EC EN 549
VLSI Communication Circuit Design
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering
Course Description
Frequency synthesizers; low-jitter, voltage-controlled oscillators; high Q circuits; clock regeneration; phase-locked loops; frequency discriminators; and radio-on-a-chip concepts.
When Taught
Spring Term
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Other Prerequisites
ECEn 443 or 445 or equivalent
Title
4.
Learning Outcome
Understand the technical specifications that characterize modern wireless systems.
Title
1.
Learning Outcome
Understand the challenges of designing modern wireless circuits such as wireless local area networks, cell phones, Bluetooth, and other systems.
Title
3.
Learning Outcome
Learn the modulation methods and bandwidth requirements for wireless transceivers.
Title
2.
Learning Outcome
Learn the various architectures of wireless transceivers suited to MOSFET circuit design.
Title
5.
Learning Outcome
Learn how to implement components of wireless systems using MOSFET integrated circuits.
