Spring 2024: Communications  Electronics III

*****SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION*****

(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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Instructor.. 2

Lectures & Discussion Sections. 2

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Lab Hours and Design Projects. 2

Syllabus / Course Summary.. 2

Exams & other important dates. 2

Teaching Assistant.. 3

Teaching assistant hours in lab.. 3

Textbook.. 3

Lecture Notes: 4

CAD Resources. 4

Problem sets: Spring 2024. 5

Homework, Lab, and Exam Solutions (this year): 5

Lab project: Spring 2024. 5

Component Data sheets for lab. 5

Exam Solutions and Example Exams (Past Years) 5

Utilities. 6

Tutorials. 6

Technical References. 6

 

Instructor

Prof. Mark Rodwell
Lectures: TO BE ANNOUNCED.

Office hours: TO BE ANNOUNCED.

Lectures & Discussion Sections

(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.

Extra evening sessions (makeup for travel, lab preparation, exam review):

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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Lab Hours and Design Projects

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.

 

Syllabus / Course Summary

TO BE POSTED

 

Exams & other important dates

Mid-term Exam: TO BE ANNOUNCED. (same room as lecture)
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

Teaching Assistant

Name

Email address

Office Hours and location

TO BE ANNOUNCED.

TO BE ANNOUNCED.

TO BE ANNOUNCED. Location: in the lab. You can also send him  an email.

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.

 

Teaching assistant hours in lab

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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Textbook

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

https://www.amazon.com/Radio-Frequency-Integrated-Circuits-Systems-dp-110719475X/dp/110719475X/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

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

https://www.amazon.com/Communication-Electronics-Applications-Publishers-Electronic-ebook/dp/B0CPL5YDJN/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.0bSc5gSIU96tOlizKqiYLzXMifrxz0EON1eshkyScco.UhWQXlNwfGmvug2nbA7hAQ0qHXbz-PbOEW-0Tg0ZHyg&dib_tag=se&qid=1704923018&refinements=p_27%3AStephen+Long&s=books&sr=1-2

 

…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.

 

Lecture Notes:

Rodwell's notes (will be updated during the term)

set

subject

Comment

1

Class A power amplifiers

a few errors need fixing

2

Power combiners

a few errors need fixing

3

PLLs, frequency synthesis, clock & data recovery

a few errors need fixing

4

Frequency multipliers for LO generation

done

5

Class B power amplifiers

a few errors need fixing

6

Filter basics

to be composed

7

Automatic gain control

to be composed

8

Receiver sensitivity

done

9

Review of analog circuit design (basics, MOTC)

done

10

baseband amplifiers, gm-Rf and synthesis.

done

11

Transconductance-transimpedance amplifiers.

to be composed

12

Lumped-distributed circuits and devices

to be given major revisions

 

CAD Resources

content

file

 

 

zapped ADS design directory (reactively tuned amplifier design  emphasis)

ADS_reactively_tuned.zap

Tutorial on running ADS (reactively tuned amplifier design  emphasis)

ads_tutorial_reactively_tuned.pdf

Tutorial on Stability and Gain Circles

stab_gain_F05.zap

Noise Figure Design and Display Files

 ece145B_NF_Stab_W11.zap

Harmonic Balance tutorial for small signal amplifiers

HBtutorial.zap

ADS mixer simulation examples

mixbasic.zap

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.

Problem sets: Spring 2024

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assignment:

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Homework, Lab, and Exam Solutions (this year):

 These will be distributed by the TA using canvas or similar software.

 

Lab project: Spring 2024

 

#

week

what

due

files

1

TBA

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2

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TAB

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Component Data sheets for lab

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

Exam Solutions and Example Exams (Past Years)

year

exam

file

xxx

mid term

xxx

xxx

final

xxx

Utilities

impedance_admittance_smithchart.pdf

smith_chart.pdf

2015_2_1_link_budget_60GHz.xls

 

Tutorials

content

file

Tutorial on RF Simulation algorithms

rf-sim.pdf

Extracting data from network analyzer into ADS

DataExtraction5162D_rev01310.pdf

Tutorial on the spectrum analyzer

Spec_analyzer2.pdf

Harmonic Balance Tutorial

ADS_Harmonic_Balance.pdf

Noise figure Tutorial

ADStutorial_NF_F04.pdf

How to use the ADS mixer design guide

ADStutorial_MixerDG.pdf

How to create subnetworks in ADS

ADS_subnetworks_103.pdf

Equivalent circuit models for Coilcraft chip inductors

spice_0603cs.pdf

Spring 2016 Cadence tutorial

 

 

Technical References

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