ECE6440 Course Sylabus Rev. 2 Summer 2005

Text: Rhode, Microwave and Wireless Synthesizers

Date	Lecture	Reading	Supplemental Material	Homework/ Simulations
5/17, 5/19	Intro, Course Policies and Procedures. Synthesizer Basics and Overview of Applications Incoherent and direct synthesis		Lecture L010
5/24, 5/26	Indirect synthesis (Phase Locked Loops) PLL Components: Phase detectors, frequency dividers	Ch. 1 Ch. 4	Lecture L110 Lecture L120	MCAD Sim - Phase Detector Homework #1 Homework #1 Solutions
5/31, 6/2	Oscillators and Phase Noise	App. A	Lecture L130 Lecture L150 Lecture L160
6/7, 6/9	Oscillators and Phase Noise (cont.)
6/14, 6/16	Linear PLL Transfer Functions and Transient Responses		Lecture L050 Lecture L060	MCAD LPLL Transfer Functions
6/21, 6/23	Linear PLL Transfer Functions and Transient Responses (cont.)		Lecture L170 PLL Phase Noise Notes	Homework #2 Homework #2 Solutions Mathcad - HWK #2 Calculations
6/28	Review for Test #1
6/30	Test #1			Test 1 Solution
7/5, 7/7	FM and PM Modulation/Demodulation		Lecture L090 Lecture L180	Multiplying Phase Detector Model.pdf
7/12, 7/14	Nonlinear loop operation Lock-in, Pull-in Range	Ch. 3	Lecture L080	MCAD PLL Acquisition
7/19, 7/21	Fractional-N, Translation Loop, and Multi-loop Architectures Direct Digital Synthesis	Ch. 5	Lecture L200 Lecture L210 Lecture L220
	Test #2			Test #2 Solution SystemVue PLL Model SystemVue PLL PD Output SystemVue PLL Spectrum
7/26, 7/28	Digital PLLs and Numerically Controlled Oscillators
8/4	Final Project (Optional)			ECE6440 Final Project Due 10:00 am Aug. 4, 2005