Objectives
The objective of the course is to supply the students with the tools for the analysis, design, prototyping and testing of the main analog electronic circuits employed in the treatment, transmission and reception of the electric signals.
Course program
Transistors amplifiers for telecommunications. Transistor amplifiers out of the linearity regime. Matching networks. General theory of Oscillators. Sinusoidal oscillators (Colpitts, Hartley, Meissner). Radio frequency amplifiers. General definitions. Problems related to the noise and the non-linearity in a RF amplifier. Cross-modulation and intermodulation. Project of low noise amplifiers, LNA. Cascode configuration. General theory of Mixers. Mixer based on BJT, MOSFET and diodes. Gilbert cell. RF power amplifiers: class A, B, AB, C, E and F amplifiers. Phase Locked Loop (PLL): Linear analysis and butterfly characteristics. Main components of a PLL: Phase detectors and voltage-controlled oscillators.
