Date Lecture Title Reading Laboratry
1/21 Module 1: Class Intro / Intro to Comm Circuits (pdf) Reader Ch 1  
1/23 Module 2: Introduction to Transmission Lines (pdf blank) (pdf) Reader Ch 2  
Week 2
1/28 Module 2: Introduction to Transmission Lines (cont) Reader Ch 3 Lab 0: ADS Tutorial Session
1/30 Module 3: Transmission Lines in the Frequency Domain (pdf blank) (pdf) Reader Ch 5 (Section 5.0) Demo  
Week 3
2/4 Module 3 (T-Lines in Frequency Domain) Reader Ch 5 (5.1-5.3) Lab 1: Introduction to Lab
2/6 Module 3 (T-Lines Freq Domain)  Reader Sect 5.3  
Week 4
2/11 Module 4: Scattering Parameters (pdf ) [only pages 1-2,15-26] Skim Reader Sect 6.3 Lab 2: High Frequency Components (Redaer Ch. 4)
2/13 Module 5: Smith Chart (pdf); Review of Resonance Reader Sect 6.2, 4.2, 5.6
Week 5
2/18 Module 6: T-Line Resonators (pdf)  Reader Sect 5.3, 5.7  No Lab (ISSCC Week)
2/20 Module 7: Matching Networks (pdf )
Reader Ch. 6
 
Week 6
2/25 Module 8: Two-Port Theory (pdf) Reader Ch. 7.1-7.2 Lab 2 (cont)
2/27 Module 9: Two-Port Power Gain and Stability (pdf) Reader Ch. 7.5, 8.5  
Week 7
3/4 Module 11: Noise in Comm Systems (pdf) Reader Ch. 10.1, 10.5 Lab 3:  Filter Lab
3/6 Module 12: Physical Origin of Electrical Noise (pdf) Reader Ch. 10.2-10.4  
Week 8
3/11 Module 13: Two-Port Noise (pdf) Reader Ch. 11.1-11.3 Lab 3 (cont)
3/13 Module 14: LNA Design (pdf) Reader Ch. 11.4-11.6  
Week 9  
3/18 Midterm (in class)   Lab 3 (cont)
3/20 Module 15:Introduction to Distortion (pdf) Reader Ch. 9.1-9.2  
 
Week 10 (Spring Recess)
3/25 No Class TBD  
    No Labs
3/27 No Class TBD  
 
Week 11
4/1 Module 16: Distortion Metrics (pdf)  Reader Ch. 9.3  Lab 4: High Frequency Amplifiers
4/3 Module 17: Feedback and Distortion (pdf) Reader Ch. 9.4   
Week 12
4/8 Module 18: Intro to Receivers and Mixers (pdf) Reader 8.4-8.6 Lab 4 (cont) 
4/10 Module 19: Current/Voltage Commutating Mixers (pdf)  Reader Ch. 15   
Week 13
4/15 Module 20: Transmitter System Level Specifications (pdf)  Reader Ch. 12 Lab 4 (cont)
4/17  Module 21: Power Amplifiers Reader Ch. 13   
 
Week 14
4/22  Module 22: High Efficiency Power Amplifiers   Lab 5: Noise Measurement
4/24  Module 23: Oscillators & Steady-State Analysis (pdf)    
Week 15
4/29  Module 24: Negative Resistance Osc ;Differential Osc, and VCOs (pdf)   Lab 6: Distortion Measurement
5/1 Module 25: Introduction to PLLs
   
Review Period
5/6 Review Session    
5/8 Review Office Hours    
Final Exam
5/15 Final Exam