ECSE 536 — RF Microelectronics

Introduction to Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits and wireless transceiver architectures. Modelling of passive/active integrated devices. Design of monolithic bipolar and CMOS LNAs, mixers, filters, broadband amplifiers, RF power amplifiers, VCOs, and frequency synthesizers. Analysis of noise and non-linearity in RFICs. Project using modern RFIC simulation/layout CAD tools.

• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
• Department: Electrical & Computer Engr
• Prerequisite: ECSE 335 and permission of the instructor.