An advanced level radio-frequency circuit course with laboratory and design exercises that emphasize complete system performance

Author

Barton, Taylor ; Alvira, Mariano

Author_Institution

Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2011

Abstract

A new course is presented that was designed and offered for the first time in 2010 as a special subject at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This course is a graduate-level advanced circuit design subject that covers the design of the circuit blocks that make up a modern communications system and is intended for graduate students who have analog circuit design experience. It uses a new integrated laboratory assignment which studies the detailed design of all critical modules and their impact on overall communications system performance.

Keywords

analogue circuits; educational courses; electronic engineering education; further education; integrated circuit design; radiofrequency integrated circuits; student experiments; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; advanced level radio-frequency circuit course; analog circuit design experience; circuit blocks design; complete system performance; critical modules; design exercises; graduate students; graduate-level advanced circuit design subject; integrated laboratory assignment; laboratory exercise; modern communications system; overall communications system performance; Benchmark testing; Laboratories; Mixers; Probes; Radio frequency; Receivers; Transmitters; Education; RF; laboratory design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2011

Conference_Location

Rapid City, SD

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-468-8

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2011.6142952

Filename

6142952