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EE6240: RF Integrated Circuits, Aug-Nov 2011

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Instructor: S. Aniruddhan

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  1. 2011-08-01: Course introduction; RF Design Tradeoffs; Fading; Diversity
  2. 2011-08-03: Multiple Access Techniques; Analog & Digital Modulation
  3. 2011-08-05: S and ABCD parameters; Resonance in LC circuits
  4. 2011-08-08: Impedance transformations and matching; L-matches
  5. 2011-08-10: L-matches; Pi- & T-matches
  6. 2011-08-12: Other matches; RF Inductors
  7. 2011-08-17: RF Inductors & Transformers (contd.)
  8. 2011-08-19: Capacitors & Varactors
  9. 2011-08-22: MOS Device Operation
  10. 2011-08-23: Introduction to RF Systems
  11. Coming Soon: Basic RF Concepts - Nonlinearity, Time Variance etc
  12. 2011-08-26: IIP3, different expressions/calculations for IIP3
  13. Coming Soon: Noise in RF Circuits
  14. 2011-08-30: Classical Two-port Noise Theory
  15. 2011-09-02: Noise Figure of Cascaded Systems
  16. 2011-09-05: Sensitivity, SFDR, MOSFET 2-port Noise Parameters
  17. 2011-09-07: LNA Design - 1
  18. 2011-09-09: LNA Design - 2
  19. 2011-09-12: LNA Design - 3; Introduction to Mixers
  20. 2011-09-14: Two- and Three-port Mixers
  21. 2011-09-16: Gilbert Mixers
  22. 2011-09-19: Linearity and Noise of Gilbert Mixers
  23. 2011-09-21: Noise in Mixers (contd.); Additional Linearisation Techniques
  24. 2011-09-23: Other Mixers; Tx Architectures
  25. 2011-09-26: Rx Architectures - I (Direct-Conversion Rx)
  26. 2011-09-28: Rx Architectures - II (Heterodyne Rx; Image-Reject Rx)
  27. 2011-10-03: VCOs - 1
  28. 2011-10-07: VCOs - 2
  29. 2011-10-10: VCOs - 3: Colpitts Oscillator; Quadrature Oscillators
  30. 2011-10-12: Phase Noise - LTI Analysis
  31. 2011-10-14: Phase Noise - LTV Analysis
  32. 2011-10-17: VCO Design - 1
  33. 2011-10-19: VCO Design - 2
  34. 2011-10-21: Wideband Amplifiers - 1
  35. 2011-10-24: Wideband Amplifiers - 2
  36. 2011-10-25: Power Amplifiers
  37. 2011-10-28: Analog and RF Layout - 1
  38. 2011-10-31: Analog and RF Layout - 2