Course Overview
This course teaches the analysis of HF, VHF, UHF and SHF circuits. Topics include: impedance matching networks; synthesis of low pass, high pass, band pass and bandstop Butterworth and Chebyshev filters; design, build and test of simple microstrip and stripline filters and amplifiers; high frequency modeling; small-signal device design using S parameters; analysis and test of stability, noise performance and distortion of active and passive devices. Labs require students to design, simulate, build and test various RF circuits referencing data sheets.
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Analyze self-resonance and estimate parasitic impedances for passive devices.
- Design VHF LC impedance matching networks.
- Design micro-strip and strip-line transmission line matching networks and filters.
- Design RF filters for amplitude, phase and delay characteristics.
- Compare the different types of filters such as Butterworth, Bessel, Chebyshev and Cauer.
- Calculate gain and stability of RF components and devices using scattering parameters.
- Select heat sinks for heat dissipation of power devices using data sheet specifications.
- Analyze heat sinks for transient thermal gradients and to identify hot spots.
- Construct I/O plots from gain and distortion specifications and calculate signal to noise/distortion ratios. Confirm the results in a UHF-SHF amplifier.
- Calculate noise figure for various configurations and matches of active and passive devices.
- Optimize gain - noise figure trade-offs.
- Construct and test a variety of RF circuits.
Effective as of Fall 2016
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