RF Circuits and Wireless Systems - 5AMSC551

Goal(s)

This lecture provides coverage of RF and microwave engineering concepts and their implementation in practice in particular for wireless systems.

Content(s)

This lecture is organized into three complementary parts. The lecture is also supported by experimental in RF Lab

• The first part of the lecture starts from the fundamental principles of electrical engineering and their adaptation to RF and microwave domains. Then, the models of Transmission Lines, Waveguide, and Antenna are discussed and supported by several examples of practical importance. It follows RF/microwave networks analysis and scattering matrix theory with applications to microwave circuits and measurement techniques, using Vectorial Network Analyzer.

• The second part is dedicated to circuits. It includes impedance matching techniques, directional couplers and hybrids, microwave and RF filters, noise, nonlinear effects, and the design of RF amplifiers, microwave oscillators, detectors, mixers, and rectennas

• The third part is system-oriented. It includes material and architecture for wireless communications, radar and backscatter techniques, radiometry, and radiation hazards. A large number of examples of wireless solutions are discussed, in particular ZigBee, Bluetooth, 5G, UWB, RFID …

Electronic circuit

Electromagnetism and propagation

Basic concept in RF (SC411 or equivalent course)