RF Circuit Design
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The official GTU curriculum for RF Circuit Design (subject code 2712706) as prescribed for EAC( · Semester 1 divides the course into 8 units, covering 51 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2712706)Unit 1 Introduction to RF Electronics
- The Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Microwave bands
- RF behavior of Passive components
- Tuned resonant circuits
- Inductors and Capacitors - Voltage and Current in capacitor circuits
- Tuned RF / IF Transformers
- High frequency limitations of BJT, MOSFET
Unit 2 Transmission Line Analysis
- Examples of transmission lines
- Transmission line equations
- Micro Strip Transmission Lines
- Special Termination Conditions- sourced and Loaded Transmission Lines
Unit 3 Single And Multiport Networks
- The Smith Chart
- Interconnectivity networks
- Network properties and Applications
- Scattering Parameters
Unit 4 Matching and Biasing Networks
- Impedance matching using discrete components
- Micro strip line matching networks
- Amplifier classes of Operation and Biasing networks
Unit 5 RF Passive & Active Components
- Filter Basics
- Lumped filter design
- Distributed Filter Design
- Diplexer Filters
- Crystal and Saw filters
- Active Filters
- Tunable filters
- Power Combiners / Dividers
- Directional Couplers
- Hybrid Couplers
- RF Diodes
- HEMTs and Models
Unit 6 RF Transistor Amplifier Design
- Characteristics of Amplifiers
- Amplifier Circuit Configurations
- Amplifier Matching Basics
- Distortion and noise products
- Stability Considerations
- Small Signal amplifier design
- Power amplifier design
- MMIC amplifiers
- Broadband High Power multistage amplifiers
- Low noise amplifiers
- VGA Amplifiers
Unit 7 Oscillators
- Oscillator basics
- Low phase noise oscillator design
- High frequency Oscillator configuration
- LC Oscillators
- Crystal Oscillators
- PLL Synthesizer, and Direct Digital Synthesizer
Unit 8 RF Mixers
- Basic characteristics of a mixer
- Active mixers
- Image Reject and Harmonic mixers
- Frequency domain considerations
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