TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Doctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Instructor Alparslan Çağrı Yapıcı
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Understand the basic concept of radio frequency systems architecture. 2) Have detailed understanding of radio frequency communication systems standards. 3) Ability to design various transceiver systems. 4) Ability to design heterodyne and direct conversion receivers. 5) Ability to design integer-N phase locked loop (PLL) synthesizers. 6) Ability to design fractional-N PLL synthesizers.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None.
COURSE DEFINITION
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Basic Concepts in Radio Frequency Systems 2nd Week Review of Communication Systems. 3rd Week Basic design parameters of radio frequency systems 4th Week Nonlinear effects and distortion in radio frequency systems 5th Week Basic radio frequency design blocks 6th Week Low noise amplifiers 7th Week Mixers, Filters, RF switches and antennas 8th Week Voltage-controlled oscillators and frequency synthesizers 9th Week Power amplifiers and phase shifters 10th Week Noise and nonlinear properties in cascaded systems 11th Week Heterodyne and direct conversion transceivers 12th Week Receiver sensitivity and dynamic range 13th Week Integer-N phase locked loop (PLL) synthesizers 14th Week Fractional-N PLL synthesizers
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	1. Rogers, J.W.M., Plett, C. Marsland, I. (2013), Radio Frequency System Architecture and Design, Artech House. 2. Razavi, B.(2012), RF Microelectronics /2nd Ed., Prentice Hall.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Practice,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 20 Assignment 2 20 Quiz 2 20 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for Quiz 0 0 0 Individual or group work 14 8 112 Preparation for Final exam 1 40 40 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 30 30 Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0 Final exam 1 3 3 Homework 2 35 70 Total Workload 300 Total Workload / 30 10 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No