Analogue Electronics laboratory
Library

Adel S. Sedra, Kenneth C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN: 978-0195142525
P.R. Gray, P.J. Hurst, S.H. Lewis, R.G. Meyen, Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, Fourth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2001, ISBN: 047137752X
Ludwig, R., RF circuit design: theory and applications, Prentice Hall 2000, ISBN 0130953237
Carr, J., Secrets of RF circuit design, McGraw-Hill 1997, ISBN 0070116725

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

24 hours lectures / 12 hours labs/tutorial (1:n)2 (1:20)1

Weekly two hour lecture
Supervised lab sessions to gain practical experience and re-enforce theory
Team work as part lab session
Investigation using Web

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)

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