RF MICROELECTRONICS
Stampa
Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic year
2018/2019
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
ING-INF/01 (ELECTRONICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Course
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
Curriculum
Space Communication and Sensing
Year of study
Period
1st semester (01/10/2018 - 18/01/2019)
ECTS
9
Lesson hours
90 lesson hours
Language
English
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
SVELTO FRANCESCO (titolare) - 9 ECTS
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Analog Electronics
Learning outcomes
This course is aimed at introducing students to the design of integrated transceivers for wireless communications. At the end, attendees will have gained knowledge of fundamental parameters describing system performances, insights into alternative processing architectures and ability to design the following building blocks: low noise amplifiers, up and down converters, power amplifier, phase locked loop, phase detector, filter, voltage controlled oscillator, frequency synthesizer. As an example, the design of a complete transceiver will be described starting from the specifications of a telecommunication application, such as GSM, W-CDMA, WLAN. Based on computer aided design experience carried out in the Laboratory, the student will be able to finalize the design of single blocks integrated in most advanced CMOS nodes and will be ready for the design of complete transceivers.
Course contents
Basic concepts for transcievrs
Non–linearities, inter-symbol interference, phase noise in oscillators, sensitivity and dynamic range, image rejection.

Modulation
Choice of digital schemes for optimum power and spectral efficiency in wireless systems.

Transceiver architectures
Super-heterodynedirect conversion, low-IF, Direct Conversion.

Design of CMOS integrated blocks
low-noise amplifier; up and down-converters; voltage controller oscillators; phase detector; charge pump, filters, phase locked loop; frequency synthesizer; power amplifiers.

Application example
Design of CMOS tranceiver building blocks for applications of commercial interest.
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 90
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Reccomended or required readings
B. Razavi. RF Microelectronic circuits. Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.
Assessment methods
At the end of the course, the student will prepare a report regarding the design carried out in the Laboratory. The examination includes a excercises to be solved by the student, followed by an oral discussion on the course program. No inter-mediate examination is foreseen.
Further information
At the end of the course, the student will prepare a report regarding the design carried out in the Laboratory. The examination includes a excercises to be solved by the student, followed by an oral discussion on the course program. No inter-mediate examination is foreseen.
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