RF Techniques

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Course Summary

This two-day course provides circuit-level designers with fundamental concepts needed to work effectively with high frequency electronics. Participants gain analytical, graphical, and computer-aided techniques to analyse and optimise RF circuits in practical situations.

Learning Objectives

• Describe RF circuit parameters, measurement techniques and terminology.
• State the effects of parasitics on circuit performance at RF.
• Use graphical design techniques and the Smith Chart.
• Match impedances and perform transformations.
 

Target Audience

Professionals required to work in high frequency domains for the first time, as well as seasoned designers.

Course Outline

Day One
General concepts

• Test Equipment - Measurement Devices
  • Detectors
  • Power Meters
  • Spectrum Analyser
  • Scalar Analyser
  • Network Analyser
  • Frequency Counter

   

• Test Equipment - Auxiliary Equipment
  • Couplers
  • Power Dividers, Combiners
  • Attenuators
  • Switches

• Calibration Concepts
• RF and Microwave Test Techniques and Tips

RF and Microwave Measurements

• Power - dB's and dBm's /Amplitude
• Return Loss
• Gain/Insertion Loss
• VSWR
• Frequency
• S-Parameters
• Spurious
• Gain Compression
• Phase Measurement
• Group Delay
• Noise Figure
• Distortion Products
• Phase Noise

Day Two
Impedance Matching, the Smith Chart and Component Modelling

• The Smith Chart

• VSWR and Impedance Matching
• Characteristic Impedance
• Transmission Lines
  • Coax, Stripline, Microstrip

    • Conjugate impedance matching

    • Real and complex terminations

    • Bandwidth considerations

    • Component equivalent circuits

    • Component losses and parasitics

    • Test fixtures and de-embedding

    • Grounding techniques

    • Printed circuit board materials

    • Transmission line structures

    • Transmission line matching

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