• Radio-Frequency (RF) Integrated Circuits
  • Schedule:
    • Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00pm-5:30pm, Rm 421
    • Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00am-11:30am, Rm 229
    • Instructor: Louis P. Alarcon
      • Consultation hours: Wednesday 2:30pm – 5pm, Rm 409

Announcements

  • 8/7: Welcome to EE 229!
  • 8/16: New class schedule and room:
    • Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00am-11:30am
    • Rm 229
  • 8/20: Assignment #1 is here. Due 5pm on 8/31.
  • 9/11: Assignment #2 is here. Due 5pm on 9/21.
  • 9/18: No class today.
  • 10/2: Assignment #3 is here. Due 5pm, 10/12.
  • 10/11: Assignment #4 is here. Due 5pm, 10/26.
  • 10/25: Assignment #5 is here. Due 5pm, 11/9.
  • 12/12: Assignment #6 is here. Due 5pm, 12/21.

Class Lectures

  • Lecture 1: Transmission Lines (pdf)
  • Lecture 2: Transmission Lines in Sinusoidal Steady-State (pdf)
  • Lecture 3: The Smith Chart (pdf)
  • Lecture 4: Resonance (pdf)
  • Lecture 5: Impedance Matching (pdf)
  • Lecture 6: Two-Port Networks (pdf)
  • Lecture 7: Power Gain in Two-Port Networks (pdf)
  • Lecture 8: Distortion Analysis (pdf)
  • Lecture 9: Feedback and Distortion
  • Lecture 10: Electronic Noise (pdf)
  • Lecture 11: Two-Port Noise Analysis
  • Lecture 12: Low-Noise Amplifiers (pdf)
  • Lecture 13: Power Amplifiers
  • Lecture 14: Mixers
  • Lecture 15: Oscillators

Reading List

References