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| EME110 - Design of monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC) |
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| Syllabus adopted 2012-02-21 by Head of Programme (or corresponding) |
| Owner: MPWPS |
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7,5 Credits |
| Grading: TH - Five, Four, Three, Not passed |
| Education cycle: Second-cycle |
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Major subject: Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics |
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Department: 59 - MICROTECHNOLOGY AND NANOSCIENCE
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Teaching language: English
Open for exchange students
Block schedule:
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In programs
MPWPS WIRELESS, PHOTONICS AND SPACE ENGINEERING, MSC PROGR, Year 2 (compulsory elective)
Examiner:
Professor Herbert Zirath
Course evaluation: http://document.chalmers.se/doc/44d57cf8-075e-4781-920f-8678c30b63a5
Eligibility:For single subject courses within Chalmers programmes the same eligibility requirements apply, as to the programme(s) that the course is part of.
Course specific prerequisites
Courses: "Foundation for Microwave Engineering" and preferably also "Active Microwave Circuits".
Aim
This course aims to give an understanding how monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) are designed and built including several techniques for analysing non-linear circuits and basic understanding of different technologies.
Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)
- analyze the basic radio frequency circuit building blocks (low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, frequency mixers, frequency multipliers and oscillators) for wireless communications systems.
- design and layout a MMIC by using professional CAE-tools.
- describe the research field and the present state-of-the-art for wireless transceiver designs up to the frequency limit of today's technology which is of the order 300GHz.
- write a manuscript for a scientific journal or conference.
- present orally the designed MMIC.
Content
- Microwave filters.
- Equivalent circuits and circuit transforms.
- Transceiver architectures.
- Modeling of passive and active components and their importance for successful circuit design.
- Circuit building blocks such as oscillators, mixers, frequency multipliers and dividers, low noise and power amplifiers of different classes.
- MMIC/RFIC-technologies based on silicon, GaAs, InP and widebandgap semiconductors.
Organisation
lectures 22h
classes 10h
CADlaborations 10h
Literature
Compendium, lecture notes, articles.
Examination
Home assignment together with literature study or circuit design work.
Passed lab exercises.
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