Covers circuit and system level design issues of high speed communication systems, with primary focus being placed on wireless and broadband data link applications. Specific circuit topics include transmission lines, high speed and low noise amplifiers, VCO's, and high speed digital circuits. Specific system topics include frequency synthesizers, clock and data recovery circuits, and GMSK transceivers.This course is also available on MIT's OpenCourseWare site.

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High Speed Communication Circuits and Systems

  • Overview of Course
     
     
  • Transmission Lines
     
     
  • S-parameters and Impedance Transformers
     
     
  • Generalized Reflection Coefficient, Smith Chart, Integrated Passive Components
     
  • High Speed, Broadband Amplifiers
     
     
  • Enhancement Techniques for Broadband Amplifiers, Narrowband Amplifiers
     
  • Noise Modeling in Amplifiers
     
     
  • Noise Figure, Impact of Amplifier Nonlinearities
     
     
  • Low Noise Amplifiers
     
     
  • Mixers
     
     
  • Voltage Controlled Oscillators
     
     
  • Noise in Voltage Controlled Oscillators
     
     
  • High Speed Digital Circuits
     
     
  • High Speed Frequency Dividers
     
     
  • Integer-N Frequency Synthesizers
     
     
  • Noise in Integer-N Frequency Synthesizers
     
     
  • Advanced Frequency Synthesizers
     
     
  • Design and Simulation of Frequency Synthesizers
     
     
  • Basics of Wireless Communication
     
     
  • Performance Measures of Wireless Communication
     
     
  • MSK Modulation and Clock and Data Recovery Circuits
     
     
  • Delay Locked Loops and High Speed Circuit Highlights