6.776 | Spring 2005 | Graduate

High Speed Communication Circuits

Syllabus

Course Meeting Times

Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session

Course Staff

Lecturers

Prof. Hae-Seung Lee
Prof. Michael Perrott

Textbook

Required

Lee, Thomas H. The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits_._ Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN: 0521835399.

Additional References (Not required, but helpful)

Razavi, Behzad. RF Microelectronics_._ Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997. ISBN: 0138875715.

Course Format

There will be two 1.5 hours lectures per week. Problem sets (7 total) will be given out every one to two weeks. The laboratory assignment, due in session 18, will be focused on an RF amplifier. The final project, due in session 25, will be focused on the design and simulation of a CMOS power amplifier for wireless applications. A quiz will be given after session 16. There is no final exam.

Grades

ACTIVITIES PERCENTAGES
Quiz 35%
Lab 25%
Final Project 25%
Homework 15%

Prerequisites

6.301: Solid-State Circuits (or equivalent)

Resources/Policies

Students should work in pairs on the homework, and turn in one write-up per pair.

Course Info

Learning Resource Types
Problem Sets
Exams
Lecture Notes