Optional Project: Design and simulation of a microwave circuit block meeting
given ... R. E. Collin, Foundations for Microwave Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 1966.
University of California, Berkeley EECS 217
Spring 2003 Prof. A. Niknejad
Course Syllabus Course: Instructor: Class Schedule: Office Hours:
Microwave Circuits Prof. Ali Niknejad, 572 Cory Hall, 2-0459, niknejad@eecs TuTh 3:30-5 PM, 289 Cory Hall TuF 11-12 or by appointment (email)
Grading Policy:
Homework Midterm Final
30% 30% 40%
Prerequisites: EECS 117 and 140 or equivalent. EECS 242 provides a helpful background although we will review most of the needed material for this course. Optional Project: Design and simulation of a microwave circuit block meeting given specification. One page project proposals due 3/18/03. Project report due 4/15/03. Students are encouraged to use material from research or industry but must demonstrate new work. Tools: ADS, SpectreRF, Matlab/Mathematica Textbook: Microwave Engineering, David Pozar, 2nd ed. Wiley 1998. Topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Electromagnetics Review Distributed Circuits and Transmission Lines Transmission Line Circuits and Resonators Smith Chart and Transmission Line Impedance Matching Field Theory of Transmission Lines Network Analysis Transformers and Microwave Filters Hybrid Circuits Active Two-Port Circuits Noise Analysis of Two-Port Circuits Stability Analysis Active Devices for Microwave Circuits Low-Noise Amplifier Design Broadband Amplifier Design
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Distributed Amplifiers Power Amplifiers Oscillator Design Lumped Passive Elements
References: Ramo, Whinnery, Van Duzer, Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics, Wiley 1984 R. E. Collin, Foundations for Microwave Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 1966 G. Gonzalez, Microwave Transistor Amplifiers, Prentice-Hall, 1984 T.C. Edwards, Foundations for Microstrip Circuit Design, Wiley 1981 G. D. Vendelin, Design of Amplifiers and Oscillators by the S-Parameter Method, WileyInterscience, 1982. Vendelin, Pavio, Rohde, Microwave Circuit Design, Wiley 1990. Yannis Tsividis, Operation and Modeling of the MOS Transistor, 2nd ed, McGraw-Hill, c1999. Lee, Thomas H., The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits, Cambridge University Press, 1998. Behzad Razavi, RF microelectronics, Prentice Hall, c1998.
