ECE 498MA2: RF IC Design (Fall-2024)

Course notes:

	Date	Topic	Reading	Notes	Homework
1	08/26/24	Introduction	1.1->1.3	HO1
2	08/28/24	Noise - Part 1	2.3.1->2.3.4	HO2	See HW 1
	09/02/24	Labor Day		OFF
3	09/04/24	Noise - Part 2	2.3.5	HO3	See HW1
4	09/09/24	Noise - Part 3	2.3.5, 2.4.1	See HO3	See HW1
5	09/11/24	Linearity - Part 1	2.2.1->2.2.3	HO4	See HW2
6	09/16/24	Linearity - Part 2	2.2.4	HO5	See HW2
7	09/18/24	Linearity - Part 3, Receivers' Architectures intro.	2.2.5, 4.1	See HO5, HO6
8	09/23/24	Heterodyne Receivers	4.2.1, 4.2.2	HO7	See HW3
9	09/25/24	Direct Conversion Receivers	4.2.3	HO8	See HW3
10	09/30/24	Direct Conversion Cont. + Midterm -1 Review	4.2.3	See HO8
11	10/02/24	Midterm -1 Exam
12	10/07/24	Image Rejection Receivers	4.2.4	HO9	See HW4
13	10/09/24	Transmitters' Architectures + RF Matching - intro.		HO10, HO11
14	10/14/24	RF Matching Networks - Part 1		See HO11	See HW5
15	10/16/24	RF Matching Networks - Part 2		See HO11	See HW5
16	10/21/24	Passives and Inductor design		HO12	See HW5
17	10/23/24	MOS Transistor RF Design Considerations + LNA intro.		HO13
18	10/28/24	CS LNA, Resistive load, Resisitive matching		See HO13	HW6
19	10/30/24	CS LNA, Inductive Load, resistive feedback		See HO13	HW6
20	11/4/24	CS LNA, Inductive degenerated, LNA Biasing		See HO13	HW6
21	11/6/24	Midterm 2
22	11/11/24	CG LNA topology, RF Mixers intro		HO14
23	11/13/24	RF Mixer Basic Principles, Conv. gain, and NF		See HO14
24	11/18/24	Passive RF Mixers Part - 1		See HO14
25	11/20/24	Passive RF Mixers Part - 2		See HO14
	11/25/24	Fall Break
	11/27/24	Fall Break
26	12/02/24	Active RF Mixers Part - 1		See HO14