Microwaves Integrated Circuits R2a

Overview

Credits points: 6

Workload:
75 hours course attendance; 105 hours self-study

Semester: summer

Language: English

Module type: elective

Module usability: M.Sc. Electrical Communication Engineering, M.Sc. Elektrotechnik

Module duration: one semester

Required qualifications:
Knowledge of module Microwave Integrated Circuits I or comparable knowledge and skills

Knowledge of vector algebra and vector analysis

Competences to be acquired

Research and development in the area of microwave components

Design of microwave components for base stations (broadband power amplifiers)

Courses

Content

  • III-V-Semiconductor devices
  • Classification of FET models, Shockley’s model
  • Extraction of model parameters
  • Fundamentals of non-linear FET modelling
  • Large-scale signal description of devices
  • Non-linear circuit design (power amplifiers)

Learning outcomes

  • Ability to design non-linear microwave circuits

Details

  • Lecturer: Axel Bangert and team
  • Teaching method: lecture and exercises
  • SWS: 3
  • Credit points: 4
  • Examination: oral exam (30 minutes)
  • Course identifier: FB16-5240

Content

  • III-V-Semiconductor devices
  • Classification of FET models, Shockley’s model
  • Extraction of model parameters
  • Fundamentals of non-linear FET modelling
  • Large-scale signal description of devices
  • Non-linear circuit design (power amplifiers)

Learning outcomes

  • Ability to design non-linear microwave circuits

Details

  • Lecturer: Axel Bangert and team
  • Teaching method: seminar
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Examination: seminar attendance and presentation
  • Course identifier: FB16-5263