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EE 647: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits

Introduction

Nagarjuna NallamDepartment of Electronics and Electrical Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,

Guwahati, Assam 781039

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Our world: Wireless

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Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth

5G

Wi-Fi

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Our world: Wireless

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Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth

5G

Wi-Fi

All technologies are becomingwirelessandmerging into one gadget

Mobile phone

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About the course: Wireless + Merging into one

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Radios Processor

GSM/CDMA

Bluetooth

Wi-Fi

GPS

Battery charging (Is it the last wire?)

NFC

VLSI technologyMemory

Traditionally made using Tx lines and discrete components

Wireless

(FE)

Making of radios in VLSI technology

Back end

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Prerequisites and Overlaps

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RFIC

MOSFET device and circuits

Communication principles

Communication systems

Electromagenetics

IC Technology

Discrete RF circuits Control systems

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Skeleton of a radio

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IFprocessingPA LNA

Ptx Prx

RF source RF source

Data

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Course contents

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1. Fundamentals of RF circuits and Systems Voltage/Power,Various Gains,(non) Linearity,

Noise,Sensitivity & SFDR

2. Transmitter and Receiver architectures

Modulation schemes;Receiver architectures;

Transmitter architectures

3. Passive and active components for CMOS RFIC

On-chip implementation of R, L and C; On-chip

implementation transformers and transmissionlines;MOSFET and varactors

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4. Resonance, Matching, S-parameters, etc. Resonators and matching networks;Reflection

coefficient, Smith chart, S-parameters

5. Noise in electrical circuits and NF calculations

Noise in resistors and MOSFET;NF of a CSstage; Two port noise theory

6. Low Noise Amplifiers

Resistive terminated CS, and CG LNA;

Inductive degenerated LNA; Shunt feedbackLNA; Noise canceling LNAs;Linearity

improvement techniques in LNAs

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Course contents

EE 647: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Nagarjuna Nallam, IIT Guwahati

7. Power Amplifiers Large signal amplifiers: Issues &

performance measures,Classification of PAs,

Class D, E, F, Power combining,Linearity

improvement techniques

8. Mixers

Non linear systems as mixers; Active mixers;Passive mixers;Introduction to N-pathfilters and mixers

9. Oscillators, PLLs and Synthesizers

Oscillators - requirements & performance

measures;Phase noise;Type I PLLs, Type II

PLLs, Integer N Synthesizers

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RF IC design

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Text Books:1. Behzad Razavi, "RF Microelectronics", 2nd Ed.,

Pearson, 2012.

2. Thomas H. Lee, "The design of CMOSradio-frequency integrated circuits", 2nd Ed.,

Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Evaluation:

Mid-sem exam: 25%

End-sem exam: 40%

Project: 30%

Assignment: 5%

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Assignment and Project

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RF IC design

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Course website:

www.iitg.ernet.in/nallam/courses/2016/EE647/index.html

&http://172.16.31.79/mediawiki/index.php/RF Integrated Circuits

Lecture notes will be put up here.