RFCircuitDesign(ECEXYZ)

Instructor:Dr.M.S.Hashmi Credits:4 Prerequisites:AnalogCircuitDesign TextBook:RFCircuitDesignTheoryandApplications,2ndeditionR.LudwigandG.Bogdanov, PearsonEconomy ReferenceMaterials: MicrowaveEngineering,3rdEditionD.M.Pozar,Wiley SwitchedModePowerAmplifierDesignA.Grebennikov,IEEEPress PowerAmplifierDesign,2ndEditionS.Cripps,ArtechHouse PassiveRFCircuitDesign,2ndEditionA.Besser,BesserAssociates IEEEXplore,andIEL PostConditions:Onsuccessfulcompletionofthiscourse,theyshouldbeableto: UnderstandthefundamentaldifferenceinthedesignmethodologiesofAnalogCircuitsand RFCircuits LearnvarioustechniquesemployedforthedesignofRFCircuits Acquire handson skills to design simple blocks and components used in the Radio CommunicationCircuits

Brief Course Descriptions: This course is designed for exposure of students to circuits and systems design techniques for radio communications leading towards the recent research in thedomainofadvancedradiotechnology. Inthefirsthalfofthecourse,studentswillbeexposedtothefundamentalconceptsofpassive andactivecircuitsdesignatradiofrequencies.Thesefundamentalconceptsrequiresubstantial understandingoftransmissionlinetheoryandSmithchartandthereforethiscoursewillstart withthoroughdiscussiononthesetwotopics.Thishalfalsoincludestrainingofstudentsonthe commercialsoftwaretoolknownasAdvancedDesignSystem(ADS).Thestudentswillhaveto subsequentlydoseveraldesignassignmentsusingADS. In the second half of the course, students will be trained on more advanced topics such as Power Amplifier, Coupler, Power Divider, Power Combiner, and Linearizer. The students will then do projects (in a group of two) on their chosen topics and will present their findings in frontoftheclass.

BreakupofLectures: Lecture (12): Importance of Radio Frequency Design, Frequency Spectrum, RF Behavior of Passive Components, Chip Components and Circuit Board Considerations, RF Circuit ManufacturingProcess Lecture (36): Transmission Line Analysis, Example of Transmission Lines, Equivalent Circuit Representation, Theoretical Foundation, Circuit Parameters for a ParallelPlate Transmission Line, Summary of Different Transmission Line Configurations, General Transmission Line Equations, Microstrip Transmission Lines, Terminated Lossless Transmission Line (Analytical Treatment, MATLAB Simulations), Special Termination Conditions (Analytical Treatment, MATLABSimulations) Lecture (712): The Smith Chart (From Reflection Coefficient to Load Impedance, Impedance Transformation, Admittance Transformation, Parallel Series Connection), Introduction to ADS (SimpleExamples),ADSDesignGuides(SmithChartanditsapplications) Lecture (1316): Single and Multiport Networks (Interconnecting networks, Network propertiesandApplications,ScatteringParameters),DesignandAnalysisofmultiportnetwork usingADS Lecture (1720): Passive RF Components (Coupler Design: analytical technique and ADS implementation; Power Combiner and Power Divider: analytical techniques and ADS implementation;MultibandComponentDesignTechniques) Lecture (2126): Active RF Components (RF Field Effect Transistors, MOSFETs, HEMTs), Power Amplifier (Biasing and Matching Networks Design Techniques and ADS Implementation; Stability Considerations, Constant Gain, Constant VSWR Circles, Power Amplifier Topologies, PowerAmplifierOperationModes,MultibandMatchingTechniquesforPowerAmplifiers) Assignments,Quizzes,andEvaluations:Therewillbeseveralassignmentsandrandomquizzes. Inoneoftheassignmentsstudentswillberequiredtogothroughpreselectedresearchpapers andprovidetheirownunderstandingandfindingsintheformoftermpaper(46pages).There willbeonemidtermandonefinalexam. Project: Each student will be given individual projects. It will cover schematic design, layout, andmomentumsimulationofvariouscomponentsoftheproject.Thelistofpossibleprojects willbeannouncedintheclass. GradingScheme:Homework(30%),RandomQuiz(10%),Project(30%),MidtermExam(15%), FinalExam(15%)