Prototyping Techniques

1. Using capacitors for wideband applications and bypassing

2. Stanford EE344 Chapter 1 - Characteristics of Circuit Components at HF

3. How to wind an inductor

4. RF prototyping techniques

5. Step-by-step soldering of surface mount components and Basics of soldering

Impedance Matching

1. Bowick, Chapter 4, Impedance Matching

2. Stanford EE246 Notes on Impedance Matching

3. Smith chart for impedance / Smith chart for impedace and admittance

ADS Tutorials and Files

1. ADS basics (ADS_tutorial1.zap)

2. LineCalc

3. Import measured s-parameters into ADS from VNAs in HFH 5162D

4. ADS tutorial on noise figure (ece145a_NF_FW07.zap)

5. ADS tutorial on harmonic balance (HBtutorial.zap)

6. ADS tutorial on satability and gain circles (stab_gain_F05.zap)