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2021/2022

Integrated Circuits and Systems for Communications

Code: 42835 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
4313797 Telecommunications Engineering OB 1 1
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.

Contact

Name:
Núria Barniol Beumala
Email:
Nuria.Barniol@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
english (eng)

Teachers

Jorge Sacristán Riquelme

Prerequisites

Recommendations: basic knowledge on electronic devices; theory and analysis of electrical circuits;  fundamentals of microelectronics technology

Objectives and Contextualisation

Provide the concepts, techniques and tools for the design and implementation of analog integrated systems as fundamental blocks for communication systems. The studies will cover future trends of these integrated systems in terms of design and technological predictions. 

Competences

  • Capacity for critical reasoning and thought as means for originality in the generation, development and/or application of ideas in a research or professional context.
  • Capacity for designing and manufacturing integrated circuits.
  • Capacity for working in interdisciplinary teams
  • Capacity to design communications components such as routers, commuters, concentrators, emitters and receivers in different bandwidths.
  • Capacity to integrate new technologies and systems developed within telecommunications engineering in general and in broader, multidisciplinary contexts such as bioengineering, photovoltaic conversion, nanotechnology, telemedicine
  • Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity for originality in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context
  • Student should possess the learning skills that enable them to continue studying in a way that is largely student led or independent
  • Students should know how to apply the knowledge they have acquired and their capacity for problem solving in new or little known fields within wider (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the area of study

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyse the function of integrated circuits for RF from the dimensions of their components
  2. Capacity for critical reasoning and thought as means for originality in the generation, development and/or application of ideas in a research or professional context.
  3. Capacity for working in interdisciplinary teams
  4. Define the electrical characteristics of integrated RF systems according to their application
  5. Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity for originality in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context
  6. Propose alternative circuits to improve the performance of the integrated circuits designed
  7. Propose specific architectures for integrated RF systems.
  8. Recognize the possibilities of integration according to the characteristics of the communication system to perform
  9. Student should possess the learning skills that enable them to continue studying in a way that is largely student led or independent
  10. Students should know how to apply the knowledge they have acquired and their capacity for problem solving in new or little known fields within wider (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the area of study
  11. Use standard tools effectively for integrated circuit design

Content

1. Design and analysis of the basic building blocks in CMOS integrated systems for analog applications

2.-Design of integrated circuits for radiofrequency communication systems. Basic concepts and circuits .

3. Limits and trends of the radiofrequency integrated circuits and systems

Methodology

 

Theory: Oral exposition of the fundamentals concepts. Concepts will be partially introduced as specific-cases.

Problems: analytical resolution and simulation of problems, exercises and specific-cases .

Laboratory: Hands-on specific design tools for integrated circuit design and simulation.

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 15 0.6 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 9, 5, 11
Problems 15 0.6 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 5, 11
Theory 15 0.6 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11
Type: Autonomous      
Preparation of reports and oral expositions 30 1.2 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11
Problems solving 25 1 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11
Study to assimilate concepts 30 1.2 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 9, 5

Assessment

Progressive evaluation is based on the following qualifications:

• 2 partial exams (30%)
• Lab report (written) (30%). Compulsory and not recoverable.
• 2 homeworks which will be evaluated as oral expositions or in a written format (40%). Recoverable activity with a written report (if needed).

There will be a final exam for improving exam qualifications (compulsory for students obtaining a partial exam mark below 4 and only possible for students presented to the 2 partial exams). The resulting final exam mark will be weighted 30%.

The qualification "Not evaluated" will be only granted if the student does not participate in any evaluation activities (lab sessions, oral exposition, exams)


 

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Exam 30% 6 0.24 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10
Report on practical work 30% 6 0.24 1, 2, 3, 10, 9, 5, 11
Specific written and oral presentations 40% 8 0.32 2, 3, 7, 10, 9, 8, 5

Bibliography

CMOS analog circuit design. Allen, Holberg , Oxford University Press, 2002.

Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits. Razavi, McGraw-Hill, 2001

RF Microelectronics. B.Razavi. Second edition. Prentice Hall, 2012

Analog Design for CMOS VLSI Systems. F. Maloberti. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001

Radio-frequency microelectronic circuits for telecommunication applications. Papananos, Yannis E.. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999

CMOS mixed-signal circuit design. Baker, R. Jacob. Piscataway : IEEE Press ; New York : Wiley-Interscience, cop. 2009 2nd ed.

Radio frequency integrated circuit design. Rogers, John W. M. Boston : Artech House, 2010 2nd ed.

Analysis and design of analog integrated circuits . Paul R. Gray... [et al.New York [etc.] : John Wiley, cop. 2010

LNA-ESD co-design for fully integrated CMOS wireless receivers. Leroux, Paul. Springer, 2005

Millimeter-wave integrated circuits. Eoin Carey, Springer, cop. 2005 

The design of CMOS radio-frequency integrated circuits. Lee, Thomas H., 1959- Cambridge [etc.] : Cambridge University Press, 2004. 2nd ed.

High-frequency oscillator design for integrated transceivers. Tang, Johan van der. Boston [etc.] : Kluwer Academic Publishers, cop. 2003

CMOS circuit design, layout and simulation. Baker, Li and Boyce. Ed. IEEE Press

Microelectronics Circuits,  Sedra and Smith, Oxford University Press, 2010

 

Software

Software for the design of CMOS microelectronic circuits, Cadence