B-building
  Tel: 282716
  E-mail: amin@isy.liu.se
  
  Omid Esmaeilzadeh Najari, PhD student
  Electronic Devices, Dept. of Electrical Engineering (ISY)
  Office: 229:214, B-building
  Tel: 282815
  E-mail: omid@isy.liu.se
  
  Duong Quoc Tai, PhD student
  Electronic Devices, Dept. of Electrical Engineering (ISY)
  Office: 2D:443, B-building
  Tel: 282771
  E-mail: tai@isy.liu.se
  
  

LABORATORY EXERCISES

There are three laboratory exercises in this course: Characterization of LNA, RF-simulation with Cadence Spectre - LNA and RF-simulation with Cadence Spectre - Mixer .
Note that the labs have got preparatory material, that you should read carefully and complete the assignments prior to perform the lab work.
Enrollment to the laboratory exercises is required.
Laboratory room (La1): MEAD, 2C:525, B-building, and (La2, La3) : SOUT

Course labs:

• Characterization of LNA
• RF-simulation with Cadence Spectra RF - LNA
• RF-simulation with Cadence Spectra RF - Mixer

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HOMEWORK

EXAMINATION

• Hints to the exam:
  Written exam: Some descriptive questions covering lectures and corresponding parts of the course book. Some analysis/design problems in the same style as the tutorials. No course material (book or notes) is allowed during the exam.

 
• Exam registration:
  
  You have to register to take the exam.
  
  

• Previous Exams:
  
  Examination 2010-03-15 - Solutions 2010-03-15
  Examination 2010-06-10 - Solutions 2010-06-10
  Examination 2010-08-25 - Solutions 2010-08-25
  Examination 2011-03-17 - Solutions 2011-03-17
  Examination 2011-06-09 - Solutions 2011-06-09
  Examination 2012-03-08 - Solutions 2012-03-08
  
  
  TEN1 Written examination 4.5 HP
  LAB1 Laboratory assignments 1.5 HP
  
  

SCHEDULE 2012

Laboratory	Content sketch	Occasion
LA1 O. E. Najari D-Q. Tai	Characterization of LNA   Spectrum analyzer: Appl note    Presentation	25/1, 17-21 30/1, 17-21 6/2, 17-21 Mead
LA2 O. E. Najari D-Q. Tai	RF simulation with Cadence Spectra RF - LNA Cadence appl. notes LNA	13/2, 17-21 15/2, 17-21 SOUT
LA3 O. E. Najari D-Q. Tai	RF simulation with Cadence Spectra RF - Mixer Cadence appl. notes Mixer	20/2, 17-21 22/2, 17-21 SOUT

Occasion L = Lecture T = Tutorial	Content sketch
L1: 16/1, 10-12, P18  B. Mesgarzadeh	Introduction - Noise [1] pp. 334-354
L2: 18/1, 13-15, P22  B. Mesgarzadeh	Noise (Cont'd)
L3: 23/1, 10-12, P36  B. Mesgarzadeh	LNA Design [1] pp. 364-400
L4: 25/1, 13-15, P18  B. Mesgarzadeh	LNA Design (Cont'd)
T1: 27/1, 13-15, P18   A. Ojani	LNA Design HW1
L5: 30/1, 10-12, P18  B. Mesgarzadeh	Mixer Design [1] pp. 404-432
L6: 1/2, 13-15, P18  B. Mesgarzadeh	Mixer Design (Cont'd)
T2: 3/2, 13-15, P18   A. Ojani	Mixer Design HW2
L7: 6/2, 10-12, P18  B. Mesgarzadeh	Oscillators [1] pp. 631-645, 659-667
L8: 8/2, 13-15, P18  B. Mesgarzadeh	Oscillators (Cont'd)
T3: 10/2, 13-15, P18  A. Ojani	Oscillator Design HW3
L9: 13/2, 10-12, P18  B. Mesgarzadeh	PLLs [1] pp. 566-592, 645-654
L10: 15/2, 13-15, P18  B. Mesgarzadeh	PLLs (Cont'd)
T4: 17/2, 13-15, P18  A. Ojani	PLLs HW4
L11: 20/2, 10-12, P18  B. Mesgarzadeh	Power Amplifiers [1] pp. 493-511
L12: 22/2, 15-17, P18  D. Platt, ACREO AB	Invited lecture
T5: 24/2, 13-15, P18  A. Ojani	Power Amplifiers
T6: 27/2, 10-12, P18  A. Ojani	Repetition HW6