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EE6320: RF Integrated Circuits (Jan.-May. 2023)

Instructor

Classrooms

Schedule

F-slot Weekly discussion sessions during F-slot on Wednesdays

Course page on moodle

Registered students can login and see the course page at https://coursesnew.iitm.ac.in/. Resources, tutorials, exam schedules, discussion forum etc. can be accessed from the moodle page.

Teaching Assistants

Login to moodle at https://coursesnew.iitm.ac.in/ to post questions and contact TAs and faculty.

Evaluation

  1. End Semester Exam - 50%
  2. 4 Projects - 40%
  3. Homework assignments - 10%

Recorded lectures (videos and notes)

  1. Lecture 1 video (pdf): Introduction to RF Integrated Circuts and Systems
  2. Lecture 2 video (pdf): Series and Parallel LC resonant networks; use in impedance transformation
  3. Lecture 3 video (pdf): L-, Pi-, T- and tapped L/C matching networks
  4. Lecture 4 video (pdf): Matching to complex impedances; introduction to noise in RF circuits
  5. Lecture 5 video (pdf): Noise Factor and Noise Figure; Friis equation for noise figure of cascaded systems; noise figure of lossy blocks
  6. Lecture 6 video (pdf): Sensitivity of receiver; Nonlinearity in RF blocks
  7. Lecture 7 video (pdf): IIP3 in receivers; Introduction to Low Noise Amplifiers
  8. Lecture 8 video (pdf): Common-gate LNA
  9. Lecture 9 video (pdf): Common-source LNA
  10. Lecture 10 video (pdf): Noise Figure of Common-source LNA

Start project 1 on LNA Design here

  1. Lecture 16 video (pdf): Direct Conversion Receiver architecture
  2. Lecture 17 video (pdf): Superheterodyne Receiver architecture; Image Reject Architectures
  3. Lecture 18 video (pdf): Introduction to mixers; Two port mixers
  4. Lecture 19 video (pdf): Three port mixers; Gilbert Cell mixer
  5. Lecture 20 video (pdf): Mixer V-I conversion; nonlinearity concerns
  6. Lecture 21 video (pdf): Noise in Gilbert Mixers - 1
  7. Lecture 22 video (pdf): Noise in Gilbert Mixers - 2
  8. Lecture 23 video (pdf): RF Circuit simulation - 1
  9. Lecture 24 video (pdf): RF Circuit simulation - 2

Start project 2 on Mixer Design here

  1. Lecture 26 video (pdf): Introduction to Voltage Controlled Oscillators
  2. Lecture 27 video (pdf): Cross-coupled LC Oscillators
  3. Lecture 28 video (pdf): Complementary LC Oscillators; Tuning; Introduction to phase noise
  4. Lecture 29 video (pdf): Phase Noise - LTI analysis
  5. Lecture 30 video (pdf): Phase Noise - LTV analysis
  6. Lecture 31 video (pdf): VCO Design - 1
  7. Lecture 32 video (pdf): VCO Design - 2
  8. VCO review class video : VCO review class
  9. video (pdf): 2013 lecture on Phase Noise - LTI analysis
  10. video (pdf): 2013 lecture on Phase Noise - LTV analysis

Start project 3 on VCO Design here

  1. 2019-04-23 : CMOS Power Amplifiers - 1 pdf
  2. 2019-04-23 : CMOS Power Amplifiers - 2 (same pdf as above)
  3. 2019-04-24 : CMOS Power Amplifiers - 3 (same pdf as above)
  4. PA review class video : PA review class

Start project 4 on PA Design here

  1. Lecture 11 video (pdf): Noise Cancelling LNA
  2. Lecture 12 video (pdf): NF of Noise Cancelling LNA; CG LNA with feedback
  3. Lecture 13 video (pdf): Spiral inductors and transformers
  4. Lecture 14 video (pdf): Induced gate noise in MOSFETs; Classical Two Port Noise Theory
  5. Lecture 15 video (pdf): MOSFET two port noise parameters
  6. Lecture 25 video (pdf): Voltage and current mode passive mixers
  7. 2013-10-07 (pdf) low resolution video: Transmitter architectures - 1
  8. 2013-10-09 (pdf) low resolution video: Transmitter architectures - 2

Other Useful Material

  1. Q relation in Pi- and T- matches: pdf
  2. Noise Figure of passive lossy systems: pdf
  3. Introduction to S-parameters (Prof. Ali Niknejad's lecture notes at UC Berkeley): pdf
  4. Link to 2013 class website

Projects

This course has 4 major circuit design and simulation projects. They will be posted below periodically. The project report should be submitted as a single pdf file on Moodle. You are expected to design and simulate them on your own. You can approach the teaching assistants for clarifications and help.

  1. Project 1 on LNA Design (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Thursday 02/03/2023
  2. Project 2 on Mixer Design (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Sunday 19/03/2023
  3. Project 3 on VCO Design (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Sunday 09/04/2023
  4. Project 4 on PA Design (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Sunday 23/04/2023

Use the TSMC 0.18µm CMOS model files on this page: (Model File page)

Assignments

This course has several homework assignments. They will be posted below periodically. The solution should be submitted as a single pdf file on Moodle. You are expected to work on them on your own. You can approach the teaching assistants for clarifications and help.

  1. Assignment 1 on Noise figure (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Sunday 12/02/2023
  2. Assignment 2 on Noise figure (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Sunday 19/02/2023
  3. Assignment 3 on Impedance matching (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Sunday 05/03/2023
  4. Assignment 4 on Mixers and VCOs (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Sunday 19/03/2023
  5. Assignment 5 on PAs (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Sunday 16/04/2023

Textbook and References

Pre-requisites