2014 - 2015

0512-4164-01
  Communication Circuits                                                                               
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Wolfson - Engineering130Mon0800-1000 Sem  1
Brenda Dana Sem  1
Ofer Amrani Sem  1
Wolfson - Engineering130Mon1600-1800 Sem  1
 
 
University credit hours:  4.0

Course description
Credit points: 3.5
Prerequisite: Analog Electronic Circuits; Communication systems; Wave Transmission and Lines.
 
Introduction and General Considerations
 
Description of the basic components used to build the communication circuits; principal considerations; principal considerations in planning the transmitter, receiver; the problem of interference and the heterodyne receiver structure,
 
Basic Concepts in RF communications
Linearity - harmonics and inter-modulation; Effects of non-linearity on the signal being picked up; quantifying the phenomenon-1dB compression point and IP3; cascading of nonlinear stages,
Noise - Noise types and the modeling of a noisy circuit as an equivalent two-port noiseless circuit with external noise sources; definition of Noise Figure of a single stage and the derivation of the noise figure Ferris formula for multiple cascaded stages; noise figure of passive circuits,
Receiver sensitivity and dynamic range,
Characterization of basic elements –Mixers; power combiners/splitters; oscillators; phase noise; cables,
 
Design and analysis of a full reception chain
Definition and planning of all major parameters of a receiver based on given performance requirements,
 
Introduction to circuits
Impedance matching circuits – The transformer; RLC circuits; the resonance frequency; bandwidth definition; T and TT matching; mixed networks, Tapped capacitor resonator nad Tapped inductor resonator,
Transistors – high-frequency model; noise model for MOSFET and BJT transistors,
 
Basic component structure
Mixers -Active and passive mixers
Frequency oscillators – Oscillation condition, no planning, phase noise, linear calculation for different architectures
Amplifier – low noise Amp. LNA; Tuned Amp.
 
 

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