ECE 60424 - RF Design: Passive/Active Components
Course Details
Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 1
Counts as:
Normally Offered:
Each Fall
Campus/Online:
On-campus and online
Requisites:
Primer on RF Design
Requisites by Topic:
Fundamentals of RF design, Transmission Lines, Smith Chart
Catalog Description:
Following the "Primer on RF Design" course, this class focuses on passive and active components. We use the techniques learnt in the previous course, to design advanced RF devices including couplers, filters and amplifiers. Current research topics are discussed as appropriate.
Required Text(s):
- Microwave and RF Design: Modules. Volume 4 (e-book link provided in Brightspace) , 3rd Edition , Steer, Michael , NC State University , 2019 , ISBN No. 1469656965
- Microwave and RF Design: Radio Systems. Volume 1 (e-book link provided in Brightspace) , 3rd Edition , Steer, Michael , NC State University , 2019 , ISBN No. 1469656906
Recommended Text(s):
None.
Lecture Outline:
Week | Topic |
---|---|
1 | Basic filter design concepts |
2 | Advanced filter design |
3 | Linear amplifiers, Part 1 |
4 | Linear amplifiers, Part 2 |
5 | Couplers |
Assessment Method:
Homework and design projects. (3/2022)