Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Description
Historical Aspects – From Maxwell to Current Wireless standards; The bridge between communication system designer and RF IC Designer:
- Comm. system characterization, b)RF System Characterization; Transceiver Architectures – Motivation for the individual blocks; Lumped, passive RLC, RF properties of MOS, Tuned Amplifiers; LNAs: Noise sources, Cascades and LNA Design; Mixers – passive and active mixers ; Oscillators: Analysis Fundamentals, Inductors, LC Oscillators and VCOs; Frequency synthesizers: Principles, Integer N vs Fractional PLL, Design Concepts.