Spring 2024:
Communications Electronics III
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(this web page is at
http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/Faculty/rodwell/Classes/ECE218c/ECE218c.htm)
Co: listed as
ECE145c (undergrad) and ECE218c
(graduate)
Note (2/23/2024):
I am covering this spring for Jim Buckwalter.
The note, assignments, and lab projects are being updated, and will
continue to be updated throughout the spring term.
Some of the posted note sets and other course materials might be Jim
Buckwalter's. In those cases, that will be noted on the documents in question.
Last updated 3/27/2024
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Lectures
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Extra
evening sessions (makeup for travel, lab preparation, exam review):
Teaching
assistant hours in lab
Homework,
Lab, and Exam Solutions (this year):
Exam
Solutions and Example Exams (Past Years)
Prof. Mark Rodwell
Lectures: TO BE ANNOUNCED.
Office hours: TO BE ANNOUNCED.
(from http://my.sa.ucsb.edu/public/curriculum/coursesearch.aspx )
Main Lectures: TO
BE ANNOUNCED..
Weekly discussion session: To be announced. In some weeks Rodwell will give a make-up
lecture or design review in this time. Please reserve this time on your
calendar.
There may be dates during the term which I must travel. There will always 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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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.
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Mid-term Exam: TO BE
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Dead week: TO BE ANNOUNCED.
Last Lecture: TO BE ANNOUNCED.
Final Exam: TO BE ANNOUNCED.same room as lecture
from
https://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/calendars/calendars-deadlines/academic-calendars/academic-calendar-for-2023-2024 , and
https://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/calendars/calendars-deadlines/final-examinations/winter-final-examination-schedule
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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, these will substitute. The TA will email the class to set up times for these. |
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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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.
Rodwell's notes (will be updated during the term)
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Automatic gain control |
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baseband amplifiers, gm-Rf and synthesis. |
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Transconductance-transimpedance amplifiers. |
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zapped ADS design directory (reactively tuned amplifier design emphasis) |
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Tutorial on running ADS (reactively tuned amplifier design emphasis) |
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Tutorial on Stability and Gain Circles |
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Noise Figure Design and Display Files |
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Harmonic Balance tutorial for small signal amplifiers |
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ADS mixer simulation examples |
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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ADF4002.pdf BB131.pdf LM2931.pdf LMC6482.pdf LP38690.pdf LP38691.pdf MMBV2101LT1-D.pdf P1204014.JPG P2284021.JPG power_splitter.pdf ZAD-1.pdf ZFL-500LN.pdf
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impedance_admittance_smithchart.pdf
2015_2_1_link_budget_60GHz.xls
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Tutorial on RF Simulation algorithms |
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Extracting data from network analyzer into ADS |
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Tutorial on the spectrum analyzer |
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Harmonic Balance Tutorial |
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Noise figure Tutorial |
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How to use the ADS mixer design guide |
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How to create subnetworks in ADS |
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Equivalent circuit models for Coilcraft chip inductors |
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Spring 2016 Cadence tutorial |
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