ECCE 723 High Speed Communication Circuits
This course covers general architecture and circuit level design issues for wired/wireless/fiber optics communication circuits. It introduces different architectures and system level design concepts for wired/wireless/fiber optics communication followed by circuit level design techniques. High Speed Communication Circuits like High Speed Logic are introduced in the first part, followed by Transimpedance amplifiers, Limiters, Laser drivers and Data and Clock Recovery Circuits. In the second part of the course many building blocks needed in a modern Wireless Transceiver are discussed (LNA, PA, Mixers, VCO, PLL’s) and their design equations derived. The specifications for the building blocks is a result of System Level Considerations and trade-offs. Students will gain a significant amount of experience in simulating RF/Broadband circuits at the transistor level using state of the art EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools such as Cadence and Synopsys.
Offered
Fall Spring