RF Transceiver Design

This learning track covers the comprehensive principles and intricacies of RF transceiver design, offering a deep dive into the essential components and methodologies. This learning track covers the fundamentals of RF transceiver architecture, including noise, linearity, amplification, and filtering. The track delves into the design of active and passive components, such as amplifiers, mixers, oscillators, and power amplifiers, emphasizing their role in modern wireless communication systems like 5G, IoT, and satellite communication. It also explains the challenges of high-frequency design, such as impedance matching, parasitic effects, and phase noise. Through illustrative examples, it also covers concepts like gain compression, modulation schemes, and the impact of nonlinearity on system performance. The track further explores advanced topics like low noise amplifier design, phase-locked loops, and RF testing techniques, providing practical insights into real-world applications. By the end, it covers understanding of RF transceiver design, enabling them to tackle complex challenges in wireless communication systems. These courses have been developed by Prof. Darshak Bhatt from IIT Roorkee, for NPTEL. They are now accessible through Ansys Innovation Space courtesy of the partnership between Ansys and NPTEL, under the CC BY-SA license. For more details, visit https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108107379.