RFIC and MMIC Design and Technology
CEESI Module Details| Institution: |
University of Surrey |
| Module Code | |
| Module Credits (level M): | 15 |
| Learning hours | 150 |
| Module Convenor: | |
| Tutors: | Prof. Ian Robertson and Dr Stepan Lucyszyn |
| Industrial Advisors: | |
| Delivery Mode: | The delivery mode is under review but will involve the equivalent of 30 hours of lectures and six 3-hour sessions of CAD work followed by a written examination. |
Module Aims
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs) and Monolithic
Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) are now used extensively in communications
and radar applications. This course draws together all the important MMIC design
methods and device technologies. This is an advanced circuit design course and
students must have a thorough understanding of RF and microwave engineering
principles.
Prerequisite Knowledge
Taught MSc students must normally have attended RF Electronics
or Microwave Engineering Principles.
Assessment
Assessment is by written, closed-book examination (80%) and
by coursework (20%).
The module includes RF simulation exercises undertaken in the laboratory.
Syllabus
Introduction to MMICs. technologies: GaAs/Si/InP: MESFET HEMT
BJT HBT.
Applications, circuit basics
Fabrication technology
MMIC components, active devices, passive lumped elements, microstrip elements
Amplifier design: reactively matched amp; feedback amp; distributed amp; darlington
pair
Mixers and oscillators
Control circuits: phase shifters, switches and gain control
On-wafer measurements
Advanced techniques; transceivers; active antennas; active filters; modulators/demodulators
Recommended Texts
| Essential Text | I.D. Robertson (Ed.), MMIC Design, IEE, 1995. |
| Background Reading | P.C.L.Yip, High-frequency Circuit Design and Measurement, Chapman & Hall |
| G. Gonzales, Microwave Transistor Amplifiers - Analysis and Design, Prentice-Hall | |
| W.H. Hayward, Introduction to Radio Frequency Design, Prentice-Hall | |
| E.A. Wolff & R. Kaul, Microwave Engineering and Systems Applications, J. Wiley | |
| P. Combes, J. Graffaul, & G. Sautereau, Microwave Components, Devices and Active Circuits, J.Wiley | |
| Haigh, Everard, GaAs Technology and its Impact on Circuits and Systems, IEE | |
| Terry Edwards, Foundations for Microstrip Circuit Design, 2nd Ed., Wiley |