Design
| ECTS: 4
Responsible Instructor Prof. J.R. Long ([email protected]) Contact Hours / Week
x/x/x/x 2/2/0/0
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Course Contents A complete overview of basic CMOS OpAmp design is the subject of this course. Basic knowledge of MOS-devices and circuits is required, because much of the course deals with transistor-level design. Based on solid device-level knowledge, single transistor and advanced amplifier topolo- gies are treated. All aspects of design, such as noise, distortion, band- width, settling, etc., are presented, with an emphasis on design rather than simple analysis. Design examples are shown and the course ends with real-life design studies, including debugging and fixes. Education Method Lectures
Assessment Assignments, and a final project
ET4296
| Advanced Device Physics
| ECTS: 5
Responsible Instructor Dr. R.A.C.M.M. van Swaaij ([email protected]) Contact Hours / Weekx/x/x/x
0/0/2/0 lectures; 0/0/2/0 instruction Exam Period 3
Course Contents This course will focus for a large part on MOSFET and CMOS, but also on heterojunction BJT, and photonic devices.
First non-ideal characteristics of MOSFETs will be discussed, like channel- length modulation and short-channel effects. We will also pay attention to threshold voltage modification by varying the dopant concentration. Further, MOS scaling will be discussed. A combination of an n-channel and p-channel MOSFET is used for CMOS devices that form the basis for current digital technology. The operation of a CMOS inverter will be explained. We will explain in more detail how the transfer characteristics relate to the CMOS design.
In addition to MOS devices, we will pay attention to heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT) and photonic devices, like LEDs. The performance of HBTs is generally superior compared to 'normal' BJTs and HBTs are frequently used in high-frequency (microwave) and high-power applica- tions. Photonic devices rely either on the interaction of charge carriers with light or on light-emitting processes in the device.
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Education Method Lectures and working lectures Assessment Written test
ET4297
| Power Electronic Components Lab
| ECTS: 2
Responsible Instructor Prof.dr. J.A. Ferreira ([email protected])Practical Coordinator R. Schoevaars ([email protected]) Contact Hours / Week
x/x/x/x 3/0/0/0 Exam Period 1
Course Contents This course is about the theory and operation of power semiconductors. Practical issues about the operation of power electronic devices are intro- duced including base and gate drive circuits and the thermal behavior and modeling. The design of high frequency inductors and transformers is also addressed. The theory is applied in practice, and a laboratory practical is the core of the course.
Education Method Practical in the laboraty and some lectures Literature and Study
Materials
Study guide; N. Moham, T.M. Underland, W.P. Robbins: "Power Electro- nics", Wiley, 3rd ed.ISBN-10: 0-471-22693-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-22693-2 - John Wiley & Sons Assessment A written report per student
Oral presentation per practical group
ET4351
| VLSI Systems on Chip
| ECTS: 4
Responsible Instructor Dr.ir. T.G.R.M. van Leuken ([email protected])Instructor H.J. Lincklaen Arriens ([email protected]) Contact Hours / Week
x/x/x/x 0/0/0/3 Exam Period 4
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Course Contents In this course, we venture to design a system on chip, where large IP blocks are available. The design problem to be solved is how to design, connect and implement these large macro IP blocks, in the 'best' possible way, i.e. in terms of speed, bandwidth, power consumption and data relia- bility. Topics covered among others low power optimization and reduction techniques, Low power clock and interconnect, SoC design methodology, modelling and implementation, communication architecture and protocols. Modern design starts from a C-based description (System-C) or behaviour description through synthesis tools to an FPGA implementation. The lectures are mainly a general introduction and include a discussion and demonstration of the design tools. Early on the course, the students will start using the tools by means of a well-defined student design project that uses part (or all) of the design path. Some digital circuits (basic struc- tures) are being studied as examples.
Education Method Lectures Literature and Study
Materials
- Digital Systems Design with VHDL and Synthesis: An Integrated Approach by K.C. Chang , Publisher: Wiley, ISBN: 0769500234 - Understanding Behavioral Synthesis, A practical Guide to High-Level Design, John P. Elliot, Kluwer
- Designing CMOS Circuits for Low Power, edited by Dimitrios Soudris, KAP, ISBN
- Networks on Chip, edited by Axel Jantsch, KAP, ISBN 1-4020-7392-5, 1- 4020-7234-1
Assessment Design report
ET4356
| Electromagnetics
| ECTS: 5
Responsible Instructor N.V. Budko ([email protected]) Instructor Dr.ir. M.D. Verweij ([email protected]) Contact Hours / Week
x/x/x/x 0/0/6/0 Exam Period none
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Expected prior knowledge
- Beweging, Krachten en Velden: ET1105-D1/D2/D3 *** (Electrostatics, dielectric electrostatics, microscopic theory of dielectrics, magnetism, induction, Maxwell's equations).
