Guia docente 2016_17 Escola de Enxeñaría de Telecomunicación

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Introduction to circuit design for RF and Microwave transceptors	a. Analog circuits for communication transceptors. b. Transceptor technologies for communication systems transmitting at different frequency bands. Applications. c. Basic concepts. Transmission lines. S parameters. Smith Chart. Impedance matching.
2. Passive circuit design	Couplers, filters and phase shifters.
3. Introduction to microwave linear amplifier design	a. Power and power gain definitions. Gain and noise circles. b. Stability. Stability circles. Bias and stabilization networks.
4. Microwave linear amplifier design	a. Maximum transducer gain design b. Low noise ampliifiiers c. Broadband amplifiers
5. Power amplifier design	a. Loadline and power contours. b. Operating Classes. c. Designing for linearity and efficiency.
6. Frequency converters design	Frequency multipliers and mixers.
7. Signal generators	a. Oscillator design. VCOs b. PLL basics c. PLL based synthesiers. d. Direct digital synthesis.
8. Photonics	a. Semiconductors optical properties. b. Fabry-Perot lasers and DFB. c. Photodetectors. Static and dynamic regime. d. Electro-optic and electro-absorbing modulators.