Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits

Lecturer

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. MBA Frank Ellinger

Institute for Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and Electronics
Chair for Circuit Design and Network Theory

OPAL

For summer term 2024, registration, current information and materials are available in OPAL:
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About this lecture

Field of study: microelectronics and information technology

Term, Type: summer term, elective

Time schedule (L/T/P): 3/1/2

Field of study: Nanoelectronic Systems

Term, Type: 2th term, compulsory

Time schedule (L/T/P): 3/1/2

Prerequisites

Basic Electrical Engineering
Basics in circuit design, e.g. lecture "Schaltungstechnik"
- Transistors: Characteristics, small- and large signal equations
- Concept of small- and large signal analysis
- Basic topologies (common source/emitter, gate/base, drain/collector stages und cascode)

If those topics are new to you, we strongly recommend self-study, e.g. using literature (U. Tietze, C. Schenk, E. Gamm: Electronic Circuits: Handbook for Design and Application, Springer)

Content

1. Introduction
2. RFIC architectures
3. S-parameters and impedance transformation
4. RF basics
5. Transistors and technologies
6. Passive devices
7. Amplifier basics
8. Low noise amplifiers
9. Power amplifiers
10. Mixers
11. Oscillators
12. Summary

Prior Knowledge

Basic prior knowledge in electrical engineering
Basic prior knowledge in circuit design, e.g.:
- Transistors: basic behaviour, simple DC and AC modelling and IV curves
- Concept of small signal and large signal characteristics
- Basic topologies (common source/emitter, gate/base, drain/collector stages and cascode amplifier)
Basic knowledge is fully covered by "Schaltungstechnik" lecture at TUD

If these topics are new for you, please study them in advance, e.g. by recommended literature (German or English version): U. Tietze, C. Schenk, E.Gamm: Electronic Circuits: Handbook for Design and Application, Springer.

Agenda

The current schedule is available here (version 16/03/2026).
The dates for the lectures and tutorials are not fully periodic. Hence, please take into account the individual dates as shown in the schedule, e.g. on April 5th there is no event.

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Materials

All lecture materials are available in OPAL:
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