Fall 2023:
Radio-Frequency / Microwave IC design
(this web page is at http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/Faculty/rodwell/Classes/ECE218A/ECE218A.htm)
Co: listed as
ECE145a (undergrad) and ECE218a
(graduate)
DO NOT GO TO THE SCHEDULED LAB HOURS during the first week of classes.
The laboratory/design content of the class is run on an independent basis.
Design projects are assigned and a due date is given. Students work in the lab
constructing and testing their designs, working in the lab at whatever time
they find most suitable to work.
Last updated: 4/2/2024: Please hit the
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Changes:
1) Make-up lecture 10/27 (Friday) 4:00-5:15PM Phelps
1437
2) Office
hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, 2-3PM
ESB2205F
Lectures
& Discussion Sections
Extra
evening sessions (makeup for travel, lab preparation, exam review):
Teaching
assistant hours in lab
Homework,
Lab, and Exam Solutions (this year):
Transistor
Data sheets, cal. kit coeffients
Exam
Solutions and Example Exams (Past Years)
Prof. Mark Rodwell
Office hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays, 2-3PM Tuesdays, Thursdays 4-5 PM, ESB2205F
Main Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1230-145 PM, Phelps 2516.
Discussion session with the TAs
On some weeks, review sessions or lab preparation seesions with the TAs
will be scheduled.
There will be dates during the term which I must travel. There will often be a substitute lecturer on those days, but I will also schedule make-up lectures to re-cover the material to ensure consistent coverage.
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4:00-5:15PM |
Phelps 1437 |
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The class design content will be in the form of a design project (circuit simulation and mask layout) and of a series of circuits you must design, construct on a PC board, and test. You do not need to attend the lab hours posted in the Schedule of Classes.
Mid-term Exam: Thurdsay, November 2, 1230-145PM(same room as lecture)
Dead week: Nov. 28-Dec. 2
Last Lecture: Dec. 7.
Final Exam: Monday, December 11, 12 - 3
p.m.(same room as lecture)
(from https://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/calendars/calendars-deadlines/final-examinations/fall-final-examination-schedule and
https://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/calendars/calendars-deadlines/academic-calendars/academic-calendar-for-2023-2024 )
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Email
address |
Office Hours and location |
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Sajeeb, M Mahmudul Hasan |
msajeeb@umail.ucsb.edu |
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Rezaei, Farzan |
farzan@umail.ucsb.edu |
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The
office hours are for the TA to give you guidance with your projects and
assignments. On weeks when lab projects are due, the regular office hour times will not held, and the TA will instead be in
the lab to guide you.. The TA will email the class to set up times for these.
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Please contact the TAs regarding HW solutions or grading.
On weeks when students are working on lab projects, the hours below, in the lab, supersede the TA offic hours above.
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Oct 9 |
Oct 10 |
Oct 11 |
Oct 12 |
Oct 13 |
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Farzan 4-7 PM Lab1a training |
Sajeeb 5-8PM |
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Oct 16 |
Oct 17 |
Oct 18 |
Oct 19 |
Oct 20 |
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TA#1 4-7 PM |
TA#2 5-8PM |
checkoffs 1a |
checkoffs 1a |
checkoffs 1a |
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Oct 23 |
Oct 24 |
Oct 25 |
Oct 26 |
Oct 27 |
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TA#1 5-6 PM |
TA#2 6-7PM |
checkoffs 1b |
checkoffs 1b |
checkoffs 1b |
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Oct 30 |
Oct 31 |
Nov 1 |
Nov 2 |
Nov 3 |
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TA#1 4-7 PM |
TA#2 5-8PM |
TA#1 5-7 PM |
TA#2 6-8PM |
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Nov 6 |
Nov 7 |
Nov 8 |
Nov 9 |
Nov 10 |
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checkoffs 2 |
checkoffs 2 |
checkoffs 2 |
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Nov 20 |
Nov 21 |
Nov 22 |
Nov 23 |
Nov 24 |
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TA#1 4-7 PM |
TA#2 5-8PM |
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Break |
break |
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Nov 27 |
Nov 28 |
Nov 29 |
Nov 30 |
Dec 1 |
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TA (Saj) 5-6 PM |
TA (Far) 5-6 PM |
TA (Saj) 5-6 PM |
TA (Far) 5-6 PM |
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Dec 4 |
Dec 5 |
Dec 6 |
Dec 7 |
Dec 8 |
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TA (Saj) 5-7 PM |
TA (Far) 5-7 PM |
checkoffs 3 |
checkoffs 3 |
The primary course reference material is the online lecture
note set.
