| | 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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