Standard Course Syllabus Course Supervisor Date of Approval

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ismail 4/05

620 Introduction to RF Integrated Circuits

2. CATALOG DESCRIPTION

Introduction to design of radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs). Transceiver architectures, transistor models, passive

component models, MOS and bipolar LNAs, Mixers, VCOs, PLLs, baseband circuits.

Quarters of Offering Credits
Level Class Meeting

Sp Qtr. 3 U G 3 cl.

Course Prerequisites

Prereq: 323.

3. PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC

Semiconductor device models, biasing techniques.

Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite

none

4. Text(s) and Other Course Materials Author(s) Publisher

RF Microelectronics Razavi, B Prentice-Hall

ISBN: 0-13-887571-5

References (supplemental reading)

5. COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. To introduce basic design techniques of radio frequency integrated circuits used in wireless communications and other

mobile applications. (Criteria 3(a),(b),(c))

6. TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES)

VLSI Technology, active/passive coponents (7)

Integrated radio transceivers (3)

RF building blocks (9)

Baseband building blocks (9)

7. CLASS MEETING PATTERN (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.)

3 cl.

Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:18 AM

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