This section contains links to the course's lecture slides, along with homework and project due dates.
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  |  |  |   | 1 |  |  |  | Overview of Course (PDF - 2.7 MB) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 2 |  |  |  | Transmission Line Theory (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 3 |  |  |  | S-parameters and Impedance Transformers (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 4 |  |  |  | Generalized Reflection Coefficient, Smith Chart, Passives (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 5 |  |  |  | High Speed Broadband Amplifiers (PDF) (HW #1 Due, HW #2 Out)  |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 6 |  |  |  | Enhancement of Broadband Amplifiers, Narrowband Amplifiers (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 7 |  |  |  | Noise Modeling in Amplifiers (PDF) (HW #2 Due, HW #3 Out) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 8 |  |  |  | Noise Figure, Impact of Amplifier Nonlinearities (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 9 |  |  |  | Low Noise Amplifiers (PDF) (HW #3 Due, HW #4 Out) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 10 |  |  |  | Mixers (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 11 |  |  |  | Voltage Controlled Oscillators (PDF) (HW #4 Due, HW #5 Out) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 12 |  |  |  | Noise in Voltage Controlled Oscillators (PDF - 1.2 MB) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 13 |  |  |  | High Speed Digital Logic (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 14 |  |  |  | High Speed Frequency Dividers (PDF) (HW #5 Due, Project 1 Out) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 15 |  |  |  | Integer-N Frequency Synthesizers (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 16 |  |  |  | Noise in Integer-N Frequency Synthesizers (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 17 |  |  |  | Advanced Frequency Synthesizers (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 18 |  |  |  | Design and Simulation of Synthesizers (PDF - 1.5 MB) (Project 1 Due, HW #6 Out) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 19 |  |  |  | Basics of Wireless Communication (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 20 |  |  |  | Performance Measures of Wireless Communication (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 21 |  |  |  | MSK Modulation and Clock and Data Recovery Circuits (PDF) (HW #6 Due, Project #2 Out) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 22 |  |  |  | Guest Lecture by Gu-Yeon Wei, Harvard University: Low-Power High-Speed Links (PDF) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 23 |  |  |  | Guest Lecture: Statistical Electronics |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 24 |  |  |  | Guest Lecture by Analog Devices: RF Power Amplifiers (PDF - 1.2 MB) |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 25 |  |  |  | Guest Lecture: A 1.6 Gb/s/pair Electromagnetically Coupled Multidrop Bus Using Pulse-Based Modulated Signaling |   |  |  |   |  |  |   | 26 |  |  |  | Guest Lecture by Richard Schreier, Analog Devices: Lowpass and Bandpass Delta-Sigma Modulation (PDF) (Project #2 Due) |   |  |  |  
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