Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 6.976 (Spring 2003) 
• Course Title:
• High Speed Communication Circuits and Systems 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Michael Perrott
   
• Course Introduction:
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  6.976 High Speed Communication Circuits and Systems
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2003

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  6.976 features a full set of lecture slides, including slides presented by guest lecturers from academia and industry, and homework assignments, along with other materials used by students in the course. Custom software for this course is freely available.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  6.976 covers circuit and system level design issues of high speed communication systems, with primary focus being placed on wireless and broadband data link applications. Specific circuit topics include transmission lines, high speed and low noise amplifiers, VCO's, and high speed digital circuits. Specific system topics include frequency synthesizers, clock and data recovery circuits, and GMSK transceivers. In addition to learning analysis skills for the above items, students will gain a significant amount of experience in simulating circuits in SPICE and systems in CppSim (a custom C++ simulator).