| Lectures and exercises |
hours |
| Topics |
Specific contents |
|
| Introduction |
Recent developments in the technology for RF circuits |
2
|
| Specifications of linear circuits and systems |
Gain, bandwidth, propagation time, rise time of circuits and cascaded circuit blocks |
4
|
| Specifications of non-linear circuits and systems |
Distortion and intermodulation in circuits and cascaded circuit blocks |
6
|
| Noise in electronic circuits |
sources, modeling, noise in systems, components and cascaded circuit blocks |
8
|
| Modulation and multiple access |
Main modulation techniques; multiple access; duplexing; main wireless communication standards (GSM, DECT, GPS, etc..) |
8
|
| RF Trasmitter and receiver architecture |
Superetherodyne, Homodyne, Image reject, etc... |
10
|
| Transceiver system planning |
Example planning of an integrated transceiver |
2
|
| Total hours for lectures and exercises |
40 |
| for exercises only |
6 |
|
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
| Labs |
2 |
| Tutorials / Seminars |
2 |
| Workshops |
|
| Guided tours |
|
| |
|
| Total hours for further educational activities |
4 |
| Total hours |
44
|