**Disclaimer**
This syllabus is to be used as a guideline only. The information provided is a summary of topics to be covered in the class.
Information contained in this document such as assignments, grading scales, due dates, office hours, required books and materials may be from
a previous semester and are subject to change. Please refer to your instructor for the most recent version of the syllabus.
EEE 524: Communication Transceiver System and Circuits Design
Spring, 2013
Jennifer Kitchen
Meeting Time & Place:
TTH 1:30 - 2:45pm, ECG – G 347
Instructor:
Prof. Jennifer Kitchen
Office: Goldwater Center (GWC) 314
Phone: 480-965-1857
Office hours: TTH 3:15-4:30pm and by appointment
Email: kitchen.jennifer@asu.edu
TA:
Jianxiong Sun; Email: Sun.Jianxiong@asu.edu
Lab Hours: T: 10am-1pm & 3pm-7pm, TH: 10am-1pm, F: 12noon-6pm
Required Textbook:
None – Detailed handouts will be posted prior to class. Reference Book 1
provides significantly more detailed information than that covered within
this course.
Ref Book 1:
Kevin McClaning, “Wireless Receiver Design for Digital Communications,
2nd Edition” SciTech Publishing, 2012, ISBN13-978-1891121807.
Ref. Book 2:
Razavi, “RF Microelectronics,
ISBN 9780137134731
Co/Pre-requisites:
EEE433, EEE523, EEE445 (recommended) + basic knowledge in linear
systems, analog/digital circuits and basic communication theory
Grading Policy:
Homework: 20%
Laboratory Projects: 30%
Two Exams: 50% (25% each)
Homework:
Homework needs to be submitted in the first 10 minutes of the class.
No late homework is accepted.
Homework solutions will be posted on Blackboard.
Exams:
There will be two exams:
Exam 1: ~ the middle of the semester and will cover the first half
of the material.
Exam 2: Final exam and covers the second half of the material.
2nd
Edition”
Prentice
Hall,
Final exam will be held on Thursday, May 2 (12:10pm-2:00pm)
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Lecture Notes:
Lecture slides will be posted on Blackboard at least one day before class
You are encouraged to review lectures notes before the class.
Homework and Laboratory assignments will be posted on Blackboard and
announced in-class.
Course Description:
This course is intended for graduate students interested in learning about the design of wireless
transceivers (mainly at the system level). The course will provide the students with the tools and
techniques needed to:
 Learn and apply RF terminology such as dB, dBm, VSWR, return loss, mismatch loss
 Understand propagation losses and link budgets.
 Understand, calculate, and assess performance impacts of system parameters such as:
noise figure, sensitivity, P1dB, IP2, IP3, EVM, and phase noise.
 Design (at a circuit level) a few of the most critical blocks in today’s RF transceivers
(e.g. low noise amplifier, mixer, and power amplifier).
 Analyze the trade-offs between radio architectures, circuit performance, and overall
system performance.
Examples of radio architectures from commercial systems (e.g. GSM, WCDMA) will be discussed.
Academic Student Code of Conduct While discussions between students are encouraged; cheating in this course will not be tolerated.
Any student found cheating on an exam or assignment may be given a failing grade for the course
and flagrant violations can result in additional consequences. You are cheating if you represent
someone else's work as your own or if someone else represents your work as theirs. All graded work
(exams, homework assignments, as well as any written exercises or quizzes) in this class must
represent your individual work only. Students may discuss the conceptual aspects of an assignment,
but in solving problems, students must turn in their own, independently developed solutions. Grading
may include executing software on your solutions that compares the structure and content of your
solution files with that of other students. Any cases of suspected cheating will be referred directly to
the College of Technology and Applied Sciences according to established policy. By your registration
in this class, you are assumed to have read, understand and agreed to this policy, as well as to the
procedures conveyed at the web site below. http://azregents.asu.edu/rrc/Policy%20Manual/5‐303‐Prohibited%20Conduct.pdf
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APPROXIMATE Course Schedule The schedule below is approximate and may vary based upon lecture questions, timing, and
students’ progress.
Lecture
Topics Homework
Laboratory Projects
WEEK 1 ‐ System Overview ‐ Obtain Cadence ‐ System Noise
Account/Access
1/8/2013
WEEK 2 ‐ Circuit Noise ‐ Intro to LNAs
1/15/2013
WEEK 3 ‐ LNA CS Architecuture ‐ LNA Cascode Architecture
1/22/2013
WEEK 4 ‐ System Nonlinearity ‐ Gain Compression, HD
1/29/2013
Lab 1
HW 1
WEEK 5 ‐ Nonlinearity Link Budget ‐ Introduction to Mixers
2/05/2013
WEEK 6 ‐ Mixer Details ‐ Rx Architectures
2/12/2013
WEEK 7 ‐ Rx Architectures ‐ Modulation (AM, FM, PM)
2/19/2013
Lab 2
HW 2
‐ Digital Modulation, Spectral WEEK 8 Efficiency, Constellations 2/26/2013
‐ Lab 2 Presentations
WEEK 9 ‐ Lab 2 Presentations ‐ Midterm Exam
3/05/2013
WEEK 10 ‐ Spring Break
3/12/2013
‐ Pulse Shaping WEEK 11 ‐ Intersymbol Interference 3/19/2013
‐ Intro to Tx Architectures
HW 3
Lab 3
HW 4 Lab 4
WEEK 12 ‐ ACPR/ACLR ‐ EVM 3/26/2013
‐ Tx Building Blocks
WEEK 13 ‐ Power Amplifiers
4/2/2013
WEEK 14 ‐ PLL Architectures ‐ PLL Noise
4/9/2013
WEEK 15 ‐ Phase Noise/Jitter ‐ VCOs
4/16/2013
WEEK 16 ‐ VCOs
4/23/2013
4/30/2013
5/2/2013
‐ Review for Final Exam
‐ Final Exam
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