Prerequisites: EE 100B; senior or graduate standing
Description: Covers the essentials of contemporary radio frequency (RF) complimentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuit (IC) analysis and design. Address- es typical RF building blocks in CMOS and bipolar/ CMOS (BiCMOS) technologies, including passive IC components, transistors, distributed networks, voltage reference and biasing circuits, power amplifiers, and feedback networks. Also covers RF device mode- ling, bandwidth estimation, and stability analysis techniques.