ECE 738Low Power VLSI Circuits for Wireless Communication

Units: 0.50
Level: Graduate
Faculty: Engineering
Subject: Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 738 as listed in the Spring 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.

This course covers the system level design of integrated circuits for wireless transceivers. Specific mixed analog/digital circuits such as: mixers, A/D and D/A converters (Nyquist rate and oversampled) for IF digitizing as well as switched capacitor filters for IF and baseband processing will be studied. Related Background: Basic knowledge of Analog Integrated Circuits.

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