Course Catalog - 2023-2024

     

ELEC 514 - WIRELESS IC

Long Title: WIRELESS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS
Department: Electrical & Computer Eng.
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: Topics covered include system architectures for modern wireless transceivers and transistor-level design considerations for circuit building blocks (low noise amplifier, mixer, power amplifier, etc.) in a wireless transceiver. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ELEC 414. Recommended Prerequisite(s): ELEC 305, ELEC 342, or Equivalent Courses with the Key Concepts Listed Below • Transistor-level CMOS analog circuits (basic configurations, small signal models, parasitic effects) • Frequency response of transistor-level CMOS circuits (pole/zero calculations) • Frequency response of simple passive networks (1st order and 2nd order RLC networks) • Noise analysis of transistor-level CMOS circuits (noise sources in CMOS transistors, input referred voltage/current noise for CMOS transistor-level circuits)