ECE6442 Course Sylabus

Rev. 4 Spring 2006

Texts: Rohde, et al., The Design of Modern Microwave Oscillators for Wireless Applications

Hajimiri and Lee, The Design of Low Noise Oscillators

Date	Lecture	Reading	Supplemental Material	Homework/ Simulations
1/10, 1/12	Course Intro and Policies Oscillator Applications	Rohde Ch. 1	Course Intro and Policies
1/17, 1/19	Linear Oscillator Theory	Rohde Ch. 2	Grebennikov - MJ Oct05 part-I
1/24, 1/26	Feedback Oscillators		Grebennikov - MJ Nov05 part-II	NE685xx data sheet
1/31, 2/2	Negative Resistance Oscillators	Rohde App. A, App. D	Grebennikov - MJ Dec05 part-III	Micro-Cap Simulation Software
2/7, 2/9	Negative Resistance Oscillators (cont.)		Agilent AN-154 - S-Parameter Design	Colpitts Oscillator Circuit File
2/14	Review and Differential Oscillators			CMOS Differential Oscillator
2/14	Take Home Test Assigned		ne68539l S-par file	ECE6442 Take Home Test
2/21	Take Home Test Due		TWO-PORT OSC.CIR COLPITTS-2.CIR	Take Home Test Solution (MathCAD) Take Home Test Solution (PDF)
2/23	Test Review	Rohde, Ch. 7, 8 Hajimiri Ch. 1, 2, 4
2/28, 3/2	Phase Noise Intro	Ch. 3, Appendix G
3/2	Individual Design Project Assigned		Skyworks VCO Ap Note	ECE6442 Individual Design Project
3/7, 3/9	Phase Noise Theory - Leeson's Model - Hajimiri's Model	Ch. 5	Cal Eastern Phase Noise Ap Note	COLPITTS- Motorboat Example
3/14, 3/16	Resonator Technology and Tunable Devices	Ch. 4, Appendix E	Toko Inductor data Panasonic cap data MMBV105GL varactor data sheet	COLPITTS-3 Example
3/21, 3/23	Spring Break
3/28, 3/30	Large Signal Oscillator Design and Simulation			COLPITTS-5 Example
3/31	Design Project #1 Due Group Project Assigned		PCB Fab Guidelines PCB Design Guidelines ECE6442 Lab Groups
4/4, 4/6	Oscillator Specifications and Measurements		SMA Connector Outline Pin Header Outline
4/11, 4/13	Phase-locked loops
4/18, 4/20	CMOS Oscillators
4/25, 4/27	Coupled Oscillators	Ch. 10, Appendix H
5/2, 5/4	Super-regenerative Receivers and Other Oscillator Applications
5/8	Final Project Due