SRM UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TCE COURSE PLAN Course Code : TN00 Course Title : RF System Engineering Semester : II Semester Location : S.R.M.E.C Tech Park Faculty Details SL.N O NAME SEC. OFFICE. M.S.Vasanthi - Tech Park th floor References OFFICE HOURS Thursday (:0 to :0) E-MAIL ID vasanthi.m@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in. Reinhold Ludwig, "RF circuit design, theory and applications" Pavel Bretchko, "Pearson Asia Education", e,, 009. Behzad Razavi, RF Microelectronics, Prentice Hall, 0. William F Egan, Practical RF System Design, John Wiley and Sons, 00 Objectives Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the challenges relating to RF circuit design and be able to critically evaluate RF implementation techniques. Demonstrate an understanding of RF devices (Active and Passive) Apply mathematical and software skills to design and simulate RF system building blocks and analyze their performance. Analyze the effect of high frequencies on RF circuits. Assessment details Cycle Test I : 0 Marks Attendance : 05 Marks Surprise test-i : 05 Marks Practicals : 5 Marks Model Exam : 0 Marks Test Schedule SL.NO DATE TEST TOPICS DURATION Outcomes Students who have successfully completed this course will have able to do the following Course outcome. Understands the fundamentals of RF system design.. Gain knowledge about RF Filter designing. Knowledge in RF Active components.. Learns the various techniques for RF transistor amplifier design, Oscillators and mixer design used in RF design
DETAILED SESSION PLAN UNIT I - INTRODUCTION TO RF DESIGN Session No Topics to be covered Refere nce Teaching Method Testing Method RF behavior of passive.assignment components.quiz Chip components and circuit.self-test questions board considerations Units in RF design, Effects.Quiz of non linearity: Harmonic distortion Gain compression,.quiz Intermodulation Distortion, Cascaded non linear stages Device noise, Representation 5 of noise in RF circuits,.quiz Sensitivity and dynamic range Smith chart, Impedence and.quiz, admittance transformation 7 Parallel and series.quiz connection of networks ABCD and scattering.quiz parameters 9 Numericals,.Self test questions 0 Harmonic balance simulation for large signal steady state Harmonic balance simulation for large signal steady state Harmonic balance simulation 5 for large signal steady state UNIT II RF Filters and Matching Basic resonator, filter configurations Low Pass and High Pass Filter Design, Numericals Bandpass & bandstop filter design special filter realization- Butterworth,,,, 5 Chebyshev filter, Microstrip filter, implementation 7 Coupled filters.assignment.quiz.self-test questions.group discussion.self-test questions.group discussion.quiz.quiz
9 0 Impedance matching using discrete components Impedance matching using discrete components- Numericals microstrip line matching networks Numericals.Quiz.Group discussion.quiz.quiz LPP microwave filter LPP microwave filter impedence matching circuits using lumped elements 5 impedence matching circuits using lumped elements ACTIVE RF COMPONENTS AND MODELLING IMPATT DIODE, PIN Diode, Schottky diode, bipolar junction transistor -RF MESFET-high electron mobility transistors-diode models-transistor models(large signal and small signal BJT and FET models) -scattering parameter device characterization. Schottky Diode,.Quiz PIN Diode,.Quiz IMPATT Diodes.,.Quiz Bipolar junction transistor,.quiz 5 RF MESFET,.Quiz High electron mobility.quiz, transistors 7 Transistor models(large.quiz, signal) Transistor models(small.quiz, signal) 9 Scattering parameter device.quiz, characterization 0 DC sweep Analysis on DC sweep Analysis on DC sweep Analysis on Small signal AC analysis on Small signal AC analysis on 5 Small signal AC analysis on RF AMPLIFIERS Amplifier classes of operation and biasing networks, Characteristics of amplifiers, amplifier power relations, stability circle and conditional stability, simultaneous conjugate matching for unconditionally stable transistors, stability testing of RF amplifiers, broadband amplifiers, high power amplifiers, multistage amplifiers
Amplifier classes of operation Biasing networks 5 Characteristics of amplifiers, amplifier power relations stability circle and conditional stability simultaneous conjugate matching for unconditionally stable transistors stability testing of RF amplifiers 7 broadband amplifiers high power amplifiers, multistage amplifiers 9 Numericals 0 5.Quiz.Group discussion.quiz.quiz.quiz.quiz.quiz.quiz.quiz RF OSCILLATOR & MIXER Basic oscillator model-feedback Oscillators-Crystal Oscillators-Dielectric Resonance Oscilltor YIG tuned Oscillator -basic characteristics of mixer balanced Mixer Transceiver System Design Example RF OSCILLATOR & MIXER-Introduction, Basic oscillator model, high frequency oscillator configuration,.quiz.quiz.quiz Colpitt s Oscillator,.Quiz 5 Hartley Oscillator,.Quiz Crystal Oscillator, Dielectric.Quiz Resonator oscillator 7 YIG tuned Oscillator.Quiz Basic characteristics of.quiz, mixer 9 Transciever system design.quiz
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