The course is organized around special problems to be solved by
the participants. Where appropriate lectures on the fundamentals
will be given. The participants of the course report on their
results in regular meetings with all other participants.
Some of the projects may involve experimental work using the
equipment available at EMI. An introductory lecture on the
respective equipment will then be given.
The aim of the course is to present to participants recent advances
in the field of microwave techniques and electronics including
terahertz electronics. The course will enable the participants to
evaluate current limitations in device and circuit performance and
to analyze theoretically and experimentally advanced large-signal
and small-signal circuits operating up to terahertz frequencies.
The participants of the course will be introduced into advanced
circuit analysis methods for passive and active devices based on
nonlinear circuit analysis and electromagnetic simulations.
Finally, the participants will improve their presentation skills by
preparing reports, giving presentations, preparing posters and
discussing scientific results.
Læringsmål:
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
Analyze device semiconductor models in Si and III-V
technologies
Extract model parameters of modern microwave devices
Develop and/or refine large-signal and thermal device
models
Develop equivalent circuit models for circuit discontinuities
using electromagnetic simulation
Design low-noise and power MMIC circuits
Analyze nonlinear circuits using harmonic-balance and
analytical techniques
Prepare reports of state-of-the-art in relevant scientific
areas
Use de-embedding techniques for electromagnetic
simulations
Kursusindhold:
The content of the course is covering the following areas:
nonlinear circuit analysis, methods for passive and active devices,
large-signal and small-signal device modelling, microwave
monolithic integrated circuit design and characterisation,
mixed-mode circuits, large-signal operation of amplifiers,
oscillators, mixers, component design for millimeter-wave and
terahertz systems.
Litteraturhenvisninger:
Helpful but not mandatory literature is:
1. G. Gonzalez, Microwave Transistor Amplifiers, Analysis and
Design, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1997.
2. S. Maas, Nonlinear Microwave and RF circuits, Artech House, 2nd
Edition
3. K. Lee, M. Shur, T. A. Fjedly, T. Ytterdal, Semiconductor Device
Modelling for VLSI, Prentice-Hall, 1993.
4. M. Reisch, High Frequency Bipolar Transistors, Springer, 2003.
Further material will be provided in Form of scientific articles
and monographs.
