VL4292 RFIC Design Syllabus:
VL4292 RFIC Design Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
to study the various impedance matching techniques used in RF circuit design.
to understand the functional design aspects of LNAs, Mixers, PLLs and VCOs.
to understand frequency synthesis.
UNIT I IMPEDANCE MATCHING IN AMPLIFIERS
Definition of ‘Q’, Series Parallel Transformations of Lossy Circuits, Impedance Matching Using ‘L’, ‘Pi’ and T Networks, Integrated Inductors, Resistors, Capacitors, Tunable Inductors, Transformers
UNIT II AMPLIFIER DESIGN
Noise Characteristics of MOS Devices, Design of CG LNA and Inductor Degenerated LNAs. Principles of RF Power Amplifiers Design
UNIT III ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MIXERS
Qualitative Description of the Gilbert Mixer – Conversion Gain, and Distortion and Noise , Analysis of Gilbert Mixer – Switching Mixer – Distortion in Unbalanced Switching Mixer -Conversion Gain in Unbalanced Switching Mixer – Noise in Unbalanced Switching Mixer – a Practical Unbalanced Switching Mixer. Sampling Mixer – Conversion Gain in Single Ended Sampling Mixer – Distortion in Single Ended Sampling Mixer – Intrinsic Noise in Single Ended Sampling Mixer – Extrinsic Noise in Single Ended Sampling Mixer.
UNIT IV OSCILLATORS
LC Oscillators, Voltage Controlled Oscillators, Ring Oscillators, Delay Cells, Tuning Range in Ring Oscillators, Tuning in LC Oscillators, Tuning Sensitivity, Phase Noise in Oscillators, Sources of Phase Noise
UNIT V PLL AND FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS
Phase Detector/Charge Pump, Analog Phase Detectors, Digital Phase Detectors, Frequency Dividers, Loop Filter Design, Phase Locked Loops, Phase Noise in PLL, Loop Bandwidth, Basic Integer-N Frequency Synthesizer, Basic Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizer
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of this course, the students will be able to:
CO1: to understand the principles of operation of an RF receiver front end
CO2: to design and apply constraints for LNAs, Mixers and frequency synthesizers
CO3: to analyze and design mixers
CO4: to design different types of oscillators and perform noise analysis
CO5: to design PLL and frequency synthesizer
REFERENCES
1. B.Razavi ,”RF Microelectronics” , Prentice-Hall ,1998
2. Bosco H Leung “VLSI for Wireless Communication”, Pearson Education, 2002
3. Behzad Razavi, “Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits” Mcgraw-Hill, 1999
4. Jia-Sheng Hong, “Microstrip Filters for RF/Microwave Applications”, Wiley, 2001
5. Thomas H.Lee, “The Design of CMOS Radio –Frequency Integrated Circuits’, Cambridge University Press ,2003