*Optional* texts for this class are
…optional for 145C: : Hooman Darabi, Radio Frequency
Integrated Circuits and Systems
Either 1st or 2nd edition would be fine.
…optional for 145C: Stephen I Long, Communication
Electronics: RF Design with Practical Applications using Pathwave/ADS Software
…optional for 218C: Sorin Voinigescu, High-Frequency
Integrated Circuits
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/highfrequency-integrated-circuits/4BF00791FE2320D7FE4368E8F2424E4D
Please feel free to purchase any of
these texts, or none of them.
Please learn to access / search IEEE Explore
(accessible without charge from UCSB IP addresses or with a UCSB Web account
with proxy settings). The technical literature is an
excellent learning tool.
Wikipedia
's material on radios is often useful, though it can vary greatly
in technical depth. Any information obtained from the internet should be
verified against a primary technical publication.
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145B/218B covers in detail |
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class |
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Baseband analog transistor circuit design |
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High-frequency analog transistor circuit design |
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Analog and mixed-signal IC design (senior/graduate level) |
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Basic Transmission-line theory |
10/13/23 |
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Device models, 2-port parameters, cutoff frequencies. |
10/27/23 |
assignment: please work the tutorial as well. tutorial: ads_tutorial_for_ps2.pdf project file (zapped): ADS_for_218a_wrk.7zads |
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impedance-matching exercises |
11/3/23 |
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unilateral amplifier design |
11/17/23 |
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bilateral amplifier design |
11/28/23 |
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power amplifier design, low-noise design |
not due; for final exam pre-paration. |
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a link to solutions will be posted here..
Please see the notes below, in the CAD resources section, on interfacing to the network analyzer.
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Transmission-lines Passive components |
checkoff: Oct. 18-20 report: Oct. 23 |
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Transistor measurements |
checkoff: Oct. 15-27 report: Oct. 30 |
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impedance-matching networks |
checkoff: Nov 6-8 report: Nov. 9 |
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Reactively tuned amplifier |
design report: report: Dec. 8. |
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zapped and zipped ADS design directories (RF/microwave emphasis) |
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zapped ADS design directory (mixed-signal emphasis) |
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Tutorial on running ADS (RF/microwave emphasis) |
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interfacing ADS2015 with the NEWER network analyzer. |
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interfacing ADS*2013* with the OLDER network analyzer. |
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interfacing ADS*2013* with the OLDER network analyzer. |
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correct file formats for .s2p files |
Problem sets and design projects in the class use the Agilent ADS microwave IC design environment. Access to ADS can be either through accounts in the ECI lab, or via the microwave teaching lab on the 5th Floor of Harold Frank Hall. If you are member of a research group in the ECE dept, you may well also have access to ADS via your group's PCs or Workstations---ask your Professor.
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Transistor datasheet: MRF901 |
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Transistor datasheet: MRF951 |
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Transistor datasheet: Infineon-BFP181 |
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Adding ADS model for BFP181 |
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Adding ADS models for MRF951, MRF901 |
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calibration coefficients: D5535E cal set |
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info and calibration coefficients: D5535D cal set |
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regarding the meaning of cal coefficients |
Comment about solutions: these may occasionally have mistakes (which will have been corrected when exams were graded): if in doubt, please ask the instructor or the TAs.
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year |
exam |
file |
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2009 (winter) |
mid-term |
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2009 (winter) |
final |
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2011 |
mid-term |
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2012 |
mid-term |
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2013 |
mid-term |
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2013 |
final |
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2014 |
mid-term |
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2014 |
final |
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2015 |
mid-term |
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2015 |
final |
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2016 |
mid term |
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2016 |
final |
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2017 |
mid term |
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2017 |
final |
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2018 |
mid term |
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2018 |
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2019 |
mid term |
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2019 |
final |
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2021 |
mid term |
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2021 |
final |
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2022 |
mid term |
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2022 |
final |
impedance_admittance_smithchart.pdf