RF Electronics and Design

This subject is not offered in 2013.

120 hours

Prerequisites for this subject are

Corequisite for this subject is

None

None

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This subject will introduce students to high frequency design of low noise amplifiers, mixers, voltage controlled oscillators, power amplifiers, power combining techniques, Doherty power amplifiers, stacked transistor designs, dividers and phase locked loops. After completing this subject students will be able to design, simulate (schematic and post layout simulation), extract and fabricate components operating in the 50+GHz frequency range.

Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:

• Design, simulate and analyse the performance of RF low noise amplifiers, on chip power amplifiers, up and down conversion mixers, Voltage Controlled Oscillators and Phase Locked Loops.

• One, written examination (not exceeding three hours) at the end of semester, worth 70%;
• Continuous assessment of submitted project work (not exceeding 30 pages in total over the semester), worth 30%.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Ability to apply knowledge of science and engineering fundamentals
• Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation, and solution
• Ability to utilise a systems approach to complex problems and to design andoperationalperformance
• Ability to build and test real world systems that meet industry specialisation and manufacturing standards
• Capacity for lifelong learning and professional development