Course Description:

This course covers fundamental topics in radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFIC) design including: basic concepts in RF design; receiver and transmitter architectures; matching circuits and designing these matching circuits using smith chart; low-noise amplifier(s); mixers; and power amplifiers.

 

References:

Required Textbook:

• Behzad Razavi, RF Microelectronics, Prentice Hall; 2^nd Edition, 2012 (R)
• Hooman Darabi, Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits and Systems, Cambridge University Press, 2015 (D)

  Supplemental:

• Guillermo Gonzalez, Microwave Transistor Amplifiers, Prentice Hall, 1997
• David M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, 4^th Edition 2011 (Rd)