NOTES
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CAVEAT: These handouts do not necessarily cover all the material of the course. Make sure to complement them with your own class notes. Also, please inform the instructor of any errors you find in the notes.
- Course Introduction (pdf)
Noise & Distortion
- Noise & Distortion Notes
(pdf)
LNAs
- Slides 1 (pdf)
- Slides 2 (pdf)
- Device Noise and LNA I (pdf)
- LNA II (pdf)
Impedance Matching
- Simple LC Matching Networks
(pdf)
Mixers
- Mixer animation (ppt) (pdf)
- Mixer references (pdf)
- Mixers I (pdf)
- Mixers II (pdf)
Integrated Passives
- Integrated Passives -- part I (pdf)
- Integrated Passives -- part II (pdf)
VCOs
- VCO design (AACD99 slides)(pdf)
- VCO design (AACD99 paper)(pdf)
- VCO design -- part I (pdf)
- VCO design -- part II (pdf)
- VCO design -- part III (pdf)
- VCO design -- part IV (pdf)
Quadrature Generation
- Quadrature Generation (pdf)
Frequency Dividers
- Frequency Dividers (pdf)
Systems/Architectures
- Systems/Architectures (pdf)
- Systems/Architectures (extra I) (pdf)
- Systems/Architectures (extra II) (pdf)
LINKS
IC packaging
- See chapter 4 of the Intel Packaging Handbook
- See AN1205 from the National Semiconductors Packaging Application Notes.
- Amkor's Advanced Package glossary