High Speed Communication Circuits

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Lec #	Topics	KEY DATES
1	Communication Systems Overview
2	Transceiver Architectures	Homework 1 out
3	Wave Guides and Transmission Lines
4	S-Parameters and Impedance Transformers
5	Generalized Reflection Coefficient, Smith Chart	Homework 1 due Homework 2 out
6	MOS Transistors, Passive Components, Gain-Bandwidth Issue for Broadband Amplifiers
7	High Frequency, Broadband Amplifiers	Homework 2 due Homework 3 out
8	Broadband Amplifiers (cont.)
9	Enhancement Techniques for Broadband Amplifiers, Narrowband Amplifiers	Homework 3 due
10	Noise Modeling in Amplifiers
11	Noise Figure, Impact of Amplifier Nonlinearities	Homework 4 out
12	Low Noise Amplifiers	Lab out
13	LNA Design Examples and Recent Techniques	Homework 4 due
14	Voltage Controlled Oscillators	Homework 5 out
15	VCO Examples and Mixers
16	Mixers (cont.)	Homework 5 due
	Quiz
17	Noise in Voltage Controlled Oscillators
18	ABC’s of Power Amplifiers	Project out Lab report due Lab check-off due (one day after lecture 18)
19	Other Classes of Power Amplifiers, Modulation of Power Amplifiers
20	Linearization Techniques for Power Amplifiers, Adaptive Biasing
21	Overview of Phase-Locked Loops and Integer-N Frequency Synthesizers	Homework 6 out
22	Noise in Integer-N and Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizers
23	Design of Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizers and Bandwidth Extension Techniques	Homework 6 due
24	Advanced RF Topics
25	RF Transceiver Design Example (Guest Lecture)	Project due