Amplifier Design and Stability Principles

This course covers the fundamental principles of amplifier design and stability in transceiver systems. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the basic components such as inductors, capacitors, and resistors, and their representation on a chip. The course delves into the significance of amplifiers in transceiver design, with a focus on low noise amplifiers and power amplifiers. It also discusses the importance of stability in amplifier design, explaining how to achieve it using S parameters of transistors. The course uses an illustrative example of a two-port network to explain the concept of stability. It further introduces the K Delta and Mu stability tests, power gain equations, and the process of impedance matching. The course concludes with a practical example of designing an amplifier for a specific gain. This course has been developed by Prof. Darshak Bhatt from IIT Roorkee for NPTEL. It is 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.