Module Descriptors
ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS AND RF
ELEC60274
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Anas Amjad
Email: A.Amjad@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 33
Independent Study Hours: 117
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- LABORATORY REPORT - INDIVIDUAL weighted at 50%
- EXAMINATION (SUG2) weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Resources
Electrical and Electronics Laboratories
Electronics Design Packages
VLE - Blackboard
Library
Electronics Design Packages
VLE - Blackboard
Library
Module Learning Strategies
24 hours lectures / 9 hours labs/tutorial
Supervised lab sessions to gain practical experience and re-enforce theory
Team work as part lab session
Investigation using Web
Supervised lab sessions to gain practical experience and re-enforce theory
Team work as part lab session
Investigation using Web
Module Indicative Content
Review of analogue building blocks (passive and active) including resistors, capacitors, inductors and op-amps (bandwidth, gain-bandwidth product, slew rate) and their high frequency models
Analogue signal processing blocks such as anti-aliasing & reconstruction filters, high performance filters (elliptic), high-frequency (RF) filters (LC)
Analogue circuit simulation using PSPICE
Review of RF devices and equivalent circuits, RF amplifier, oscillator and mixer design
RF design including impedance matching/ smith chart, RF front end design
conventional RF transmitter-receiver systems
analogue very large scale integration (VLSI) using design, layout, RF considerations
Analogue signal processing blocks such as anti-aliasing & reconstruction filters, high performance filters (elliptic), high-frequency (RF) filters (LC)
Analogue circuit simulation using PSPICE
Review of RF devices and equivalent circuits, RF amplifier, oscillator and mixer design
RF design including impedance matching/ smith chart, RF front end design
conventional RF transmitter-receiver systems
analogue very large scale integration (VLSI) using design, layout, RF considerations
Module Additional Assessment Details
An individually assessed lab assignment 1500 words weighted at 50% (Learning Outcomes 2 and 4)
A written examination, length 2 hours weighted at 50% (Learning Outcomes 1 and 3)
A written examination, length 2 hours weighted at 50% (Learning Outcomes 1 and 3)
Module Texts
Sedra, A.S. & Smith, K.C. (2010) Microelectronic Circuits, 6th Edn., Oxford University Press
Chan Carusone, T. et al. (2012) Analog Integrated Circuit design, 2nd Edn., John Wiley and Sons
Gray, P.R. et al. (2009) Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, 5th Edn., John Wiley and Sons
Ludwig, R. & Bogdanov, G. (2009) RF Circuit Design: Theory and Applications, 2nd Edn., Pearson
Carr, J. (2001) Secrets of RF Circuit Design, 3rd Edn., McGraw-Hill
Chan Carusone, T. et al. (2012) Analog Integrated Circuit design, 2nd Edn., John Wiley and Sons
Gray, P.R. et al. (2009) Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, 5th Edn., John Wiley and Sons
Ludwig, R. & Bogdanov, G. (2009) RF Circuit Design: Theory and Applications, 2nd Edn., Pearson
Carr, J. (2001) Secrets of RF Circuit Design, 3rd Edn., McGraw-Hill