Module Descriptors
ANALOGUE AND RF
MECH60395
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Akbar Sheikh Akbari
Email: A.S.Akbari@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- LABORATORY REPORT - INDIVIDUAL weighted at 50%
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
18 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 Special Admissions Requirements
None
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 Resources
Analogue Electronics laboratory
Library
Library
Module Texts
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
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