Course detail
HF Circuits
FEKT-MPC-VFOAcad. year: 2021/2022
The content is the design of passive and active circuits from the discrete lumped and distributed elements up to GHz frequencies and the introduction to the design of the radio-frequency integrated circuits.
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Prerequisites
- explain basics of electronic circuits and electromagnetic waves and transmission lines (inductance, capacitance, impedance, reflection coefficient, Smith chart, standing wave ratio)
- analyze basic electronic circuits with passive components
- calculate with complex numbers and logarithms
- know the characteristics of the parallel and serial resonant circuits
- know calssical classes of amplifiers and calculate operating point circuits
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Course curriculum
1. Passive RF filters with lumped elements.
2. Passive RF filters with lumped elements and with distributed elements.
3. Passive RF filters with semi-lumped elements and with coupled resonators
4. Passive RF filters with coupled resonators
5. Linear amplifiers
6. High efficiency amplifiers
7. On wafer measurements
8. Passive/low power circuits on chip design 1
9. Passive/low power circuits on chip design 2
10. RF chip design 1
11. RF chip design 2
12. Homework project defense
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Basic literature
GILMORE, Rowan. a Les. BESSER. Practical RF circuit design for modern wireless systems. Vol. II. Boston, MA: Artech House, c2003. ISBN 1-58053-522-4. (EN)
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme MPC-EKT Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
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Lecture
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Elearning