ECE 598 MA2: Advanced RF and mm-Wave IC Design (Spring-2025)

 

Course notes:

  Date Topic Reading Notes Homework
1 01/28/25 Introduction   HO1  
2 01/30/25 Noise - Part 1   HO2  
02/11/25 Noise - Part 2   HO3  
4 02/13/25 Linearity    HO4  
5 02/18/25 Linearity + LO Phase Noise   See HO4  
6 02/20/25 System SNR analysis + RF ADC specs   See HO4  
7 02/25/25 Beamforming - Part 1   HO5  
8 02/27/25 Beamforming - Part 2   See HO5  
9 03/04/25 Radar Fundamentals - Part 1   HO6  
10 03/06/25 Radar Fundamentals - Part 2   See HO6  
11 03/11/25 Low Noise Amplifiers - Part 1   HO7  
12 03/13/25 Low Noise Amplifiers - Part 2   HO8 See HO8 [last slide]
  03/18/25 Spring Break      
  03/20/25 Spring Break      
13 03/25/25 Low Noise Amplifiers - Part 3 [Linearity Aspect]   HO8_2  
14 03/27/25 Oscillators - Basic Principle   HO9, LN_1  
15 04/01/25 LC Oscillators    See HO9, LN_2  
16 04/03/25 LC Voltage Controlled Oscillators    See HO9, LN_3   
17 04/08/25 LC - VCO Phase Noise   See HO9, LN_4  
18 04/10/25 LC - VCO Phase Noise - Part 2   LN_5  
19 04/15/25 Class Project - Part 1   ProejctLN_6,  Mixers_HO, Rx_HO  
20 04/17/25 Class Project - Part 2   PPF_paper  
21 04/22/25        
22 04/24/25        
23 04/29/25        
24 05/01/25 Project Presentations - 1      
25 05/06/25 Project Presentations - 2