Course Outline:

The main focus of this course is on the application of Electromagnetic and Electronic concepts to the design and analysis of microwave nonlinear active devices (transistors, diodes) and circuits typically used in radio communications infrastructure. Topics:

• Review of linear active microwave circuits design
• Fundamentals of Nonlinear Circuits
• Nonlinear Active Devices Modeling
• Nonlinear Circuit Analysis
• RF Power Amplifiers
• Linearization Techniques
• Advanced RF Transmitters Topologies

Assignments

Volterra Series / Harmonic Balance Simulation of Non-Linear Systems

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Small Signal Parameter Extraction

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