EEE 415: Communication Circuits

      EEE 415: Communication Circuits 

FALL 2024

Instructor:	Dr. Ahmed Farghal, Ph.D. Office:  E-mail: ahmedfarghal7080@gmail.com Facebook: Click here Scheduled Office Hours: TBD. Open Door Policy: When my door is open, you are welcome to come in.
Course Organization:	Lecture: Sundays, 09:00 am – 11:00 am, @ Lecture Hall 1. 2 hours of tutorial per week Teaching Assistant: Eng.
Midterm Exam:	TBD.
Final Exam:	TBD.

Required Textbook:

B. Razavi, RF Microelectronics, Second Edition, (US Edition), Prentice-Hall, 2012

 

Optional Reading:

Course Topics:

   

Handouts: Fall2024

The handouts are available as Adobe PDF files through the links below.   

• Lecture 1:  Introduction to RF and Wireless Technology.
• Lecture 2:  Transceiver Architectures I.
• Lecture 3:  Transceiver Architectures II.
• Lecture 4:  Transceiver Architectures III.
• Lecture 5:  Mixers I.
• Lecture 6:  Mixers II.
• Lecture 7:  Voltage-Controlled Oscillator.
• Lecture 8:  Phase-Locked Loops.
• Lecture 9:  Frequency Synthesizers I.
• Lecture 10:  Frequency Synthesizers II.
• Lecture 11:  Logic Families I.
• Lecture 12:  Logic Families II.
• Lecture 13:  Counters and Registers.

• Problem Sets
• Sheet #1 
• Sheet #2
• Sheet #3
• Sheet #4
• Sheet #5
• Sheet #6
• Sheet #7
• Sheet #8

Useful Links        

• The Design of a Millimeter-Wave Frequency Synthesizer
• The Design of a Millimeter-Wave Frequency Synthesizer [The Analog Mind]