• Sankaran Aniruddhan

• Online

• Tuesday: 4pm to 5:15pm
• Thursday: 4pm to 5:15pm
• Alternate Fridays: 4pm to 5:15pm

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.

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1. Mid Term Exam - 10%
2. End Semester Exam - 40%
3. Assignments - 50%

Lecture notes:

• All Lecture Notes in one file

Lecture videos:

1. Lecture 01 - Introduction to RF Systems lecture video
2. Lecture 02 - RF Transceiver; S-parameters lecture video
3. Lecture 03 - Review of MOSFET operation lecture video
4. Lecture 04 - Introduction to Noise in Circuits lecture video
5. Lecture 05 - Noise in tw0-port networks lecture video
6. Lecture 06 - Some simple examples of noise calculations lecture video
7. Lecture 07 - Noise Figure; Introduction to Low Noise Amplifiers lecture video
8. Lecture 08 - Common-gate Low Noise Amplifier lecture video
9. Lecture 09 - Noise Figure of Common-gate LNA lecture video
10. Lecture 10 - Common-source Low Noise Amplifier lecture video
11. Lecture 11 - Noise Figure of Common-source LNA lecture video
12. Lecture 12 - CS LNA Design methodology; Introduction to Nonlinearity lecture video
13. Lecture 13 - 1-dB Compression Point (P1dB); 3rd order Intercept Point (IIP3) lecture video
14. Lecture 14 - LNA IIP3; IIP3 of cascaded systems lecture video
15. Lecture 15 - Sensitivity of a receiver; Series and Parallel resonance lecture video
16. Lecture 16 - L-match networks lecture video
17. Lecture 17 - Pi-match networks; Tapped-capacitor match lecture video
18. Lecture 18 - NF of lossy blocks; Introduction to mixers lecture video
19. Lecture 19 - Active gilbert-cell mixers lecture video
20. Lecture 20 - Gilbert-cell mixer with active load; double-balanced mixer lecture video
21. Lecture 21 - Design considerations of Gilbert-cell mixer; Introduction to mixer noise analysis lecture video
22. Lecture 22 - Noise folding in mixers; transconductor and switch noise lecture video
23. Lecture 23 - Image problem in heterodyne receivers; Hartley and Weaver image-reject receivers lecture video
24. Lecture 24 - Introduction to oscillators lecture video
25. Lecture 25 - Cross-coupled LC oscillator lecture video
26. Lecture 26 - Complementary cross-coupled LC oscillator; Voltage controlled oscillators lecture video
27. Lecture 27 - Tuning in VCOs; IQ generation lecture video
28. Lecture 28 - Quadrature VCOs; Noise in oscillators lecture video
29. Lecture 29 - Introduction to Phase Noise in Oscillators; LTI Models lecture video
30. Lecture 30 - LTV model of phase noise lecture video
31. Lecture 31 - CMOS Power Amplifiers lecture video
32. Lecture 32 - Class-A CMOS Power Amplifier lecture video
33. Lecture 33 - Linearity of CMOS Power Amplifier lecture video
34. Lecture 34 - CMOS inverter based PA; Noise cancelling LNA; Gain boosted CGLNA lecture video
35. Lecture 35 - Capacitive cross coupled gain boosted CGLNA; Introduction to RF Layout lecture video
36. Lecture 36 - Introduction Spiral inductors; Overview of Passive Mixers lecture video
37. Lecture 37 - Receiver RF System calculations example (802.11ag) lecture video

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

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 Wednesday 01/07/2026
2. Project 2 on Mixer Design (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Wednesday 22/07/2026
3. Project 3 on VCO Design (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Wednesday 05/08/2026
4. Project 4 on PA Design (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Wednesday 19/08/2026

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

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 Professor for clarifications and help either at the end of a class or via email.

1. Assignment 1 on Noise figure (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Wednesday 17/06/2026
2. Assignment 2 on Noise figure (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Wednesday 24/06/2026
3. Assignment 3 on Impedance matching (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Wednesday 08/07/2026
4. Assignment 4 on Mixers and VCOs (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Wednesday 22/07/2026
5. Assignment 5 on PAs (pdf) Due at 11:59pm on Wednesday 29/07/2026

• Primary Textbook: RF Microelectronics by Behzad Razavi, 2nd Edition (2013) (Publisher: Pearson), ISBN-10: 9789332518636, ISBN-13: 9789332518636
• Other References: The Design Of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits by Thomas H. Lee, 2nd Edition (2006) (Publisher: Cambridge University Press), ISBN-10: 0521613892, ISBN-13: 9780521613897

• Analog Circuits