EECE 417: Radio Frequency Circuits

Elective, Prerequisites: EECE 315

Fall 2008

Instructor: Dr. Uma Balaji

Email: ubalaji@csuchico.edu Webpage: www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~ubalaji

Office Hours: T11:30-1:30 and R 11:00-1:00 OCNL 310

Catalog Description: Characteristics of passive and active components at high frequencies, reflections and standing waves, matching networks, scattering parameters, high-frequency measurement equipment and techniques, sample high-frequency design and construction projects, Smith charts.

Course Objectives:

· understand the causes of non-ideality of passive components at high frequencies and have some idea of the extent of this non-ideality

· know the origin of the Smith chart and be able to use it for a wide variety of purposes

· acquire familiarity with S parameters and their importance in high-frequency design

· be able to design impedance-matching networks using either equations or the Smith chart

· know how to do high-frequency bread boarding

· know the parameters that describe amplifier nonlinearity and how to measure them

· know the factors that should enter into the choice of operating point for a high-frequency amplifier

Class Schedule:

MW 9:00-9:50 SGYM 101

Text Book:

RF Circuit Design Theory and Applications, R. Ludwig and P Bretchko, Prentice Hall

Reference:

RF Circuit Design, Chris Bowick, Newnes

Microwave Engineering, D.M. Pozar, John Wiley

Topics Covered:

• Introduction
• Transmission Line Analysis
• Smith Chart
• Single and Multiport Networks
• RF Filter Design
• Active RF Component and Modeling
• Matching and Biasing Network
• RF Transistor Amplifier Design

Evaluation Policy:

Assignment/Laboratory : 20%

Midterm I : 20%

Midterm II : 20%

Project : 10%

Final Exam : 30%

For Course Outcome on this course refer to the department webpage of courses (EECE 417). Procedure on Drop and Cheating policy are as per department norms.