IL2219 Radio Electronics 7.5 credits
Radioelektronik
This course aims at familiarizing the student with modern radio electronic devices, circuits and systems and to provide a relevant background to the common mobile applications standards of today. A focus will be put on knowledge of integrated radio circuit building blocks so that at the student at end of the course is well equipped to pursue either an industrial or academic career in the area. The course will prepare the student for diploma thesis work in the area of Radio Electronics, as he will be further trained in circuit design beyond the knowledge gained in analog courses. The most important CMOS and bipolar techniques for low power applications will be studied for radio applications and modern design tools will be used.
| Academic level (A-D) | D | Subject area | Electrical Engineering, Information Technology |
| Educational level | 2 | Grade scale | A, B, C, D, E, FX, F |
Spring 10 for programme students
| Periods | 4 (7.5 cr) | Application code | 80220 |
| Start date | 22/03/2010 | End date | 28/05/2010 |
| Language of instruction | English | Campus | KTH Kista |
| Course pace | 50% | Tutoring time | Daytime |
| Number of places | Form of study | NML | |
| Course responsible | Olsson, Håkan | ||
| Teacher | |||
Goals
This course aims at familiarizing the student with modern radio electronic devices, circuits and systems and to provide a relevant background to the common mobile applications standards of today. A focus will be put on knowledge of integrated radio circuit building blocks so that at the student at end of the course is well equipped to pursue either an industrial or academic career in the area. The course will prepare the student for diploma thesis work in the area of Radio Electronics, as he will be further trained in circuit design beyond the knowledge gained in analog courses. The most important CMOS and bipolar techniques for low power applications will be studied for radio applications and modern design tools will be used.
Content
The course will start with an introduction to wireless (radio) technology and put the subject in its context. Basic concepts in rf design nonlinearity, noise and sensitivity and transformers will be covered. Modulation techniques for mainly analog amplitude and frequency but also basic concepts for digital modulation and power efficiency. Different access techniques such as time, frequency and code will be discussed as well as different modern standards of mobile applications such AMPS, CDMA, TDMA, GSM, DECT etc. Architectures for receivers including heterodyne, homodyne, image-reject, digital-IF and sub-sampling. Transmitt architectures with direct-conversion and two step transmitters. Case studies will be discussed. Several building blocks will be discussed in detail. Important passive RLC circuits, tanks, networks, impedance transformers. Distributed vs. lumped circuits, transmission lines, end-effects, the Smith chart and S-parameters are included. Low-noise amplifiers and mixers of both CMOS and bipolar types including reference to matching and noise properties. Oscillators in different LC topologies and voltage control. Oscillator phase noise and its origin and phenomena such as pulling and pulling is discussed. Both CMOS and bipolar variants with passive integrated inductors. Quadrature generation and sidebands. Frequency synthesizers and the important phase locked loop of different kinds such as basic structure, charge pump, type I and type II. Architectures types for synthesizers. Frequency dividers. Power amplifiers and non-linearity, class A, B, and C, high efficiency amplifiers, matching in large signal regime, and linearization techniques.
Eligibility
Prerequisites
Recommended but not required: IL1218 Analog Electronics fk.
Literature
RF Microelectronics, Behzad Razavi
Upplaga: Förlag: Prentice-Hall
År: 1998ISBN: 0-13-887571-5
Examination
- LAB1 - Laboratory Course, 1.5 credits, grade scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Examination, 6.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Requirements for final grade
Laboratory work (LAB1; 1,5 hp)
Written examination (TEN1; 6 hp)
Grading scale: A/B/C/D/E/Fx/F
Offered by
ICT/Electronic Systems
Contact
Olsson, Håkan
Examiner
Olsson, Håkan
Supplementary information
Try also
http://www.ict.kth.se/courses/IL2219
Version
Course plan valid from: Autumn 08.
