Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design for Wireless Systems
Entwurf von integrierten Hochfrequenzschaltungen für drahtlose Systeme
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Prerequisites
Recommended, as written
• Knowledge of topics of transistor physics and electrical engineering at a level corresponding to the level of a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
Contents
• Overview on wireless systems architectures • RF receiver front-end architectures • RF transmitter front-end architectures • Link budget analysis for wireless systems • Low noise amplifiers design • Power amplifiers design • Up- and down- conversion mixers design
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing the course, students will have hands-on experience with RFIC architectures for wireless systems and circuits. They will also have gained an overview about the main RF building blocks and developed a solid understanding of the primary performance parameters in RF wireless systems.
Assessment
• Written examination, 90 min.
Literature (4)
- Lecture notes
- B. Razavi, Design of CMOS Phase-Locked Loops: From Circuit Level to Architecture Level. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2020. doi: 10.1017/9781108626200.
- B. Razavi, RF Microelectronics, 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2012.
- IEEE Literature (per lecture)
Remarks
• Study programme Micro- and Nanoelectronics M.Sc.: Compulsory elective module in complex „Circuit Design”
Source: BTU's module description · retrieved 29 Sep 2026Original