IC Design for Wireless Systems

ABOUT THE COURSE:The course will focus on CMOS IC level implementation of RF, analog and mixed signal processing blocks used in a wireless system. Students will be able to develop intuition and mental models for designing transistor level high frequency circuits on an IC. Recent circuit techniques like N-path, noise-cancellation, digital power-amplifier etc. will be introduced during the course. The course will conclude with a case study of a practical transceiver design in a generic CMOS technology.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Final year UG, first year PGPREREQUISITES: Analog circuits, signal and systemsINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Qualcomm, Renesas, TI, Silicon Labs, Analog devices and other IC design companies in wireless systems domain.

Syllabus

Week 1:Transceiver architecture: frequency translation, filtering, image
Week 2:Distributed circuits: transmission-lines basics, S-parameters, matching
Week 3:Electrical noise, noise-figure, linearity, compression, inter-modulation
Week 4:Receiver design: LNA; input matching, low noise, gain
Week 5:Receiver design: mixer, channel-selection
Week 6:Receiver design: embedding N-path filtering, noise cancellation
Week 7:Transmitter design: power amplifier, efficiency, spectral leakage
Week 8:Transmitter design: driver amplifier, power mixer
Week 9:Transmitter design: RF DAC, digital power amplifier, out-phasing
Week 10:Local oscillator: oscillators, phase noise
Week 11:Local oscillator: VCO design
Week 12:Case-study: WiFi transceiver example