2K6 EC 705 (D): RF SYSTEM DESIGN

Module I (15 hours)
Importance of RF Design – Electromagnetic Spectrum – RF behavior of Passive Components – Chip components and Circuit Board Considerations – Scattering Parameters – Smith Chart and Applications. RF Filter Design: Overview – Basic Resonator and Filter Configuration – Special Filter Realizations – Filter Implementations – Coupled Filter.
Module II (13 hours)
RF Diodes – BJT, RF FETs – High Electron Mobility Transistors, Matching and Biasing Networks – Impedance Matching using Discrete Components – Microstrip Line Matching Networks – Amplifier Classes of Operation and Biasing Networks.
Module III (12 hours)
RF Amplifier Design: Characteristics – Amplifier Power Relations – Stability Considerations – Constant Gain Circles – Constant VSWR Circles– Low Noise Circuits – Broadband – High Power and Multistage Amplifiers
Module IV( 12 hours)
Oscillators Mixers & Applications: Basic Oscillator Model – High Frequency Oscillator Configuration – Basic Characteristics of Mixers – Phase Locked Loops – RF Directional Couplers and Hybrid Couplers – Detector and Demodulator Circuits.

TEXT BOOK
1. Reinhold Ludwig and Powel Bretchko “RF Circuit Design Theory and Applications”, 1st Edition, Pearson Education Asia, 2001
2. Ulrich L. Rohde and David P. NewKirk, “Microwave Circuit Design”, John Wiley and Sons USA, 2000
REFERENCES
1. Joseph J. Carr, “Secrets of RF Circuit Design”, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill Publishers 2000.
2. Mathew M. Radmanesh, “Radio Frequency & Microwave Electronics”, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education Asia, 2002.
3. Roland E., “Best Phase Locked Loops Design simulation and applications”, 5th edition, McGraw Hill Publishers, 2003.