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ECE 3113: Introduction to RF Circuit Design

ECE 3113: Introduction to RF Circuit Design A Term 2013

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute Prof. Reinhold Ludwig Last update: October 10, 2013 Calendar | Weekly Schedule | Projects | Homework | Exams

ECE 3113:

This course is designed to provide students with the basic principles of radio frequency (RF) circuit design. It concentrates on such topics as fundamental concepts of transmission line theory, high frequency circuit behavior, designing tuning and matching networks and power flow considerations for analog systems as encountered in cell phones, base stations, transceivers (Bluetooth), and wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment. Syllabus (including grading details)

Lectures: Instructor:

AK233 MTWRF 9:00 9:50 am Dr. Reinhold Ludwig, AK228 (2nd floor Atwater Kent) Email: ludwig@wpi.edu , Tel: 508-831-5315, FAX: 508-831-5491 Long Pham (ltpham@wpi.edu): Tu: 10am 11am, We: 11am noon, both in AK108 Paul Ferrieira (prferreira@wpi.edu): Th: 11am noon, Fr: 11am noon, both in AK108 Students are encouraged to use MultiSim along with ADS for all circuit simulations and demo projects.

Teaching Assistants:

Software:

Office Hours/Help Sessions (see also the weekly schedule): Reinhold Ludwig AK228 MTRF 10:00 11:00 am (office hours) Teaching Assistants AK108A Tu: 10 am 11 am, We: 11 am noon. Th: 10 am noon, Fr: 11 am noon.

Textbook: Related texts:

R. Ludwig, G. Bogdanov, RF Circuit Design: Theory and Practice, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2008, ISBN-13: 9780131471375. Website. G. Gonzales, Microwave Transistor Amplifiers: Analysis and Design, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1996.
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D.M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 3rd edition, 2005. Grading: Total Exams 1 and 2 40% Final Exam 40% 6 homeworks 2.5% 15% Design Effort 5% 100% Guidance: Grade A ( 80%), B (80%-60%), C (60%-50%). See syllabus for details. Each 20%

Calendar
Click the lecture number for a lecture notes summary PDF. Date 8/29 8/30 9/02 9/03 9/04 9/05 9/06 9/09 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/23 9/24 Day Lecture Th 01 F 02 M T W Th F M T W Th F M T W Th F M T 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 Review Exam 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Topic Introduction and logistics RF Behavior of Passive Components Labor Day no class Transmission Line Analysis (Review) General Transmission Line Equation Lossless Transmission Line Model Special Termination Conditions Sourced and Loaded Transmission Lines From Reflection Coefficient to Load Impedance (Smith Chart) Impedance Transformation Review of Part I Mostly Passive Components and TL Admittance and Combined Smith Chart Parallel and Series Connections Single- and Multi-Port Networks Network Properties Scattering Parameters Measurements of Scattering Parameters Scattering Parameters and Mismatched 112 - 116 123 - 127 127 - 137 145 - 162 163 - 169 169 - 172 172 - 175
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Reading 01 - 06 06 - 32 41 - 51 62 - 67 67 - 78 78 - 87 78 - 87 103 - 111 112 - 116 01 - 116

Homework

HW1 due @ 9am

HW2 due @ 9am TL Design

HW3 due @ 9am

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17 Review Exam 2 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Source/Load Semiconductor basics, RF diodes Review of Part II (lectures 08-14) Smith Chart, network analysis RF diodes Nonlinear and linear RF field effect transistor (FET) models Matching Networks Matching Networks (continued) Matching Networks and Classes of Operation Biasing and Operating Points Power Flow of RF Active and Passive Devices Stability/Constant Gain One-Stage RF Amplifier Design Example Amplifier design example Mixer/Osc. design examples Review of Course

175 - 188 103 - 172 HW4 due @ 9am Design 2 277 - 298 298 - 306, 361 - 367 367 - 415 421 - 427 428 - 439 446 - 452, 458 - 463 463 - 479 485 - 492 492 - 510 Handouts Handouts Handouts HW6 due @ 9am Design 4 HW5 due @ 9am Design 3

Final Exam -

Cumulative Exam Celebration Boynton!

Weekly Schedule (last week of course)

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Mon 10/14

Tue 10/15

Wed 10/16

Th 10/17

Fri Sat

Summary Final Exam AK233 AK233 HW6 due RL RL RL AK228 AK228 AK228 Lecture AK233

TA AK108a TA AK108a Boynton

Lab project demonstrations

RF measurement equipment and circuit demonstrations. Scheduled on a per-student, per-project basis. See syllabus for details.

Homework
No late submissions after solutions have been distributed (in class on due date). See syllabus for details.
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Exams
Closed book, closed notes; bring a calculator. You are allowed one 8.5 x 11 sheet of your own hand-written notes: no printouts or photocopies, attach to the exam. Solutions distributed through email. See syllabus for details. Exam 1: Friday, 9/13/2013. Exam 2: Friday, 9/27/2013. Final Exam: Thursday, 10/17/2013.

Copyright by R. Ludwig (ludwig@wpi.edu), August - October 2013.

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