Advanced Communications Circuits Design
Code: 102727 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500895 Electronic Engineering for Telecommunication | OT | 4 | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- Jordi Bonache Albacete
- Email:
- Jordi.Bonache@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Teachers
- Jordi Bonache Albacete
- Gerard Zamora Gonzalez
- Paris Velez Rasero
Prerequisites
It is convenient to have studied the subjects "Transmitters and Receptor Electronics" and "RF and Microwave Engineering"
Objectives and Contextualisation
The overall objective of this subject is to provide the basic knowledge and techniques that allow the student to design circuits and passive communication components for specific applications through professional simulation tools. An special effort will be focused on the problems related to the practical implementation of communication components, such as non-ideals, lost due to different causes, generation of parasite modes, size, presence of spurious, etc.
Competences
- Communication
- Design, analyse and propose specialised radiofrequency and microwave components, devices, circuits and systems for telecommunication systems.
- Develop personal attitude.
- Develop personal work habits.
- Develop thinking habits.
- Work in a team.
Learning Outcomes
- Communicate efficiently, orally and in writing, knowledge, results and skills, both professionally and to non-expert audiences.
- Design communication circuits and components for specific applications using professional simulation tools.
- Develop curiosity and creativity.
- Develop systemic thinking.
- Generate innovative and competitive proposals in professional activity.
- Maintain a proactive and dynamic attitude with regard to one’s own professional career, personal growth and continuing education. Have the will to overcome difficulties.
- Make one’s own decisions.
- Manage information by critically incorporating the innovations of one’s professional field, and analysing future trends.
- Provide solutions to problems related to the practical implementation of communications components, such as interference, radiation loss, generation of parasitic modes, size, presence of spurious elements, etc.
- Work cooperatively.
- Work in complex or uncertain surroundings and with limited resources.
Content
Design and characterization of passive microwave and millimeter filters. Designs based on resonators.
Specific software for the design of communication circuits: electric simulators versus electromagnetic simulators.
Circuit design with electromagnetic simulators. Optimization
Compaction techniques. Application examples: microwave filters, other microwave circuits.
Methodology
Directed activities:
Master Classes: The teacher will explain the topics through the use of slides and blackboard.
Problems seminars: The teacher will carry out, or in some cases the students themselves, sample problems in small groups of students.
Laboratory sessions: Prior to the internship session, the student must prepare it and after the session must submit a report.
Note: The teaching materials of the subject will be available in the Virtual Campus of the UAB
Supervised activities:
Tutorials outside of class hours.
Autonomous activities:
Autonomous study by the student.
Resolution of class problems prior to the realization of them.
Preparation of Laboratory sessions.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Laboratory sessions | 12 | 0.48 | 9, 2, 5, 7, 10 |
| Master Classes | 26 | 1.04 | 9, 2 |
| Problems seminars | 12 | 0.48 | 9, 4, 2, 10 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials outside of class hours. | 7.5 | 0.3 | 9, 1, 2 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Laboratory sessions preparation | 12 | 0.48 | 9, 4, 2, 5, 7, 10 |
| Solve problems at home | 15 | 0.6 | 9, 2 |
| Study at home | 25 | 1 | 9, 4, 2 |
Assessment
The subject will be evaluated from the delivery of two works with a weight of 37.5% each and the results of the laboratory reports with a weight of 25%.
The works will be averaged between them and if the result of the average is higher than 4 will average with the practices of the subject to give rise to the final grade.
In the case of not passing the subject, the part corresponding to the works can be recovered in a single final exam where all the subject of the course will be evaluated. To participate in the recovery, you must have previously evaluated activities that involve a minimum 2/3 of the final grade of the subject.
Failure to attend any of the practices or not having any note in the works or in the final exam will mean that the student will be declared as not evaluable.
Granting a grade of honor registration is the decision of the faculty responsible for the subject. The regulations of the UAB indicate that MH can only be granted to students who have obtained a final grade equal to or greater than 9.00. You can grant up to 5% of MH of the total number of students enrolled.
Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, the irregularities committed by the student that may lead to a variation of the grade of an evaluation act will be scored with a zero. Therefore, copying, plagiarism, cheating, letting copy, etc. in any of the evaluation activities will involve failing with a zero. The evaluation activities qualified in this way and by this procedure will not be recoverable. If it is necessary to pass any of these assessment activities to pass the subject, this subject will be failed directly, with no opportunity to recover it in the same course.
In case of repeating the subject, the same evaluation system as the rest of the students will be followed.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st work delivery | 37.5 | 15 | 0.6 | 9, 1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 8, 6, 7 |
| 2nd work delivery | 37.5 | 10.5 | 0.42 | 9, 4, 2, 7, 10, 11 |
| Delivery of Lab reports | 25 | 15 | 0.6 | 9, 1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 8, 6, 7 |
Bibliography
- D.M. Pozar, Microwave Enginering, Addison Wesley.
- J.S. Hong, M.J. Lancaster, Microstrip filters for RF/Microwave Applications, John Wiley.
Software
In this subject, the ADS-Momentum software will be used in the lab sessions