COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RF CIRCUIT DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EEE 5108 RF CIRCUIT DESIGN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EMINE YEŞIM ZORAL

Offered to

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The course aims to introduce the students basis of RF circuit design using passive and active microwave components.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand microwave networks.
2   To be able to design a basic RF fiter.
3   To be able to understand and the active RF microwave components.
4   To be able to analyze and design RF transistor amplifiers.
5   To be able to analyze and design RF oscillators and mixers.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic review of transmission line analysis
2 Single and multiport networks
3 Scattering parameters
4 Overview of RF Filter design
5 Special filter realizations
6 Active RF components
7 Exam 1
8 Active RF component modelling
9 Measurement of active devices
10 Matching and biasing networks
11 RF Transistor amplifier design
12 Oscillators and Mixers
13 Midterm Exam 2
14 Oscillators and Mixers cont.

Recomended or Required Reading

R. Ludwig, G. Bogdanov, RF Circuit Design, Theory and Applications, Pearson, 2009

R. E. Collin, Foundations of Microwave Engineering, McGraw Hill

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, homeworks, presentations, term project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1* 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE(RESIT) MTE1* 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.30


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Exams
2. Homeworks
3. Projects

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: yesim.zoral@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparing assignments 10 3 30
Preparing presentations 1 50 50
Midterm 2 3 6
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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