CU4002 mm Wave Communication Syllabus:

CU4002 mm Wave Communication Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To understand the fundamentals of Millimeter wave devices and circuits.
 To understand the various components of Millimeter wave Communications system.
 To know the antenna design at Millimeter wave frequencies.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Millimeter wave characteristics- millimeter wave wireless, implementation challenges, Radio wave propagation for mm wave: Large scale propagation channel effects, small scale channel effects, Outdoor and Indoor channel models, Emerging applications of millimeter wave communications.

UNIT II mm WAVE DEVICES AND CIRCUITS

Millimeter wave generation and amplification: Peniotrons, Ubitrons, Gyrotrons and Free electron lasers. HEMT, models for mm wave Transistors, transistor configurations, Analog mm wave components: Amplifiers, Mixers, VCO, PLL. Metrics for analog mm wave devices, Consumption factor theory, Trends and architectures for mm wave wireless, ADC’s and DAC’s.

UNIT III mm WAVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Modulations for millimeter wave communications: OOK, PSK, FSK, QAM, OFDM, Millimeter wave link budget, Transceiver architecture, Transceiver without mixer, Receiver without Oscillator, Millimeter wave calibration, production and manufacture, Millimeter wave design considerations.

UNIT IV mm WAVE MIMO SYSTEMS

Massive MIMO Communications, Spatial diversity of Antenna Arrays, Multiple Antennas, Multiple Transceivers, Noise coupling in MIMO system, Potential benefits for mm wave systems, Spatial, Temporal and Frequency diversity, Dynamic spatial, frequency and modulation allocation.

UNIT V ANTENNAS FOR MM WAVE SYSTEMS

Antenna beamwidth, polarization, advanced beam steering and beam forming, mm wave design consideration, On-chip and In package mm wave antennas, Techniques to improve gain of on-chip antennas, Implementation for mm wave in adaptive antenna arrays, Device to Device communications over 5G systems, Design techniques of 5G mobile.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of the course the student will be able to
CO1: understand the Millimeter wave characteristics and implementation challenges faced.
CO2: understand Millimeter devices and circuits
CO3: apply his knowledge on the Modulation techniques for millimeter wave communications
CO4: design antenna for Millimeter wave frequencies
CO5: Familiar with Millimeter wave technology

TOTAL:45 PERIODS

REFERENCES

1. K.C. Huang, Z. Wang, “Millimeter Wave Communication Systems”, Wiley-IEEE Press, March 2011.
2. Robert W. Heath, Robert C. Daniel, James N. Theodore S. Rappaport, Murdock, “Millimeter Wave Wireless Communication”, Prentice Hall, 2014.
3. Xiang, W; Zheng, K; Shen, X.S; “5G Mobile Communications: Springer, 2016.