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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	IIT Roorkee

Introduction to Wireless Systems: Classification of wireless systems; Design and performance issues: Choice of operating frequency, multiple access and duplexing, circuit switching versus packet switching, propagation, radiated power and safety; Cellular telephone systems and standards.

Noise in RF integrated Systems: Basic threshold detection, noise temperature and noise figure, noise figure of a lossy transmission line; Noise figure of cascade systems: Noise figure of passive networks, two-port networks, Noise in Active components: CMOS/ BiCMOS,

Distortion in Receiver Design: Linearity, Intermodulation, Dynamic Range, Sensitivity of the receiver, Spurious Free Dynamic Range (SFDR).

Receiver Architecture such as heterodyne, homodyne, Hartley, Weaver, advanced receiver architecture etc.,

Active Device: Comparison of active devices such as BJT, MOSFET, MESFET, HEMT, and HBT; Circuit models for FETs and BJTs; Basic parameters of active devices such as ft/fmax, transconductance, capacitance, resistance, etc.

Passive Components and Impedance Matching: On-chip Inductor, capacitor, resistor, resonant circuit and its application in RF IC. Various impedance matching techniques.

Amplifier Design: Transistor Theory, Transistor S-parameters, gain & Stability, Unilateral and bilateral design, low noise amplifier (LNA Design)

Various LNA topologies: CS/CE stage with inductive load, CS/CE stage with resistive feedbac, CG/CB topologies, noise cancellation techniques, differential LNA, Broad band amplifier design, Biasing in RF & microwave circuits

Mixers: Mixer characteristics: Image frequency, conversion loss, noise figure; Devices for mixers: p-n junctions, Schottky barrier diode, FETs; Diode mixers: Small-signal characteristics of diode, single-ended mixer, large-signal model, switching model; FET/MOSFET Mixers: Single-ended mixer, other FET mixers; Balanced mixers; Image reject mixers.(cont)

Mixers: Mixer characteristics: Image frequency, conversion loss, noise figure; Devices for mixers: p-n junctions, Schottky barrier diode, FETs; Diode mixers: Small-signal characteristics of diode, single-ended mixer, large-signal model, switching model; FET/MOSFET Mixers: Single-ended mixer, other FET mixers; Balanced mixers; Image reject mixers.

Oscillators and Frequency Synthesizers: General analysis of RF oscillators, transistor oscillators, voltage-controlled oscillators, dielectric resonator oscillators, frequency synthesis methods, analysis of first and second order phase-locked loop, oscillator noise and its effect on receiver performance.(cont)

Oscillators and Frequency Synthesizers: General analysis of RF oscillators, transistor oscillators, voltage-controlled oscillators, dielectric resonator oscillators, frequency synthesis methods, analysis of first and second order phase-locked loop, oscillator noise and its effect on receiver performance.