High Speed Communication Circuits and Systems

Calendar

LEC #	Topics	Key Dates
1	Overview of Course
2	Transmission Line Theory
3	S-parameters and Impedance Transformers
4	Generalized Reflection Coefficient, Smith Chart, Passives
5	High Speed Broadband Amplifiers	HW #1 Due HW #2 Out
6	Enhancement of Broadband Amplifiers, Narrowband Amplifiers
7	Noise Modeling in Amplifiers	HW #2 Due HW #3 Out
8	Noise Figure, Impact of Amplifier Nonlinearities
9	Low Noise Amplifiers	HW #3 Due HW #4 Out
10	Mixers
11	Voltage Controlled Oscillators	HW #4 Due HW #5 Out
12	Noise in Voltage Controlled Oscillators
13	High Speed Digital Logic
14	High Speed Frequency Dividers	HW #5 Due Project #1 Out
15	Integer-N Frequency Synthesizers
16	Noise in Integer-N Frequency Synthesizers
17	Advanced Frequency Synthesizers
18	Design and Simulation of Synthesizers	Project #1 Due HW #6 Out
19	Basics of Wireless Communication
20	Performance Measures of Wireless Communication
21	MSK Modulation and Clock and Data Recovery Circuits	HW #6 Due Project #2 Out
22	Guest Lecture by Gu-Yeon Wei, Harvard University: Low-Power High-Speed Links
23	Guest Lecture: Statistical Electronics
24	Guest Lecture by Analog Devices: RF Power Amplifiers
25	Guest Lecture: A 1.6 Gb/s/pair Electromagnetically Coupled Multidrop Bus Using Pulse-Based Modulated Signaling
26	Guest Lecture by Richard Schreier, Analog Devices: Lowpass and Bandpass Delta-Sigma Modulation	Project #2 Due