Overview

To familiarise students with modern radio electronic devices, circuits and systems, to provide a relevant background to the mobile communications and to expose students to design concepts, methodology and design flow for low power RF circuits.

Requisites

Prerequisites
PHY40001 Electromagnetic Waves

AND EITHER

EEE20004 Analogue Electronics 1
OR
EEE20006 Circuits & Electronics 1

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Appreciate the complexities involved in the design of networks for RF applications (K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3)
  • Design and analyse networks for RF applications (K2, K3, S1, S2, S3)
  • Apply simulation tools to the analysis and design of RF circuits (K2, K3, S1, S2, S3)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture
2.67 12 weeks 32
On-campus
Class
0.67 12 weeks 8
On-campus
Lab
0.67 12 weeks 8
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
8.50 12 weeks 102
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Final-Semester TestIndividual 40% 2,3 
Laboratory PracticalsGroup 40% 1,2,3 
Test 1Individual 20% 1,2 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

(i) an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and(ii) at least 40% in the final exam.Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

  • Basic concepts of wireless communication systems design
  • RF components
  • Transmission lines
  • Smith Charts
  • Radio circuits, RF amplifiers, matching networks, filters and oscillators
  • Noise analysis
  • EDA tools for RF circuit design

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.