- Analyse 1,2,3: WI1705ET-D1/D2/D3 *** (Vector calculus, differentia- tion, integration, surface and volume integrals, Gauss' and Stokes' theo- rems).
- Linear Algebra: WI1805ET- D1/D2/D3 ** (Matrix-vector multiplication, solution of linear algebraic equations, rank, null-space).
- Signaal Transformaties: ET2205-D2 *** (Fourier and Laplace transforms, transform of a derivative, convolution, delta-fuction, finite energy signals). - Elektromagnetische Golven: ET2205-D3 *** (Plane waves, reflection and transmission at an interface).
Course Contents This course consists of two parts. In the first part,
three basic electromagnetic processes are considered, namely: radiation from arbitrary current-distributions; scattering of given incident fields by arbitrary inhomogeneous objects; imaging and inversion of objects using the scattered field data. We derive, and analyze in Matlab the full-vectorial three-dimensional electromagnetic radiation formulae in frequency and time domains. The following subjects are also discussed: numerical solu- tion of the scattering problem, inverse source, and inverse scattering problems. The second part of the course is devoted to the guided waves, where the modal structure of the electromagnetic field in open and closed planar waveguides is analyzed.
Education Method Lectures, homework assignments Literature and Study
Materials
Lecture Notes (available on blackboard):
N.V. Budko, Electromagnetic Radiation, Scattering and Imaging. M.D. Verweij, Electromagnetic Waveguides
Assessment Oral Exam
ET4358
| Wireless Communication
| ECTS: 5
Responsible Instructor Dr.ir. G.J.M. Janssen ([email protected])Instructor Dr.ir. J.H. Weber ([email protected]), Prof.dr.ing. S.M. Heemstra de Groot ([email protected]), Prof.dr.ir. I.G.M.M. Niemegeers ([email protected])
Contact Hours / Week x/x/x/x
4/0/0/0 Exam Period 1, 2
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Course Contents The Wireless Communications course provides a broad overview of the essential aspects of generic wireless communications. Physical layer, Link layer (including MAC) and Network layer issues, as well as their interac- tion are treated. The course uses the IEEE standard P802.11 for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) for short-range high data-rate communica- tions (also called WiFi) as a "red thread". The following aspects will be covered in the course (preliminary course contents):
1. Indoor radio propagation
*review of radio propagation, link-budget model * introduction of multipath propagation
- time domain : rms-delay spread, signal dispersion, inter-symbol inter- ference
- frequency domain: frequency selectivity, coherence bandwidth * wall/floor/coated window attenuation
* path-loss model * channel models - stochastic modeling, - how to use a stochastic model
* model parameters for some characteristic indoor environments 2. Modulation techniques applied in WLAN
* Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DS-SS) * Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FH-SS) * Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
* Higher order modulation schemes (review) that can be applied in combination with the schemes discussed
above: BPSK, QPSK, M-QAM
3. Diversity to increase robustness against transmission anomalies * Frequency diversity
* Space/location diversity
- Antenna diversity: selection diversity, maximal ratio combining * Time diversity: interleaving
4. Coding
* Characterization of error types * Basics of error control coding: - Automatic repeat requests (ARQ) - Forward error correction (FEC) - Hybrid methods
* Code design: trade-off between efficiency, reliability, complexity/delay * Block & convolutional codes
* Viterbi decoding * Puncturing * Interleaving
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Course Contents (continued)
5. Medium Access Control (MAC) Layer * 802.11 Family of Standards * Network and Protocol Architecture * DCF MAC
* PCF MAC 6. Mobility and Security * 802.11f - IAPP * 802.11 - Security Issues * 802.11i - Security 7. WLAN Deployment
* Deployment Issues and Development * System Considerations
* WLAN MAC and PHY Deployment Education Method Lectures
Literature and Study Materials
Garg, V.K., "Wireless Communications and Networking", ISBN 978-0-12-373580-5, Elseviers Inc., 2007 Assessment Written (closed book).
Remarks This course belongs to the compulsory part of the MSc. Program Telecom- munications.