Advanced electronics design

This is an advanced unit in electronics design. You will be provided with in-depth knowledge of radio frequency (RF) and microwave circuits and systems. The unit builds on your basic electronic knowledge obtained from your undergraduate engineering degree to a more advanced analogue and RF electronics, with more theory and applications of electronics.

The unit will teach you the detailed design principles of passive and active electronic devices at radio frequencies. You will learn to use CAD design software packages and PCB design for assignments and projects. Important analogue and RF building components such as amplifiers, filters, oscillators, modulators, mixers and phase-locked loops will be taught. Topics such as noise and interference in electronic circuits will also be covered.

You will undertake a group project where RF/mixed-signal circuits will be designed, built and tested in the laboratory.