Training Notice | Behzad Razavi teaches High-Performance RF Receiver Design Course

Target Audience

An advanced course designed for graduate students and practicing engineers.

Behzad Razavi professor

Intended Audience

Advanced course for graduate students and practicing engineers.

What you need to know before taking this course

Basic background knowledge of analog circuit design

Prerequisites

Basic background in analog circuit design

Introduction

This course is designed to deal with the analysis and design issues of RF CMOS receivers at both the architectural and circuit levels, with an emphasis on the latest developments in this field. We begin with a brief review of basic RF and communication concepts and introduce various receiver architectures. Next, we will further investigate the conversion (N-path) circuit as a powerful paradigm for receiver design. This is followed by the design of building blocks such as low-noise amplifiers and mixers, and a transistor-level design study of a dual-band IEEE802.11abg receiver. We will then discuss the concept of a "universal radio" and address issues such as harmonic suppression, RF channel selection, and carrier aggregation.

The most distinctive feature of this course is to think about how to deal with the above problems through detailed study of actual examples of the most advanced receivers currently available.

Abstract

This course deals with the analysis and design of RF CMOS receivers at the architecture and circuit levels, emphasizing the latest developments in the field. We begin with a brief review of fundamental RF and communication concepts and introduce various receiver architectures. Next, we study translational (N-path) circuits as a powerful paradigm for receiver design.  This is followed by the design of building blocks such as low-noise amplifiers and mixers and the transistor-level design study of a dual-band IEEE802.11abg receiver. We then contemplate the notion of a “universal radio” and address issues such as harmonic rejection, RF channel selection, and carrier aggregation.  The course culminates in a detailed study of state-of-the-art receiver examples that deal with these issues.

Directed by

Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT) Chinese Academy of Sciences

organizer

Shanghai Xinwei Technology Group

Shanghai Micro-Technology International Cooperation Center (SIMTAC)

organizer

New Micro-Invasion Incubator

class schedule

Course Fees

ways of registration

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Bank of Account: Bank of China, Shanghai Jiading Branch

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Course Outline

1) Basic RF and communications concepts: nonlinearity, noise, modulation schemes

2) RF receiver architectures: heterodyne, direct conversion, image rejection, low IF, examples of existing technology

3) Conversion circuits: commutation networks, frequency conversion of impedance and transfer functions, application to blocking suppression, conversion with harmonic suppression, examples of prior art

4) LNA (Low Noise Amplifier) ​​and Mixer Design: Narrowband and Wideband LNA, Noise Cancelling LNA, Voltage and Current Driven Mixers, Design Study of Dual-Band IEEE802.11abg Receiver

5) Low power receiver design: circuit merging technology, LNA-free receiver

6) Software-defined, cognitive and universal radio: wideband, highly flexible radio, in-band blocking problem, harmonic blocking problem, carrier aggregation

7) For general radio: RF channel selection and blocking suppression, harmonic suppression receivers, noise cancellation receivers, carrier aggregation receivers

Course Outline

1) Fundamental RF and Communication Concepts: nonlinearity, noise, modulation schemes

2) RF Receiver Architectures: heterodyne, direct conversion, image rejection, low-IF, examples of state of the art

3) Translational Circuits: Commutated networks, frequency translation of impedances and transfer functions, application to blocker rejection, translation with harmonic rejection, examples of state of the art

4) LNA and Mixer Design: narrowband and broadband LNAs, noise-canceling LNAs, voltage- and current-driven mixers, design study of a dual-band IEEE802.11abg receiver

5) Low-Power Receiver Design: circuit merging techniques, LNA-less receivers

6) Software-Defined, Cognitive, and Universal Radios: broadband, highly-flexible radios, problem of in-band blockers, problem of harmonic blockers, carrier aggregation

7) Towards a Universal Radio: channel selection and blocker rejection at RF, harmonic-reject receivers, noise-canceling receivers, receivers for carrier aggregation

Professor Profile

Behzad Razavi is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research interests include RF, analog, and high-speed design. He has won eight IEEE best paper awards and four teaching awards, and his books have been translated into seven languages. He was also awarded the 2012 Donald Pederson Award in the field of solid-state circuits for his pioneering work in high-speed CMOS communication circuits.

Behzad Razavi professor

Short Biography

Behzad Razavi is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he conducts research in the areas of RF, analog, and high-speed design. He has received eight IEEE best paper awards and four teaching awards and his books have been published in seven languages. He also received the 2012 Donald Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits for his pioneering work on high-speed CMOS communication circuits.

Author of one of the "three bibles" of analog integrated circuits